AllMusic Review by James Leonard [-]
People say this is the "good" Bernstein Missa Solemnis and that sure, the 1960 New York Philharmonic recording for Columbia was a sloppy, soupy mess, but this 1979 Concertgebouw Orchestra recording is the "good" one. Well, it's better conducted, better played, and better recorded and that counts for something. The Concertgebouw intuits Bernstein's subjective technique and responds with lush and powerful virtuosity. Deutsche Grammophon's sound is warm and vivid, even if a little pinched in climaxes. So in that way, this is the "good" Bernstein Missa Solemnis. But does that mean it's a good Missa Solemnis? Not really: the improved technical quality of the performance only reveals the poverty of Bernstein's interpretation. Bernstein no doubt means each and every note with his whole heart and soul, but despite the pomp and splendor of Bernstein's interpretation, the whole heart and soul of the performance is not enough to save his interpretation from overwhelming spiritual hubris. Rather than communicate Beethoven's beatific vision, all Bernstein's pomp and splendor only gild the frame of Bernstein's narcissistic mirror.
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