Mass in B minor
J.S.Bach

Bach's Mass in B minor displays all the ingredients that that contribute his supreme ranking amongst his peers of any age, and also demonstrates the breadth of compositional skills amassed during his lifetime. It demands choral singing of blistering athleticism but also sensitive, responsive and, at times, majestic orchestral playing coupled with virtuosic obligatos along with a team of soloists who can breathe an immediacy of expression into the words of the mass. All these elements are well to the fore in this magnificent recording.

TRACK LISTINGS

CD1

Chorus: Kyrie eleison 9.01
Duet: Christe eleison 4.48
Chorus: Kyrie eleison 3.29
Chorus: Gloria in excelsis Deo 1.52
Chorus: Et in terra pax 4.06
Air: Laudamus te 4.22
Chorus: Gratias agimus 2.20
Duet: Domine Deus 5.28
Chorus: Qui tollis 3.11
Air: Qui sedes 4.17
Air: Quoniam tu solus Sanctus 4.30
Chorus: Cum Sancto Spiritu 3.52
Total Playing Time 51.28

CD2

Chorus: Credo in unum Deo 1.59
Chorus: Patrem omnipotentem 1.58
Duet: Et in unum Dominum 4.21
Chorus: Et incarnatus est 3.19
Chorus: Crucifixus 3.11
Chorus: Et resurrexit 3.58
Air: Et in Spiritum Sanctum 5.17
Chorus: Confiteor unum baptisma 4.54
Chorus: Et expecto 2.12
Chorus: Sanctus 4.49
Chorus: Osanna 2.58
Air: Benedictus 4.24
Chorus: Osanna 2.59
Air: Agnus Dei 5.36
Chorus: Dona nobis pacem 2.42
Total Playing Time 55.01