Messe h-Moll, BWV 232

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Christine Schäfer & Ingeborg Danz & Markus Schäfer & Thomas Quasthoff & Windsbacher Knabenchor & Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss am Rhein & Karl-Friedrich Beringer

The Mass in B minor, BWV 232, is a sacred choral composition by Johann Sebastian Bach, compiled and completed in 1749. It synthesises earlier liturgical movements into a large-scale Baroque mass featuring dense contrapuntal choruses, expressive solo writing and varied orchestral colour, representing the culmination of Bach's lifelong engagement with sacred vocal forms.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Chorus: Kyrie eleison
    9:15
  2. 2.
    Duet: Christe eleison
    5:08
  3. 3.
    Chorus: Kyrie eleison
    3:22
  4. 4.
    Chorus: Gloria in excelsis
    6:08
  5. 5.
    Aria: Laudamus te
    4:13
  6. 6.
    Chorus: Gratias
    3:01
  7. 7.
    Duet: Domine
    5:54
  8. 8.
    Chorus: Qui tollis
    3:25
  9. 9.
    Aria: Qui sedes
    4:50
  10. 10.
    Aria: Quoniam
    5:15
  11. 11.
    Chorus: Cum Sancto Spiritu
    3:57

Disc 2

  1. 1.
    Chorus: Credo
    1:48
  2. 2.
    Chorus: Patrem omnipotentem
    2:04
  3. 3.
    Duet: Et in unum Dominum
    4:44
  4. 4.
    Chorus: Et incarnatus est
    3:13
  5. 5.
    Chorus: Crucifixus
    2:29
  6. 6.
    Chorus: Et resurrexit
    4:00
  7. 7.
    Aria: Et in Spiritum Sanctum
    5:10
  8. 8.
    Chorus: Confiteor
    6:40
  9. 9.
    Chorus: Sanctus
    5:30
  10. 10.
    Chorus: Osanna in excelsis
    2:41
  11. 11.
    Aria: Benedictus
    3:52
  12. 12.
    Chorus: Osanna in excelsis
    2:34
  13. 13.
    Aria: Agnus Dei
    6:00
  14. 14.
    Chorus: Dona nobis pacem
    3:12

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