Dunedin Consort & John Butt: J.S. Bach – Mass in B minor

Large Victorian-style choral societies made Bach's Mass in B minor sound massive; John Butt's Dunedin Consort uses a small group of singers taking both solo and choral lines, with period instruments. The result is a different kind of vastness: instead of a blurred wall of sound, every fugue entry, syncopation and trumpet fanfare is sharp and full of energy. Choose it to hear Bach's polyphony in high definition.