Bach: Mass in B Minor

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“The vocal and instrumental soloists are consistently strong. As the Cantata Collective continues its journey, some other biggies are in the works: the Matthew-Passion, Magnificat, and the Easter Oratorio. I look forward to more” – Early Music America

“McGegan and Cantata Collective show that the Mass in B Minor is, in significant ways, always new and always contemporary, even in a time period so much more secular than Bach’s and so much less inclined to the creation of musical expressions of the highest order.” – Infodad

San Francisco-based early music ensemble Cantata Collective continues its major series of J.S. Bach’s choral works with the Mass in B Minor, a towering testament of sacred music and the composer’s crowning achievement of his final years. With celebrated conductor Nicholas McGegan, four of today’s most distinguished early music vocal soloists and a refined chamber choir, this live recording exudes a spontaneity that reveals the depth and passion of Bach’s glorious affirmation of faith.

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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685–1750)

Mass in B Minor, BWV 232

I. Missa (Kyrie & Gloria)
1. Kyrie eleison 9.36
2. Christie eleison 4.54
3. Kyrie eleison II 3.20
4. Gloria in excelsis Deo 1.51
5. Et in terra pax 4.31
6. Laudamus te 4.18
7. Gratias agimus tibi 2.52
8. Domine Deus 5.31
9. Qui tollis peccata mundi 2.40
10. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris 4.14
11. Quoniam tu solus sanctus 4.26 *
12. Cum Sancto Spiritu 4.24

II. Symbolum Nicenum (Credo)
13. Credo in unum Deum 2.01
14. Patrem omnipotentem 2.03
15. Et in unum Dominum 4.27
16. Et incarnatus est 2.34
17. Crucifixus 2.38
18. Et resurrexit 4.14
19. Et in Spiritum Sanctum 5.35
20. Confiteor 4.33
21. Et expecto 2.17

III. Sanctus
22. