Bach: Mass in B minor [Import]

Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Philippe Herreweghe (Conductor), Collegium Vocale (Orchestra), Johannette Zomer (Performer), Veronique Gens (Performer), Christoph Prégardien (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Johannette Zomer, Veronique Gens, Christoph Prégardien
• Orchestra: Collegium Vocale
• Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe
• Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
• Audio CD (February 13, 2007)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
• ASIN: B000HXDS0O
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,505 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #86 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Vocal Non-Opera > Masses

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Kyrie Eleison

2. Christie Eleison

3. Kyrie Elesion

4. Gloria In Excelsis Deo

5. Et In Terra Pax Hominibus Bonae Volunatis

6. Laudamus Te

7. Gratias Agimus Tibi

8. Domine Deus

9. Qui Tollis Peccata Mundi

10. Qui Sedes Ad Desteram Patris

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Credo In Unum Deum

2. Patrem Omnipotentem

3. Et In Unum Dominum

4. Et Incarnatus Est

5. Crucifixus

6. Et Resurrexit

7. Et In Spiritum Sanctum Dominum

8. Confiteor

9. Et Expecto

10. Sanctus

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A profound mystic experience, March 17, 2009

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Antonio Mustaros (Naucalpan, Estado de México Mexico) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bach: Mass in B minor (Audio CD)

This is the best version available of Bach's B Minor Mass. There's no production that get close to it. Recordings like the ones made by Ton Koopman, Netherlands Bach Society, Cantus Cölln, Masaaki Suzuki and Marc Minkowski are very good but never reach the vocal and instrumental quality of Herreweghe's Collegium Vocale. A complete mystic experience. Forget all the old romantic versions with enormous choirs, opera singers and Symphonic Orchestras. Herreweghe once again demostrate the way that Bach's sacred music is meant to perform. Throw to fire all the wagnerian orchestras and conductors that still want to play Bach with full of vibrato strings, thonderous metals and high imposted voices. Awake and see the truth in the authentic baroque period performances.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An outstanding performance, July 30, 2009

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Shami Ghosh - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bach: Mass in B minor (Audio CD)

Along with the two extant passions, the B minor mass is probably the most famous of Bach's big choral works, and this recording really provides an amazing way of getting to know it. It is extremely unlikely that the mass was ever performed complete in Bach's lifetime (or was intended for such a performance), and it's not necessarily a bad idea to listen to the different parts separately; they all have rather distinct moods. Herreweghe and his ensemble present a genuinely moving performance, extremely clear and crisply articulated. Andreas Scholl's 'Agnus Dei' has to be one of the greatest renditions of this famous piece (despite his sometimes disturbingly varying pronunciation of the Latin), far outranking the others I have heard, including those by such luminaries as Michael Chance.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great listening experience, March 10, 2010

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V Moritz "love birds" (Chester County Pa USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Bach: Mass in B minor (Audio CD)

Top notch vocal soloists enhance the listening experience of this musical masterpiece. The director, who specializes in Bach, has produced a meaningful performance. The booklet that comes with the CDs, includes the English translation of the work and provides interest details of the composer's life. We will enjoy hearing this many times.