Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring / Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Johann Sebastian Bach (Artist), George Frideric Handel (Artist), Dr. Jerold D. Ottley (Artist), Eugene Ormandy (Artist), Richard P. Condie (Artist), Columbia Symphony Orchestra (Artist), Philadelphia Orchestra (Artist), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Artist), Mormon Tabernacle Choir (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 14, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000027YR
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #57,982 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #49 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Vocal Non-Opera > Magnificats
  • #70 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Vocal Non-Opera > Anthems

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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fine recording, but doesn't work for me., May 6, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring / Mormon Tabernacle Choir (Audio CD)

I love several of J.S. Bach's cantatas, and enjoy hearing them in a variety of ways--period performances, orchestral arrangements, etc. Therefore I'm not one to insist on authenticity. Nevertheless, the chorus here sounds too big for the Bach. Also, the program needs more variety for straight through listening. Chorus after (massive) chorus doesn't work for me.

15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bach and Handel Treats, August 3, 2000

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Harry Littell (Sacramento, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring / Mormon Tabernacle Choir (Audio CD)

The unfortunate thingÑif anything can be said to the contrary about this collectionÑis that is an older recording. As far as authenticity, what was available in the days of Bach and Handel to perform their music, and what they may have had in mind as the formidable way of presenting it to the publicÑas well as to the heavensÑmay be quite different things. Viewed in this way, authenticity may be an abstraction we are not here priviledged to comment on.

I have marveled for years, even when these were two separate LP's, of the power and dimensionality conveyed by the way these works are performed. I still switch from one to another piece as which is my favorite. In this respect, the experience is a hermenutic delight. Any lover or respecter of Bach or Handel would not go wrong by including this collection in their musical library.

When I use the word "treats" in the title, I mean just that: it is a collection of works that one would be hard pressed to find performed together on any available recording. And so I use the metaphor "treat," as if I were given a morsel and then devoured it; and another, and devoured that one, each with a fullness of pleasure and delight, and with soul filling satisfaction.

These indivdual recordings are for the most part masterpieces in and of themselves, and to be able to listen to them as they are performed flawlessly, and in a manner that invites the Spirit of GodÑby saying they are a "treat"Ñis to merely to treat them minimally.

3 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This song is the best I have ever heard. It rocks!!!!!, February 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring / Mormon Tabernacle Choir (Audio CD)

Jesu joy of man's desiring, holy wisdom love most bright