One of the supreme monuments of western sacred music, the Mass in B minor has been constantly re-examined by successive generations of performers. The questions it raises for musicologists and conductors are many and varied; each of them strives to give his or her own reading with the necessary humility. It was in this frame of mind that William Christie tackled the work in the course of a memorable tour in 2016. These discs enshrine the result.
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH [1685-1750] I. Missa: Kyrie, Gloria · Kyrie eleison (9'53) · Christe eleison (4'53) · Kyrie eleison (3'16) · Gloria in excelsis (1'42) · Et in terra pax (4'53) · Laudamus te (4'12) · Gratias agimus tibi (2'39) · Dominus Deus (4'58) · Qui tollis peccata mundi (2'47) · Qui sedes ad dextram Patris (4'24) · Quoniam tu solus sanctus (4'35) · Cum Sancto Spiritu (3'56)
II. Symbolum Nicenum · Credo in unum Deum (1'57) · Patrem omnipotentem (1'49) · Et in unum Dominum (4'27) · Et incarnatus est (3'14) · Crucifixus (2'54) · Et resurrexit (4'03) · Et in Spiritum sanctum Dominum (5'39) · Confiteor (4'22) · Et expecto (2'17) · III. Sanctus (4'19) IV. Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei, Dona nobis pacem · Osanna in excelsis (2'34) · Benedictus (4'07) · Osanna in excelsis (2'33) · Agnus Dei (5'24) · Dona nobis pacem (2'59)
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