Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232

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La Petite Bande is true to its name in this one-to-a-part approach, yet the real motivation for the chamber scoring is one premised on the director's close identification with intimate rhetorical... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2009 More…

Release Date: 20th Apr 2009
Catalogue No: CC72316
Label: Challenge Classics
Length: 1 hour 41 minutes

Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232

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La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken

Ia. Kyrie, Kyrie eleison

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Ib. Kyrie, Christe eleison

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Ic. Kyrie, Kyrie eleison

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IIa. Gloria, Gloria in excelsis

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IIb. Gloria, Et in terra pax

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IIc. Gloria, Laudamus te

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IId. Gloria, Gratias agimus tibi

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IIe. Gloria, Domine Deus

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IIf. Gloria, Qui tollis peccata mundi

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IIg. Gloria, Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris

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IIh. Gloria, Quoniam tu solus sanctus

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IIi. Gloria, Cum Sancto Spiritu

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IIIa. Symbolum Nicenum, Credo in unum Deum

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IIIb. Symbolum Nicenum, Patrem omnipotentem

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IIIc. Symbolum Nicenum, Et in unum Dominum

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IIId. Symbolum Nicenum, Et incarnatus est

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IIIe. Symbolum Nicenum, Crucifixus

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IIIf. Symbolum Nicenum, Et resurrexit

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IIIg. Symbolum Nicenum, Et in Spiritum Sanctum Dominum

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IIIh. Symbolum Nicenum, Confiteor

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IIIi. Symbolum Nicenum, Et expecto

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IVa. Sanctus, Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei, Sanctus

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IVb. Sanctus, Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei, Osanna in excelsis

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IVc. Sanctus, Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei, Benedictus

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IVd. Sanctus, Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei, Osanna in excelsis

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IVe. Sanctus, Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei, Agnus Dei

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IVf. Sanctus, Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei, Dona nobis pacem

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In 1733 J S Bach began work on the composition of a Missa, a portion of the liturgy sung in Latin and common to both the Lutheran and Roman Catholic rites, and it was first performed that same yaer during the festival of the Oath of Allegiance to Augustus III. It consisted of settings of the Kyrie and Gloria that now comprise the first part of the Mass in B Minor. The Credo was probably written between 1742 and 1745, but may have predated the Missa. The remaining parts (Sanctus, Osanna, Benedictus and Agnus Dei et Dona nobis pacem) were all added in the late 1740s. The Mass in B Minor did not assume its final form until Bach's last years. It may be that Bach wished it to be regarded as a monument to his skill, for it is a work based much upon his earlier music, adapted and refined to meet a sacred purpose.

The highly rated early music group La Petite Bande was founded in Belgium in 1972 by Sigiswald Kuijken at the request of the record company Deutsche Harmonia Mundi in order to record Lully's "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme" with the conductor Gustav Leonhardt. Having initially concentrated mainly on French music, the orchestra's repertoire has expanded over the years to include music by the Italian masters and that of Bach, Händel, Gluck, Haydn and Mozart. This present recording of The Bach B Minor Mass uses a version where the text is sung by single voices, and a small scale choir. The recording is being made available as a double SACD hybrid set.

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August 2009

La Petite Bande is true to its name in this one-to-a-part approach, yet the real motivation for the chamber scoring is one premised on the director's close identification with intimate rhetorical delivery, clarity of design and a king of integrity in the gritty obbligato playing, whose solo vocal companions impress more on the grounds of sympathetic understanding than allure. The choruses are more genially crafted... and the refinement and elegance of the second "Kyrie" and "Qui tollis" are joys to behold...

Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232

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