Gramophone Magazine
May 2025
Editor's Choice

Julie Roset (soprano), Beth Taylor (mezzo-soprano). Lucile Richardot (alto), Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (tenor), Christian Immler (bass), Raphaël Pichon, Pygmalion

The Mass in B minor is one of the supreme peaks of Bach's music. Raphaël Pichon and his ensemble Pygmalion explore this universe which gives utterance to the mysteries of incarnation and death.

"As the starting point, the music is taken entirely on its own terms – essentially Pichon’s personal vision – and so the well-rehearsed tropes of established ‘period’ vocabulary are quietly jettisoned for the freshly minted...This B minor Mass is really up there with the very best." - Gramophone Magazine, May 2025