Leonard Bernstein - Mass - Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop

 

Release Date: August 25, 2009 Label: Naxos Number of discs: 2 Composer: Leonard Bernstein  Performer: Marin Alsop, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra cd info/ buy

Review:

At its premiere in 1971, Leonard Bernstein’s Mass proved controversial, though the Washington Post  declared it “the greatest music Bernstein has written”. Bernstein himself rated it amongst his most important works and Marin Alsop, one of his last students, has proved a tireless advocate of Mass. As she says: “What’s interesting…is just how prophetic it’s turned out to be. All those boundaries between genres, between different styles of music – they’re gone”. Gramophone’s editor, James Inverne, judged her recording a worthy successor to Bernstein’s own version, praising its “understanding of [Mass’s] myriad styles” and “convincing and coherent dramatic arc”.

 

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