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JS Bach: Mass in B minor

Robin Johannsen (soprano), Marie-Claude Chappuis (mezzo), Helena Rasker (alto), Sebastian Kohlhepp (tenor), Christian Immler (bass-baritone)

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, RIAS Kammerchor, René Jacobs

JS Bach: Mass in B minor

Awards:

Readers familiar with Jacobs’s performances will not be disappointed by the graceful phrasing and light rhythmic pulse which characterise his approach to Bach’s music. His soloists are thoughtfully...

JS Bach: Mass in B minor

Robin Johannsen (soprano), Marie-Claude Chappuis (mezzo), Helena Rasker (alto), Sebastian Kohlhepp (tenor), Christian Immler (bass-baritone)

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, RIAS Kammerchor, René Jacobs

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Readers familiar with Jacobs’s performances will not be disappointed by the graceful phrasing and light rhythmic pulse which characterise his approach to Bach’s music. His soloists are thoughtfully...

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A composition as brilliant as it is protean - the earliest sections date back to 1724, others were written in 1733 in the hope of obtaining a post in Dresden - the Mass in B minor occupied Bach until the end of his life.

The work, which is more ecumenical than strictly Catholic, offers a digest of his art at its expressive peak: a world in itself.

It is an understatement to say that the performers on this recording were eager to revisit it, following their acclaimed interpretations of the two Passions and the Christmas Oratorio.

Contents and tracklist

I. Missa (Kyrie, Gloria) - Kyrie eleison I
Track length9:09
Christe eleison
Track length4:50
Kyrie eleison II
Track length3:11
Gloria in excelsis Deo
Track length1:47
Et in terra pax
Track length5:49
Laudamus te
Track length4:13
Gratias agimus tibi
Track length2:12
Dominus Deus
Track length4:56
Qui tollis peccata mundi
Track length2:46
Qui sedes ad dextram Patris
Track length4:06
Quoniam tu solus sanctus
Track length5:05
Cum Sancto Spiritu
Track length4:09
II. Symbolum Nicenum (Credo) - Credo in unum Deum
Track length2:18
Patrem omnipotentem
Track length2:08
Et in unum Dominum
Track length4:46
Et incarnatus est
Track length2:28
Crucifixus
Track length2:58
Et resurrexit
Track length4:24
Et in Spiritum sanctum Dominum
Track length5:19
Confiteor
Track length4:34
Et expecto
Track length2:24
III. Sanctus - Sanctus. Pleni sunt coeli
Track length3:46
IV. Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei, Dona nobis pacem - Osanna in excelsis
Track length2:39
Benedictus
Track length3:32
Osanna in excelsis
Track length2:44
Agnus Dei
Track length5:00
Dona nobis pacem
Track length2:39

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Awards and reviews

  • Record Review
    28th May 2022
    Record of the Week
  • International Classical Music Awards
    2023
    Nominated - Baroque Vocal

July 2022

Readers familiar with Jacobs’s performances will not be disappointed by the graceful phrasing and light rhythmic pulse which characterise his approach to Bach’s music. His soloists are thoughtfully chosen and make considerable appeal.
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