Messe in h-moll, BWV 232

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Freiburger Barockorchester & Balthasar‐Neumann‐Chor & Thomas Hengelbrock

The Mass in B minor, BWV 232, is a liturgical mass by Johann Sebastian Bach, completed in 1749. A large-scale Baroque sacred choral work that synthesises earlier cantata movements with newly composed sections, it combines contrapuntal complexity, varied solo and choral textures and a wide orchestral palette, and represents a late-career culmination of Bach's sacred vocal writing and compositional technique.
First released: 1997

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Messe in H-Moll, BWV 232: Ia. Coro "Kyrie eleison"
    11:32
  2. 2.
    Messe in H-Moll, BWV 232: IIIa. Coro "Credo in unum Deum"
    1:45
  3. 3.
    Messe in H-Moll, BWV 232: IIIb. Coro "Patrem omnipotentem"
    1:48
  4. 4.
    Messe in H-Moll, BWV 232: Ib. Duetto (Soprano I, Soprano II) "Christe eleison"
    4:46
  5. 5.
    Messe in H-Moll, BWV 232: IIIc. Duetto (Soprano I, Alto) "Et in unum Dominum"
    4:29
  6. 6.
    Messe in H-Moll, BWV 232: Ic. Coro "Kyrie eleison"
    4:17
  7. 7.
    Messe in H-Moll, BWV 232: IIa. Coro "Gloria in excelsis Deo"
    1:37
  8. 8.
    Messe in H-Moll, BWV 232: IIId. Coro "Et incarnatus est"
    3:04
  9. 9.
    Messe in H-Moll, BWV 232: IIb. Coro "Et in terra pax"
    4:38
  10. 10.
    Messe in H-Moll, BWV 232: IIIe. Coro "Crucifixus"
    3:48
  11. 11.
    Messe in H-Moll, BWV 232: IIc. Aria (Soprano II) "Laudamus te"
    4:13
  12. 12.
    Messe in H-Moll, BWV 232: IIIf. Coro "Et resurrexit"
    3:34
  13. 13.
    Messe in H-Moll, BWV 232: IId. Coro "Gratias agimus"
    3:11
  14. 14.
    Messe in H-Moll, BWV 232: IIIg. Aria (Basso) "Et in Spiritum Sanctum"
    5:02
  15. 15.
    Messe in H-Moll, BWV 232: IIIh. Coro "Confiteor unum baptisma"
    3:42
  16. 16.
    Messe in H-Moll, BWV 232: IIe. Duetto (Soprano I, Tenore) "Domine Deus"
    5:24
  17. 17.
    Messe in H-Moll, BWV 232: IIIi. Coro "Et expecto"
    1:58
  18. 18.
    Messe in H-Moll, BWV 232: IIf. Coro "Qui tollis peccata mundi"
    3:12
  19. 19.
    Messe in H-Moll, BWV 232: IIg. Aria (Alto) "Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris"
    5:11
  20. 20.
    Messe in H-Moll, BWV 232: IVa. Coro "Sanctus"
    5:17
  21. 21.
    Messe in H-Moll, BWV 232: IVb. Coro "Hosanna"
    2:22
  22. 22.
    Messe in H-Moll, BWV 232: IIh. Aria (Basso) "Quoniam tu solus Sanctus"
    4:37
  23. 23.
    Messe in H-Moll, BWV 232: IVc. Aria (Tenore) "Benedictus"
    4:28
  24. 24.
    Messe in H-Moll, BWV 232: IIi. Coro "Cum Sancto Spiritu"
    3:36
  25. 25.
    Messe in H-Moll, BWV 232: IVd. Coro "Hosanna"
    2:21
  26. 26.
    Messe in H-Moll, BWV 232: IVe. Aria (Alto) "Agnus Dei"
    5:40
  27. 27.
    Messe in H-Moll, BWV 232: IVf. Coro "Dona nobis pacem"
    3:31

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