The Dunedin Consort’s recording of Bach’s Mass in B Minor revisits the spectacular individual virtuosity that made the Messiah recording so successful. This is the premiere recording of the work in the new Breitkopf edition, edited by Joshua Rifkin, a leading thinker in authentic period performance, who fully endorses John Butt’s interpretation.

• Bach’s Mass capitalizes on the very essence of the group’s skills: skilled virtuosic choral performance coupled with outstanding, characterful solo singing.

• Bach’s Mass in B Minor is undoubtedly his most spectacular choral work and the Dunedin Consort’s single-voice performance enables a level of clarity and expression that is not traditionally a feature of modern choral performance.

• This recording features several soloists from the acclaimed recording of Bach’s Matthew Passion, which was named the BBC Music Magazine’s Benchmark.

• The Consort will launch the new album with a special performance of Bach’s Mass in B Minor at St. John's Smith Square, London on 17th May 2010.

• Winner of the 2007 Classic FM Gramophone Award for Best Baroque Vocal Album for their recording of Handel’s ‘Dublin’ Messiah the Dunedin Consort has established a reputation as the finest single-part period performance choir currently performing.

• The multi-award-winning Dunedin Consort has won praise for the natural style of its soloists (“an authoritative bass and a superb contralto” The Guardian) and renown for the virtuosity of its singers.

• The Dunedin Consort has appeared at festivals throughout the UK and the Channel Islands as well as at the Edinburgh International Festival, has appeared on BBC 2 and BBC 4 television and been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Scotland