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Barcode: 0880242592347, Catalog No: 2059234, Firm: EuroArts , Publish Date: July 1, 2012
Genre: Classical Music , Classical Music / Choral , Classical Music / Orchestral Music , Classical Music / Baroque , Classical Music / Classical Period
Sub-Category : Concert, Format Type : BluRay, Format : 1 BluRay

Herbert Blomstedt 85th Birthday Blu-ray Anniversary Edition

Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor
Ruth Ziesak, soprano
Anna Larsson, contralto
Christoph Genz, tenor
Dietrich Henschel, bass
GewandhausKammerchor

Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Johann Sebastian Bach: Furchte dich nicht
Johann Sebastian Bach: Chaconne, from: Partita No. 2 in D minor
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Hore Israel & Furchte dich nicht from Elias
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor
Nancy Argenta, soprano
Victoria Mullova, violin
Jurgen Wolf, organ
Thomaner Chor Leipzig
GewandhausKammerchor

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

BONUS: Bach and his B minor Mass - An introduction by Herbert Blomstedt
SOUND FORMAT: PCM-STEREO
LANGUAGE: Deutsch
SUBTITLES: English, Francais

With this recording, Herbert Blomstedt pays homage to Bach and the city of Leipzig.
One part of the Blu-ray Disc was recorded in 2005 at the Leipzig Bach Festival, which is widely regarded as the world’s leading festival celebrating Johann Sebastian Bach. This concert of Bach’s masterwork, written at the end of his tenure as the 18th Gewandhauskapellmeister did not really mark the end of Blomstedt’s fruitful collaboration with the traditional orchestra. The Swedish conductor will continue to act as an honorary musical director to the ensemble. Performed with leading Bach singers at St. Thomas’ Church, Leipzig, the church for which Bach conceived his works, this homage to Bach was a touching farewell to Herbert Blomstedt from his Leipzig audience. J.S. Bach's Mass in B minor is one of the greatest and most famous works of sacred music.
The other part of the Blu-ray Disc was recorded at the 9th Otober Memorial Concert of the Gewandhaus Orchestra and the Thomanerchores. These began with the Monday demonstration of 9 October 1989, just one month before the fall of the Berlin wall. ( EUROARTS )

RUN TIME: 195 mins + 21 mins (Bonus)