Mass
While critics at the 1971 premiere found the work derivative and even tasteless, audiences loved this ardent, resourceful, somewhat brazen, ultimately moving Theatre Piece for Singers, Players, and Dancers. Leonard Bernstein's affinity for his public and for the age in which he lived enabled him to successfully outfit his Mass with a stylish mix of contemporary and ancient modes--rock, jazz, electronic music, Gregorian chant--and place it in a context somewhere between Broadway and opera. Though it lacks the visual component of a live performance, the work holds up well on this Bernstein-led recording, the only complete version on disc. From the popular "Simple Song" to the Stravinskian rhythmic devices and abundant, memorable melodies, the vital creative force of Bernstein is never absent. --David Vernier more
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ProductReviews83/100 (44 Reviews)
Recent Reviews
- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Dec-07-2008
- Bernstein's Mass
This is one of the most enjoyable CD'S, in that the variation of both the music and the libretto leave one stunned.
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- 1/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Nov-29-2008
- Mass is phony
This recording is not what it says it is. I put it in my computer CD player and the information on my monitor listed the performers as conductor Kent Nagano, tenor Jerry Hadley and others. I listened to the recording and the voice is...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: May-24-2007
- Outstanding
An excellent cd sung in english with a libretto to guide you. This two cd set is very much worth owning and is conducted by the composer. It is not like the usual mass in that it employs two orchestras, singers, dancers and two choruses.
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- 1/5
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- Posted: May-17-2007
- An embarrassment
This is one of the biggest embarrassments of Bernstein's career. In the late 60s/early 70s, everyone was trying to make Catholicism "hip and cool and relevant" in an attempt to appeal to the youth culture of that time. That's why we...
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Selected Reviews
- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Dec-07-2008
- Bernstein's Mass
This is one of the most enjoyable CD'S, in that the variation of both the music and the libretto leave one stunned.
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- 3/5
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- Posted: Jun-25-1999
- Typical hit and miss composer who never found his "voice".
Many parts of this work are inspiring, rhythmic and moving, but there was little originality, unfortunately, which appears to be typical of Bernstein. The "mad scene" was entirely too long. Some good tunes, however. Overall, buy "Jesus...
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- 1/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Nov-29-2008
- Mass is phony
This recording is not what it says it is. I put it in my computer CD player and the information on my monitor listed the performers as conductor Kent Nagano, tenor Jerry Hadley and others. I listened to the recording and the voice is...
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