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Mass In B Minor • Messe In H-Moll • Messe En Si Mineur

Johann Sebastian Bach, John Eliot Gardiner

Artist: Johann Sebastian Bach, John Eliot Gardiner
Label: Archiv Produktion
Catalog number: 415 514-1
Format: LP · Album
Country: Brazil
Released: 1987
Genre: Classical

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This 1987 Archiv Produktion recording of Bach’s Mass in B Minor is widely regarded for John Eliot Gardiner’s pioneering use of period-instrument performance practice. It remains a benchmark for listeners seeking a historically informed interpretation that balances structural clarity with the profound emotional weight of Bach’s final choral masterpiece.

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Mass In B Minor • Messe In H-Moll • Messe En Si Mineur has 34 tracks. Open a track to see who wrote, played on and produced it.

Missa Em Si Menor BWV 232
Kyrie
A1Chorus: Kyrie Eleison9:27
Alto Vocals, Soloist
Ashley Stafford
Mezzo-soprano Vocals, Soloist
Mary Nichols
Soprano Vocals, Soloist
Nancy Argenta
Tenor Vocals, Soloist
Wynford Evans
A2Duet: Christe Eleison4:51
Mezzo-soprano Vocals
Carol Hall (2)
Soprano Vocals
Lynne Dawson
A3Chorus: Kyrie Eleison3:28
Gloria
A4Chorus: Gloria In Excelsis (Attaca)1:43
A5Chorus: Et In Terra Pax3:59
Alto Vocals, Soloist
Ashley Stafford, Patrick Collin
Bass Vocals, Soloist
Richard Lloyd Morgan, Stephen Varcoe
Soprano Vocals, Soloist
Jane Fairfield, Jean Knibbs, Nancy Argenta
Tenor Vocals, Soloist
Andrew Murgatroyd
B1Aria: Laudamus Te3:50
Soprano Vocals
Nancy Argenta
Violin
Elizabeth Wilcock
B2Chorus: Gratias Agimus Tibi2:59
B3Duet: Domine Meus (Attaca)5:17
Flute
Lisa Beznosiuk
Soprano Vocals
Nancy Argenta
Tenor Vocals
Howard Milner
B4Chorus: Qui Tollit Peccata Mundi3:19
B5Aria: Qui Sedes Ad Dextram Patris4:21
Alto Vocals
Michael Chance
Oboe [Oboe D'amore]
Sophia McKenna
B6Aria: Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus (Attaca)4:23
Bass Vocals
Stephen Varcoe
Horn
Michael Thompson (2)
B7Chorus: Cum Sancto Spirito3:49
Bass Vocals, Soloist
Stephen Varcoe
Credo (Symbolum Nicenum)
C1Chorus: Credo In Unum Deum1:55
C2Chorus: Credo In Unum Deum / Patrem Omnipotentem1:52
C3Duet: Et In Unum Dominum4:09
Mezzo-soprano Vocals
Mary Nichols
Soprano Vocals
Patrizia Kwella
C4Chorus: Et Incarnatus Est3:24
C5Chorus: Crucifixus3:06
Alto Vocals, Soloist
Michael Chance
Bass Vocals, Soloist
Stephen Varcoe
Mezzo-soprano Vocals, Soloist
Carol Hall (2)
Tenor Vocals, Soloist
Wynford Evans
C6Chorus: Et Resurrexit3:47
C7Aria: Et In Spiritum Sanctum5:27
Bass Vocals
Richard Lloyd Morgan
Oboe [Oboe D'amore 1]
Sophia McKenna
Oboe [Oboe D'amore 2]
Valerie Darke
C8Chorus: Confiteor (Attaca)2:34
C9Chorus: Et Exspecto Resurrectionem3:31
Sanctus
D1Chorus: Sanctus5:23
Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei Et Dona Nobis Pacem
D2Chorus I/II: Osanna In Excelsis2:30
D3Aria: Benedictus, Qui Venit4:47
Flute
Lisa Beznosiuk
Tenor Vocals
Wynford Evans
D4Chorus I/II: Osanna (Da Capo)2:30
Agnus Dei
D5Aria: Agnus Dei5:45
Alto Vocals
Michael Chance
D6Chorus: Dona Nobis Pacem3:18

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Johann Sebastian Bach’s Mass in B Minor, completed in 1749, stands as the crowning achievement of his vocal writing, synthesized from compositions spanning his career into a grand, unified statement of faith. The 1987 Archiv Produktion release, catalog number 415 514-1, documents the interpretation by Sir John Eliot Gardiner alongside the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists. This recording emerged during a pivotal era for early music performance, where the application of historically informed practices challenged the traditional, heavy romanticized approach to Bach’s choral works.

Gardiner’s vision for this recording sought to reclaim the work’s agility and textural transparency, utilizing period instruments and a leaner ensemble size to mirror the likely forces of Bach’s time. The production was widely lauded for its rhythmic vitality and intellectual rigor, quickly establishing itself as a benchmark in the discography of the Mass. By integrating scholarly precision with the acoustic warmth characteristic of the Archiv label, the set remains a definitive reference for those seeking to experience the complexity of Bach’s architecture in a historically grounded context.

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