Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Robin Johannsen, Marie-Claude Chappuis, Helena Rasker, Sebastian Kohlhepp, Christian Immler, RIAS Kammerchor
Orchestra: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Conductor: René Jacobs
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue: HMM90267677
Release: 2022
Size: 1.77 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Mass in B minor, BWV 232
CD 01
01. I. Missa (Kyrie, Gloria) – Kyrie eleison I
02. Christe eleison
03. Kyrie eleison II
04. Gloria in excelsis Deo
05. Et in terra pax
06. Laudamus te
07. Gratias agimus tibi
08. Dominus Deus
09. Qui tollis peccata mundi
10. Qui sedes ad dextram Patris
11. Quoniam tu solus sanctus
12. Cum Sancto Spiritu
CD 02
01. II. Symbolum Nicenum (Credo) – Credo in unum Deum
02. Patrem omnipotentem
03. Et in unum Dominum
04. Et incarnatus est
05. Crucifixus
06. Et resurrexit
07. Et in Spiritum sanctum Dominum
08. Confiteor
09. Et expecto
10. III. Sanctus – Sanctus. Pleni sunt coeli
11. IV. Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei, Dona nobis pacem – Osanna in excelsis
12. Benedictus
13. Osanna in excelsis
14. Agnus Dei
15. Dona nobis pacem
A composition as brilliant as it is protean – the earliest sections date back to 1724, others were written in 1733 in the hope of obtaining a post in Dresden – the Mass in B minor occupied Bach until the end of his life. The work, which is more ecumenical than strictly Catholic, offers a digest of his art at its expressive peak: a world in itself. It is an understatement to say that the performers on this recording were eager to revisit it, following their acclaimed interpretations of the two Passions and the Christmas Oratorio.