Thomas Cooley Brings "Skill and Sophistication" and "Heart-Breaking Elegant Singing" to New Recording of Bach's Mass in B Minor

Early Music America reviewed a new recording of Bach's Mass in B Minor from Cantata Collective, offering high praise to tenor Thomas Cooley "The true glory of this movement — and perhaps of the entire solo vocal quartet on this recording —  comes from the singing of tenor Thomas Cooley. (He was also a standout as the Evangelist in the Cantata Collective’s excellent Johannes-Passion recording.) He brings to this Mass the Passion’s sense of drama and connection to the text, but with all the skill and sophistication of vocal refinement that anyone could ask for in this lyric role....the heart-breaking elegant singing of tenor Cooley who incidentally not only exhibits the best vocal connection to the text (without expense of the legato line), but also the best German-Latin pronunciation." Read the full review below.