Cover: The Resurrection, from the Altarpiece of St Zeno of Verona (1456/60) by Andrea Mantegna (c1431-1506)
Hyperion CDA68181/2 · March 2018
Bach - Mass in B minor
The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Layton (conductor)
Press
Classicstoday.com2018All’s well, everything precisely where it should be with this new Bach B minor Mass, albeit from a source not known for many forays into this territory. The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge is one of the world’s finest choirs…Read the review 
The Sunday Times2018Scholarly scruples about Bach’s recycling of material from earlier works, even secular cantatas, can never diminish the stature of his late, great Mass in a performance as uplifting and invigorating as this. Layton makes no…Read the review 
Allmusic.com2018The Bach Mass in B minor, BWV 232, assembled from bits and pieces over some years, coheres in its final form in ways that perhaps only the composer understood. This recording by the Choir of Trinity College Cambridge and…Read the review 
Gramophone2018When Jonathan Freeman-Attwood reviewed the rather good B minor Mass from Jonathan Cohen and Arcangelo (11/14), he spoke of it plugging an ‘obvious gap’ in Hyperion’s Bach catalogue. He was probably not to know that within four…Read the review 
Music Web International2018As I listened to this excellent new recording of the B minor Mass I found myself reflecting on the progress that we have witnessed in recent years. When I first started to listen seriously to the choral music of Bach, some 35…Read the review
Recorded: January 2017
Produced by Adrian Peacock
Engineered by David Hinitt
Release date: March 2018
Total duration: 107 minutes 30 seconds
Track list
- Mass in B minor BWV232: Part 1 No 1, Chorus: Kyrie eleisonJohann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)9'56
- Mass in B minor BWV232: Part 1 No 2, Duet: Christe eleisonJohann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)4'57
- Mass in B minor BWV232: Part 1 No 3, Chorus: Kyrie eleisonJohann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)3'24
- Mass in B minor BWV232: Part 1 No 4, Chorus: Gloria in excelsis DeoJohann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)1'44
- Mass in B minor BWV232: Part 1 No 5, Chorus: Et in terra pax hominibusJohann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)4'26
- Mass in B minor BWV232: Part 1 No 6, Aria: Laudamus teJohann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)4'22
- Mass in B minor BWV232: Part 1 No 7, Chorus: Gratias agimus tibiJohann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)3'14
- Mass in B minor BWV232: Part 1 No 8, Duet: Domine DeusJohann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)5'30
- Mass in B minor BWV232: Part 1 No 9, Chorus: Qui tollis peccata mundiJohann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)3'04
- Mass in B minor BWV232: Part 1 No 10, Aria: Qui sedes ad dexteram PatrisJohann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)4'28
- Mass in B minor BWV232: Part 1 No 11, Aria: Quoniam tu solus sanctusJohann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)4'28
- Mass in B minor BWV232: Part 1 No 12, Chorus: Cum Sancto SpirituJohann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)3'42
- Mass in B minor BWV232: Part 2 No 1, Chorus: Credo in unum DeumJohann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)1'59
- Mass in B minor BWV232: Part 2 No 2, Chorus: Patrem omnipotentemJohann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)2'04
- Mass in B minor BWV232: Part 2 No 3, Duet: Et in unum DominumJohann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)4'23
- Mass in B minor BWV232: Part 2 No 4, Chorus: Et incarnatus estJohann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)3'23
- Mass in B minor BWV232: Part 2 No 5, Chorus: Crucifixus etiam pro nobisJohann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)3'23
- Mass in B minor BWV232: Part 2 No 6, Chorus: Et resurrexit tertia dieJohann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)4'04
- Mass in B minor BWV232: Part 2 No 7, Aria: Et in Spiritum SanctumJohann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)5'18
- Mass in B minor BWV232: Part 2 No 8, Chorus: Confiteor unum baptismaJohann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)3'55
- Mass in B minor BWV232: Part 2 No 9, Chorus: Et exspecto resurrectionemJohann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)2'05
- Mass in B minor BWV232: Part 3, Chorus: SanctusJohann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)5'12
- Mass in B minor BWV232: Part 4 No 1, Chorus: Osanna in excelsisJohann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)2'42
- Mass in B minor BWV232: Part 4 No 2, Aria: BenedictusJohann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)4'16
- Mass in B minor BWV232: Part 4 No 3, Chorus: Osanna in excelsisJohann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)2'45
- Mass in B minor BWV232: Part 4 No 4, Aria: Agnus DeiJohann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)5'16
- Mass in B minor BWV232: Part 4 No 5, Chorus: Dona nobis pacemJohann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)3'30
Recording details from Hyperion Records.