Mass in B minor

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Nikolaus Harnoncourt & Arnold Schoenberg Chor & Concentus Musicus Wien

Mass in B minor is a musical mass by German composer Johann Sebastian Bach, compiled and completed in 1749. The composition synthesises Baroque contrapuntal technique with a broad palette of vocal and instrumental forces, featuring intricate fugues, expressive solo writing and expansive choral textures, and represents a late-career summation in which Bach reworked earlier sacred material into a cohesive, large-scale setting.
First released: 1995

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Messe in H-moll, BWV 232: I. Missa. Kyrie. Kyrie eleison
    10:29
  2. 2.
    Messe in H-moll, BWV 232: II. Symbolum Nicenum. Credo. Credo in unum Deum
    1:53
  3. 3.
    Messe in H-moll, BWV 232: II. Symbolum Nicenum. Credo. Patrem omnipotentem
    2:05
  4. 4.
    Messe in H-moll, BWV 232: I. Missa. Kyrie. Christe eleison
    5:16
  5. 5.
    Messe in H-moll, BWV 232: II. Symbolum Nicenum. Credo. Et in unum Dominum
    5:06
  6. 6.
    Messe in H-moll, BWV 232: I. Missa. Kyrie. Kyrie eleison
    2:59
  7. 7.
    Messe in H-moll, BWV 232: I. Missa. Gloria. Gloria in excelsis Deo
    6:38
  8. 8.
    Messe in H-moll, BWV 232: II. Symbolum Nicenum. Credo. Et incarnatus est
    2:58
  9. 9.
    Messe in H-moll, BWV 232: I. Missa. Gloria. Laudamus te
    4:07
  10. 10.
    Messe in H-moll, BWV 232: II. Symbolum Nicenum. Credo. Crucifixus
    3:33
  11. 11.
    Messe in H-moll, BWV 232: I. Missa. Gloria. Gratias agimus tibi
    2:37
  12. 12.
    Messe in H-moll, BWV 232: II. Symbolum Nicenum. Credo. Et resurrexit
    4:27
  13. 13.
    Messe in H-moll, BWV 232: II. Symbolum Nicenum. Credo. Et in Spiritum
    5:12
  14. 14.
    Messe in H-moll, BWV 232: I. Missa. Gloria. Domine Deus
    5:55
  15. 15.
    Messe in H-moll, BWV 232: I. Missa. Gloria. Qui tollis
    3:02
  16. 16.
    Messe in H-moll, BWV 232: II. Symbolum Nicenum. Credo. Confiteor
    3:55
  17. 17.
    Messe in H-moll, BWV 232: II. Symbolum Nicenum. Credo. Et expecto
    2:26
  18. 18.
    Messe in H-moll, BWV 232: I. Missa. Gloria. Qui sedes
    4:47
  19. 19.
    Messe in H-moll, BWV 232: I. Missa. Gloria. Quoniam tu solus
    5:13
  20. 20.
    Messe in H-moll, BWV 232: III. Sanctus
    4:21
  21. 21.
    Messe in H-moll, BWV 232: I. Missa. Gloria. Cum Sancto Spiritu
    4:15
  22. 22.
    Messe in H-moll, BWV 232: IV. Osanna
    2:36
  23. 23.
    Messe in H-moll, BWV 232: IV. Benedictus
    6:48
  24. 24.
    Messe in H-moll, BWV 232: IV. Agnus Dei
    5:15
  25. 25.
    Messe in H-moll, BWV 232: IV. Dona nobis pacem
    2:51

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