Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Christina Landshamer, Anke Vondung, Kenneth Tarver, Andreas Wolf, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Orchestra: Concerto Köln
Conductor: Peter Dijkstra
Number of Discs: 3
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: BR Klassik
Catalogue: 900910
Release: 2017
Size: 1.73
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Mass in B minor, BWV 232
01. 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. Domine Deus
09. Qui tollis peccata mundi
10. Qui sedes ad dextram Patris
11. Quoniam tu solus Sanctus
12. Cum Sancto Spiritu
CD 02
Mass in B minor, BWV 232
01. Credo in unum Deum
02. Credo in unum Deum, Patrem omnipotentem
03. Et in unum Dominum
04. Et incarnatus est
05. Crucifixus
06. Et resurrexit
07. Et in Spiritum Sanctum Dominum
08. Confiteor unum baptisma
09. Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum
10. Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum. Vivace e allegro
11. Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth
12. Pleni sunt coeli
13. Osanna in excelsis I
14. Benedictus
15. Osanna in excelsis II
16. Agnus Dei
17. Dona nobis pacem
CD 03
Wege zur Musik aus der Mass in B Minor, Teil 1 “Ein Werk als Lebensbilanz”
01. I. Et incarnatus
02. II. Das Vermächtniswerk
03. III. Aus alt mach neu
04. IV. Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen
05. V. Geplärr und Geleyer
Wege zur Musik aus der Mass in B Minor, Teil 2 “Karriereschub und Glaubensbekenntnis”
06. I. Der erste Umschlag
07. II. Compositeur bey der Königlichen HoffCapelle
08. III. Das “Neu’ Leipziger Gesangbuch”
09. IV. Glaubensbekenntnis und Klangreise
10. V. Stile und Affekte
11. VI. Komponierte Theologie
Wege zur Musik aus der Mass in B Minor, Teil 3 “Herrschaft und Verherrlichung”
12. I. Göttliche Allmacht und weltliche Macht
13. II. Ratswahlkantate
14. III. Die “himmelaufjauchzende Tonart“
15. IV. Letzte Dinge
16. V. Das Erbstück
For Bach, the Mass in B minor marked the culmination and also the end point of his life’s work as a composer. This “great Catholic Mass,” the only mass he composed, and in which he set to music the complete Ordinary of the Latin Mass, was his last great vocal work. The Mass, completed in 1748/49, is a musical masterpiece in which the Baroque musical splendour is always to the fore, though reflective moments and intense, heartfelt chorales are also very important elements. The Latin Ordinarium constitutes the silk thread along which all these musical pearls are strung.
Even after almost three hundred years, the music of Bach’s Mass in B minor is still animated, fresh, and a true Baroque delight – whether heard live in concert or recorded. What makes this concert version of June 2016 at the “ION – Nuremberg International Organ Week” in Nuremberg’s St. Lorenz Church so special that it should definitely be added to any DVD collection? The fresh voices of the young but excellent vocal soloists: the regularly praised “astonishing three-dimensionality” and “crystalline clarity” of the Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks under the direction of Peter Dijkstra and of course of the renowned period instrument ensemble Concerto Köln; and last but not least, the exciting live atmosphere of a concert event that delighted the audiences, and even managed to coax the word “magical” from music critics – rare praise, but in this case, richly deserved! The DVD recording of Bach’s Mass in B Minor has now been reissued by BR-KLASSIK.