J.S.BACH
Messe en si mineur BWV 232

Jordi Savall, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations

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Jordi Savall
La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Le Concert des Nations

During the final years of his life, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) created the monumental body of music that can be considered his “Testament”, comprising the Musical Offering, the Art of Fugue and the B minor Mass. This latter work is a perfect synthesis of all his skill and flair in the art of composition (and essentially in that of counterpoint), as well as his gift for invention and his extraordinary sense of form, structure and number.

In this live recording we offer our version of the Mass in B minor, as it was performed on 19th July, 2011, as part of the 6th Festival of Fontfroide 2011, after the final touches had been made to our interpretation during the 2nd Academy of Research and Performance. Considered to be one of the most remarkable of all musical utopias, it is a Catholic Mass written by a Lutheran composer, which cannot be fitted into the liturgies of either the catholic or the Protestant tradition, and yet it remains one of the great masterpieces of all time.

An academy was specially formed for this performance. The members were selected by open public competition: 27 young musicians from Germany (2), Belgium (1), Venezuela (1), Catalonia (8), Spain (4), France (2) Israel (1), Italy (3), Japan (1), Norway (2), Poland (1) and Holland (1). Together they constitute the Soloists, the Choeur favori and the Grand choeur of La Capella Reial de Catalunya, as well as the instrumental soloists of the orchestra using period instruments, Le Concert des Nations.

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JORDI SAVALL
Bellaterra, Autumn 2012

Translated by Jacqueline Minet