Mass in B minor, BWV 232

For the improved version of this recording please visit: https://youtu.be/3FLbiDrn8IE Sublime, extreme and all-embracing… only superlatives will do to describe Bach’s Mass in B minor, the 'Hohe Messe', performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach. In between an awe-inspiring Kyrie and the jubilant final Dona nobis pacem, there are nine completely unique arias and duets, fourteen impressive ensemble sections for four, five, six and even eight voices, a broad spectrum of instrumental solos, and an incredible variety of styles. Recorded for the project All of Bach on December 15th 2016 at the Grote Kerk, Naarden. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/2vhCeFB or consider donating http://bit.ly/2uZuMj5. For the interview with musicians from the Netherlands Bach Society on the Mass in B minor go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU9596vrep8 For more information on BWV 232 and this production go to http://allofbach.com/en/bwv/bwv-232/ All of Bach is a project of the Netherlands Bach Society / Nederlandse Bachvereniging, offering high-quality film recordings of the works by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by the Netherlands Bach Society and her guest musicians. Visit our free online treasury for more videos and background material http://allofbach.com/en/. For concert dates and further information go to https://www.bachvereniging.nl/nederlandse-bachvereniging. Jos van Veldhoven, conductor Hana Blažíková, soprano 1 Anna Reinhold, soprano 2 David Erler, alto Thomas Hobbs, tenor Peter Harvey, bass

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Mass in B minor BWV 232. Misa en Si menor BWV 232. Jennifer Smith, Soprano - Michael Chance, Counter-tenor Nico van der Meel, Tenor - Harry van der Kamp, Bass Netherlands Chamber Choir Orchestra Of The 18th Century Frans Brüggen MISSA Coro, a 5 Kyrie eleison Duetto (Soprano I, II) Christe eleison Coro, a 4 Kyrie eleison GLORIA Coro, a 5 Gloria in excelsis Deo Coro, a 5 Et in terra pax Aria (Soprano II) Laudamus te Coro, a 4 Gratias agimus tibi Duetto (Soprano I, Tenore) Domine Deus Coro, a 4 Qui tollis peccata mundi Aria (Alto) Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris Aria (Bass) Quoniam tu solus sanctus Coro, a 5 Cum Sancto Spiritu SYMBOLUM NICENUM (Credo) Coro, a 5 (Credo in unum Deum) Patrem omnipotentem Duetto (Soprano I, Alto) Et in unum Dominum Coro, a 4 Et incarnatus est Coro, a 4 Crucifixus Coro, a 5 Et resurrexit Coro, a 5 Confiteor unum baptisma Coro, a 5 Et expecto resurrectionem SANCTUS Coro, a 6 Sanctus OSANNA, BENEDICTUS, AGNUS DEI & DONA NOBIS PACEM Osanna in excelsis Benedictus Osanna in excelsis Aria (Alto) Agnus Dei Coro, a 4 Dona nobis pacem On period instruments Live recording *Imagen del vídeo: La Misa de Bolsena, pintura al fresco de Rafael Sancio (1483-1520).

