Mass in B Minor

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Seiji Ozawa & Saito Kinen Orchestra

The Mass in B minor is a choral composition by Johann Sebastian Bach, completed in 1749. Structured as a missa tota in the Baroque style, it blends complex counterpoint, extensive choral writing, solo vocal passages and varied orchestral textures, and its assembling of earlier movements with late-life additions places it as a summative work in Bach's sacred vocal output.
First released: 5th March 2002

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Kyrie eleison, Chorus
    9:32
  2. 2.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Credo in unum Deum, Chorus
    1:58
  3. 3.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Patrem omnipotentem, Chorus
    1:51
  4. 4.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Christe eleison, Duet sopranos
    5:04
  5. 5.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Et in unum Dominum, Duet soprano I, contra-alto
    4:05
  6. 6.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Kyrie eleison, Chorus
    3:15
  7. 7.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Gloria in excelsis Deo, Chorus
    1:39
  8. 8.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Et incarnatus est, Chorus
    3:16
  9. 9.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Et in terra pax, Chorus
    4:16
  10. 10.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Crucifixus, Chorus
    2:52
  11. 11.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Laudamus te, Aria soprano II
    4:10
  12. 12.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Et resurrexit, Chorus
    3:49
  13. 13.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Gratias agimus tibi, Chorus
    2:49
  14. 14.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Et in Spiritum Sanctum, Aria bass
    4:40
  15. 15.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Confiteor unum baptisma, Chorus
    3:56
  16. 16.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Domine Deus, Duet Soprano I, tenor
    5:16
  17. 17.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Et expecto resurrectionem, Chorus
    2:06
  18. 18.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Qui tollis peccata mundi, Chorus
    3:25
  19. 19.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, Aria contra-alto
    4:31
  20. 20.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Sanctus, Chorus
    5:03
  21. 21.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Osanna, Chorus
    2:32
  22. 22.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Quoniam tu solus Sanctus, Aria bass
    4:05
  23. 23.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Benedictus, Aria tenor
    3:55
  24. 24.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Cum sancto spiritu, Chorus
    3:51
  25. 25.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Osanna, Chorus
    2:31
  26. 26.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Agnus Dei, Aria contra-alto
    4:47
  27. 27.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Dona nobis pacem, Chorus
    3:03

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