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J. S. Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232

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Catalogue number90275455DI
Release date2025-04-04
Discs2
Orig. sample rate96000 Hz

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Pygmalion • Raphaël Pichon



This landmark recording of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Mass in B Minor brings together the full artistic forces of Pygmalion, under the inspired direction of Raphaël Pichon. A towering achievement of Western classical music, the Mass is performed here in its complete form, with period instruments and historically informed interpretation.


Bach's Mass in B Minor is a deeply spiritual, musically rich work that evolved over three decades—from its early components in the 1720s to the masterful final structure completed just before his death. Despite its patchwork origins—borrowing and transforming earlier cantata movements—the Mass achieves profound unity and emotional depth.


Pichon's interpretation highlights the dramatic arc and expressive intensity of the work, especially in its moments of human vulnerability, such as the transition between the Confiteor and Et expecto. This recording features outstanding soloists including Julie Roset, Beth Taylor, Lucile Richardot, Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, and Christian Immler, supported by a vibrant ensemble of singers and instrumentalists.


“A scream of all humanity opens this summa of a work… Bach reveals the secrets of his soul as nowhere else.” – Raphaël Pichon


 
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Disc 2
01 Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: II. Symbolum Nicenum. Credo: No.
13, Credo in unum Deum
01:39 $ 0.30 USD
02 Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: II. Symbolum Nicenum. Credo: No.
14, Patrem omnipotentem
01:51 $ 0.33 USD
03 Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: II. Symbolum Nicenum. Credo: No.
15, Et in unum Dominum
04:14 $ 0.76 USD
04 Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: II. Symbolum Nicenum. Credo: No.
16, Et incarnatus est
03:43 $ 0.67 USD
05 Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: II. Symbolum Nicenum. Credo: No.
17, Crucifixus
02:31 $ 0.45 USD
06 Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: II. Symbolum Nicenum. Credo: No.
18, Et resurrexit
03:42 $ 0.67 USD
07 Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: II. Symbolum Nicenum. Credo: No.
19, Et in Spiritum Sanctum Dominum
04:47 $ 0.86 USD
08 Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: II. Symbolum Nicenum. Credo: No.
20, Confiteor
04:36 $ 0.83 USD
09 Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: II. Symbolum Nicenum. Credo: No.
21, Et expecto
01:57 $ 0.35 USD
10 Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: III. Sanctus: No. 22, Sanctus.
Pleni sunt cœli
05:10 $ 0.93 USD
11 Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: IV. Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei,
Dona nobis pacem: No. 23, Osanna in excelsis
02:34 $ 0.46 USD
12 Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: IV. Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei,
Dona nobis pacem: No. 24, Benedictus
04:38 $ 0.83 USD
13 Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: IV. Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei,
Dona nobis pacem: No. 25, Osanna in excelsis
02:36 $ 0.47 USD
14 Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: IV. Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei,
Dona nobis pacem: No. 26, Agnus Dei
05:31 $ 0.99 USD
15 Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: IV. Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei,
Dona nobis pacem: No. 27, Dona nobis pacem
03:47 $ 0.68 USD
 
  Album total 107:03
ArtistBeth Taylor
Christian Immler
Emiliano Gonzalez Toro
Julie Roset
Lucile Richardot
Pygmalion
Raphaël Pichon
ComposerJohann Sebastian Bach
SongwriterLiturgical

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