Online purchase or streaming (Spotify, iTunes, Amazon Music, Deezer, Google Play): https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/BachMassB Physical purchase: http://www.brilliantclassics.com/articles/j/js-bach-mass-in-b-minor-1/ Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/brilliantclassics/ Artist: RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs (conductor) Johann Sebastian Bach’s Mass in B minor is regarded by many as one of the supreme achievements of Western classical music. Even before its first complete performance, the Swiss music historian and publisher Hans Georg Nägeli described it as the “greatest musical masterpiece of all times and nations”. Many scholars believe that, along with the Art of Fugue and the Musical Offering, the work presents a summation of Bach’s musicianship as well as the most glorious presentation of the composer’s deeply held religious beliefs. Much of the Mass gave new form to vocal music that Bach had composed throughout his career, some of which was not from sacred sources (a point of contention for Leipzig churchgoers). The Kyrie and Gloria (known as the “Missa”) had been written as an application for the post of court composer at Dresden. The remaining movements, the Sanctus, Benedictus and Agnus Dei, turn the “Missa” into a “Missa tota”: the full setting of the Ordinary of the Mass. In the Kyrie, Bach explores three different forms of musical expression in an impassioned entreaty for God’s mercy. He brings in trumpets and drums to sing the praises of the Lord in the Gloria, Credo and Sanctus, and, as so often before, saves one of his most exquisite and poignant musical phrases to express the idea of peace in the ‘et in terra pax’. The dramatic contrast forged between the ‘Crucifixus’ and ‘Et resurrexit’ movements of the Credo serve as a dramatic representation of the Christian statement of belief, and the lamenting Agnus Dei aria gives way to a exultant chorus of ‘Dona nobis pacem’ (Grant us thy peace), bringing the vast score to its conclusion. René Jacobs directs the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin in this reading, which was described as “Spacious and intimate … a compelling performance” by the BBC Music Magazine following its first release. The Reissue of one of the finest recordings of Bach’s “Hohe Messe’! This “compelling performance..spacious and intimate” (Gramophone) boasts of a line‐up of famous soloists: Christoph Prégardien, Matthias Goerne, Bernarda Fink and Hillevi Martinpelto, singers of world renown who have amply won their spurs in Early Music. René Jacobs and his Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and the Rias Kammerchor count among the best (if not THE best..) of Baroque ensembles and choirs around the world. 00:00:00 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 1: I. Chorus. Kyrie eleison (A 5) 00:10:10 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 1: II. Duet. Christe eleison (Two Sopranos) 00:15:32 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 1: III. Chorus. Kyrie eleison (A 4) 00:19:48 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 1: IV. Chorus. Gloria in excelsis Deo (A 5) 00:21:37 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 1: V. Chorus. Et in terra pax hominibus (A 5) 00:28:18 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 1: VI. Aria. Laudamus te (Soprano II) 00:32:35 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 1: VII. Chorus. Gratias agimus tibi (A 4) 00:35:08 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 1: VIII. Duet Domine Deus (Soprano I, Tenor) 00:40:37 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 1: IX. Chorus. Qui tollis peccata mundi (A 4, Soloists) 00:43:07 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 1: X. Aria. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris (Alto) 00:47:22 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 1: XI. Aria. Quoniam tu solus Sanctus (Bass II) 00:51:59 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 1: XII. Chorus. Cum Sancto Spiritu (A 5) 00:55:48 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 2: I. Chorus. Credo in unum Deum (A 5) 00:58:30 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 2: II. Chorus. Patrem omnipotentem (A 4) 01:00:32 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 2: III. Duet. Et in unum Dominum (Soprano I, Alto) 01:05:31 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 2: IV. Chorus & Soloists. Et incarnatus est (A 5) 01:08:08 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 2: V. Chorus. Crucifixus etiam pro nobis (A 4) 01:11:25 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 2: VI. Chorus & Soloists. Et resurrexit tertia die (A 5) 01:15:16 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 2: VII. Aria. Et in Spiritum Sanctum (Bass) 01:20:13 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 2: VIII. Chorus. Confiteor unum baptisma etiarn pro nobis (A 5) 01:25:18 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 2: IX. Chorus. Et expecto resurrectionem (A 5) 01:27:24 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 3: Chorus. Sanctus (A 6) 01:32:41 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 4: I. Chorus. Osanna in excelsis (A 8) 01:35:15 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 4: II. Aria. Benedictus (Tenor) 01:39:31 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 4: III. Chorus. Osanna in excelsis (A 8) 01:42:05 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 4: IV. Aria. Agnus Dei (Soprano II) 01:47:03 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 4: V. Chorus. Dona nobis pacem (A 4)

Prom 26: Bach -- Mass in B minor Johann Sebastian Bach - Mass in B minor Joélle Harvey soprano Carolyn Sampson soprano Iestyn Davies counter-tenor Ed Lyon tenor Matthew Rose bass Choir of the English Concert The English Concert Harry Bicket conductor Royal Albert Hall 2 August 2012 0:00:07 - Kyrie eleison 0:10:33 - Christe eleison 0:15:20 - Kyrie eleison 0:19:06 - Gloria in excelsis Deo 0:25:35 - Laudamus te 0:29:40 - Gratias agimus tibi