Messe in h-Moll

by Johann Sebastian Bach

Messe in h-Moll cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 25 October 1994
  • Label: Harmonia Mundi
  • Country: Germany
  • Length: 2:07:18
  • Community rating: 4.2/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This recording captures an intricate, historically informed performance of Bach's monumental Mass in B Minor. The sprawling choral and orchestral work is considered one of the supreme achievements of Baroque music, deeply passionate, and profoundly religious.

Genres

Descriptors: christian, choral, orchestral, death, symphonic, spirituality, vocal

Tracklist

  1. No. 1 Chorus "Kyrie Eleison" (11:08)
  2. No. 2 Duet: "Christe Eleison" (5:52)
  3. No. 3 Chorus "Kyrie Eleison" (4:22)
  4. No. 4 Chorus "Gloria In Excelsis" (2:10)
  5. No. 5 Chorus "Et In Terra Pax" (5:37)
  6. No. 6 Aria: "Laudamus Te" (5:35)
  7. No. 7 Chorus "Gratias Agimus Tibi" (3:50)
  8. No. 8 Duet "Domine Deus" (6:34)
  9. No. 9 Chorus: "Qui Tollis Peccata Mundi" (3:35)
  10. No. 10 Aria "Qui Sedes Ad Dextram Patris" (5:25)
  11. No. 11 Aria "Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus" (5:22)
  12. No. 12 Chorus: "Cum Sancto Spiritu" (4:54)
  13. No. 1 Chorus: "Credo In Unum Deum" (2:11)
  14. No. 2 Chorus: "Patrem Omnipotentem" (2:18)
  15. No. 3 Duet: "Et In Unum Dominum" (5:10)
  16. No. 4 Chorus: "Et Incarnatus Est" (3:33)
  17. No. 5 Chorus: "Crucifixus" (2:46)
  18. No. 6 Chorus "Et Resurrexit" (4:42)
  19. No. 7 Aria "Es In Spiritum Sanctum" (6:04)
  20. No. 8 Chorus: "Confiteor" (3:26)
  21. No. 9 Chorus: "Et Exspecto" (4:18)
  22. Chorus: "Sanctus" (6:40)
  23. No. 1 Chorus I/II: "Osanna In Excelsis" (3:15)
  24. No. 2 Aria: "Benedictus Qui Venit" (5:00)
  25. No. 3 Chorus I/II: "Osanna In Excelsis" (Da Capo) (3:17)
  26. No. 4 Aria: "Agnus Dei" (5:56)
  27. No. 5 Chorus: "Dona Nobis Pacem" (4:18)

Credits

  • Johann Sebastian Bach - primary artist, composed by
  • Ruth Ziesak - primary artist, soprano vocals
  • Roberta Alexander - primary artist, soprano vocals
  • Jard Van Nes - primary artist, alto vocals, contralto vocals
  • Keith Lewis - primary artist, tenor vocals
  • David Wilson-Johnson - primary artist, bass-baritone vocals
  • Carlo Maria Giulini - primary artist, conductor
  • Eberhard Marschall - bassoon

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