Mass in B minor

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Eugen Jochum

The Mass in B minor is a musical composition by Johann Sebastian Bach, completed in 1749. As a late sacred work it consolidates Bach's baroque choral and contrapuntal techniques within a large-scale liturgical framework, featuring dense polyphony, extended vocal ranges and varied instrumental textures that reflect the culmination of his vocal writing.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Ia. Kyrie: Chorus "Kyrie eleison"
    12:09
  2. 2.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Ib. Kyrie: Duet (2 sopranos) "Christe eleison"
    5:19
  3. 3.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: 1c. Kyrie: Chorus "Kyrie eleision"
    3:43
  4. 4.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: IIa. Gloria: Chorus "Gloria in excelsis Deo"
    2:03
  5. 5.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: IIb. Gloria: Chorus "Et in terra pax"
    4:36
  6. 6.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: IIc. Gloria: Aria (soprano) "Laudamus te"
    4:47
  7. 7.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: IId. Gloria: Chorus "Gratias agimus te"
    3:17
  8. 8.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: IIe. Gloria: Duet (soprano, tenor) "Domine Deus"
    5:54
  9. 9.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: IIf. Gloria: Chorus "Qui tollis peccata mundi"
    3:41
  10. 10.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: IIg. Gloria: Aria (alto) "Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris"
    4:42
  11. 11.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: IIh. Gloria: Aria (bass) "Quoniam tu solus sanctus"
    5:13
  12. 12.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: IIi. Gloria: Chorus "Cum Sancto Spiritu"
    4:21

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: IIIa. Symbolum nicenum: Chorus "Credo in unum Deum"
    2:29
  2. 3.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: IIIb. Symbolum nicenum: Chorus "Patrem omnipotentem"
    2:08
  3. 4.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: IIIc. Symbolum nicenum: Duet (2 sopranos) "Et in unum Dominum"
    5:26
  4. 5.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: IIId. Symbolum nicenum: Chorus "Et incarnatus est"
    4:26
  5. 6.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: IIIe. Symbolum nicenum: Chorus "Crucifixus"
    4:19
  6. 7.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: IIIf. Symbolum nicenum: Chorus "Et resurrexit"
    4:21
  7. 8.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: IIIg. Symbolum nicenum: Aria (bass) "Et in Spiritum Sanctum Dominum"
    6:36
  8. 9.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: IIIh. Symbolum nicenum: Chorus "Confiteor"
    2:54
  9. 10.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: IIIi. Symbolum nicenum: Chorus "Et expecto resurrectionem"
    3:52
  10. 11.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: IVa. Chorus "Sanctus"
    6:02
  11. 12.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: IVb. Chorus "Osanna in excelsis"
    3:03
  12. 13.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: IVc. Aria (tenor) "Benedictus"
    4:59
  13. 14.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: IVd. Chorus "Osanna in excelsis"
    3:06
  14. 15.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: IVe. Aria (Alto) "Agnus Dei"
    5:47
  15. 16.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: IVf. Chorus "Dona nobis pacem"
    3:13

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