Bernstein: Mass

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Classical | Label: NAXOS AMERICAN | Release: 2009 | Catalog: 96222 | RS&HF

Leonard Bernstein's own version bettered? Yes, indeed! This is, handily, the best sung, best played, most intelligently interpreted recording of Mass currently available. Of course, Bernstein's rendition always will have sterling qualities, including some wonderful solo singers with really characterful "pop" and Broadway voices, but for its sheer musical integrity combined with the advantage of the composer's final revisions to the score, this version is unbeatable. Jubilant Sykes, as the Celebrant, easily outclasses Alan Titus' very fine premiere recording of the role. His voice has more edge; he's more at ease with the various pop idioms; he sounds radiant at the work's opening and grows increasingly desperate as it proceeds. This only serves to make his climactic breakdown tragically believable.

The various street singers are, one and all, terrific. "God Said" becomes the work's comic climax, which is as it should be. "I believe in God", "Confession", "World Without End", and "Thank You" are both idiomatic and beautifully sung. The children's choir sounds luminous in the Sanctus, while the adult chorus, from Morgan State University, sings with gusto as well as immaculate diction, with every word clearly comprehensible. Marin Alsop knits the whole ensemble together with infallible insight and verve. Her tempos, a bit different from Bernstein's, quicker here ("God Said"), a touch slower there (the wild dance in the Offertory), are no less right.

It's all fabulously recorded with a glittering impact that never turns unduly aggressive. The multi-textural layering in the climactic Dona Nobis Pacem comes across as both musically and physically overwhelming. Mass has its detractors, but when performed with this kind of conviction the piece can be inexpressibly moving. Alsop never has made a finer recording–it's both a tribute to her mentor Leonard Bernstein, as well as to her exceptional talent as an exponent of his music
. [8/4/2009]

David Hurwitz - classicstoday

Tracklisting - CD1
1. Part 1. Devotion before the Mass. Antiphon. Kyrie eleison (Pre-recorded tape no. 1)
2. Part 1. Devotion before the Mass. Hymn and Psalm. A Simple Song
3. Part 1. Devotion before the Mass. Responsory. Alleluia (Pre-recorded tape no. 2)
4. Part 2. First Introit (Rondo). Prefatory Prayers
5. Part 2. First Introit (Rondo). Thrice-Triple Canon. Dominus vobiscum
6. Part 3. Second Introit. In nomine Patris (Pre-recorded tape no. 3)
7. Part 3. Second Introit. Prayer for the Congregation (Chorale. Almighty Father)
8. Part 3. Second Introit. Epiphany (Pre-recorded tape no. 4)
9. Part 4. Confession. Confiteor
10. Part 4. Confession. Trope. I Don't Know
11. Part 4. Confession. Trope. Easy
12. Part 5. Meditation No. 1
13. Part 6. Gloria. Gloria Tibi
14. Part 6. Gloria. Gloria in Excelsis
15. Part 6. Gloria. Trope. Half of the People
16. Part 6. Gloria. Trope. Thank you
17. Part 7. Meditation No. 2
18. Part 8. Epistle. The Word of the Lord
19. Part 9. Gospel-Sermon. God Said
20. Part 10. Credo. Credo in unum Deum (Pre-recorded tape no. 5)
21. Part 10. Credo. Trope. Non Credo / Crucifixus (Pre-recorded tape no. 6)
22. Part 10. Credo. Trope. Hurry / Sedet ad dexteram Patris (Pre-recorded tape no. 7)
23. Part 10. Credo. Trope. World without End / Et in Spiritum Sanctum (Pre-recorded tape no. 8)
24. Part 10. Credo. Trope. I Believe in God
25. Part 11. Meditation No. 3 (De profundis, Part 1)
26. Part 12. Offertory (De profundis, Part 2)
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Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop / Leonard Bernstein: Mass [disk 1]

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Tracklisting - CD1
1. Part 13. The Lord's Prayer
2. Part 13. The Lord's Prayer. Trope. I Go On
3. Part 14. Sanctus
4. Part 15. Agnus Dei
5. Part 16. Fraction. Things Get Broken
6. Part 17. Pax. Communion (Secret Songs)
7. Part 15. Agnus Dei
8. Part 16. Fraction. Things Get Broken
9. Part 17. Pax. Communion (Secret Songs)
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Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop / Leonard Bernstein: Mass [disk 2]

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