“This new recording is likely to be a powerful advocate in its widespread reassessment. Kristjan Järvi conducts his many and varied forces with high-octane energy”
Phillip Clark Gramophone Editor’s Choice May 2009
“This smashing new recording of Bernstein’s Mass challenges and in some ways surpasses the original one… hypnotizing in its vibrancy, the slickness of its engineering and the confidence of its integrated vision. It makes the Mass sound brand new…I would have to say this is the one to have.”
Joshua Rosenblum Opera News August 2009
“A tour de force for conductor Kristjan Järvi, who, in addition to marshalling the enormous forces required – three choirs, two orchestras, soloists and a rock band – takes a speaking role as one of the cynics hounding Randall Scarlata’s volatile Celebrant. Engineered over a colossal dynamic range, the sound is sensational.”
Tim Ashley Guardian March 2009
“A viscerally exciting performance.”
Charles T. Downey Ionarts
