B Minor Mass
Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Robert Shaw Chorale & Robert Shaw Orchestra & Robert Shaw
The Mass in B minor is a large-scale choral mass by Johann Sebastian Bach, completed in 1749. The work sets the Latin Mass in a Baroque idiom with complex counterpoint and varied vocal and instrumental textures, and it was compiled near the end of Bach's life as a synthesis of techniques from his earlier sacred music.

First released: 12th October 1999
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Disc 1
- 1.B Minor Mass: Kyrie: Chorus. Kyrie eleison12:01
- 2.B Minor Mass: Kyrie: Duet. Christe eleison (sop I & II)5:55
- 3.B Minor Mass: Kyrie: Chorus. Kyrie eleison4:46
- 4.B Minor Mass: Gloria: Chorus. Gloria in excelsis Deo...1:58
- 5.B Minor Mass: Gloria: ...et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis5:32
- 6.B Minor Mass: Gloria: Aria. Laudamus te (sop II)5:33
- 7.B Minor Mass: Gloria: Chorus. Gratias agimus tibi propter3:35
- 8.B Minor Mass: Gloria: Aria. Domine Deus (sop I & tenor)6:32
- 9.B Minor Mass: Gloria: Aria. Chorus. Qui tollis peccata mundi4:17
- 10.B Minor Mass: Gloria: Aria. Qui sedes ad dextram Patris (contralto)4:54
- 11.B Minor Mass: Gloria: Aria. Quoniam tu solus sanctus (bass)5:49
- 12.B Minor Mass: Gloria: Chorus. Cum sancto Spiritu in gloria4:11
Disc 2
- 2.B Minor Mass: Credo: Chorus. Credo in unum Deum2:28
- 3.B Minor Mass: Credo: Chorus. Patrem omnipotentem2:13
- 4.B Minor Mass: Credo: Duet. Et in unum Dominum (sop I & contralto)5:49
- 5.B Minor Mass: Credo: Chorus. Et incarnatus est4:00
- 6.B Minor Mass: Credo: Chorus. Crucifixus5:42
- 7.B Minor Mass: Credo: Chorus. Et resurrexit4:24
- 8.B Minor Mass: Credo: Aria. Et in Spiritum sanctum (bass)6:16
- 9.B Minor Mass: Credo: Chorus. Confiteor unum baptisma...5:10
- 10.B Minor Mass: Credo: ...et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum2:23
- 11.B Minor Mass: Chorus. Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus6:17
- 12.B Minor Mass: Chorus. Osanna in excelsis3:08
- 13.B Minor Mass: Aria. Benedictus (tenor)5:39
- 14.B Minor Mass: Chorus. Osanna in excelsis3:09
- 15.B Minor Mass: Aria. Agnus Dei (contralto)7:02
- 16.B Minor Mass: Chorus. Dona nobis pacem3:55












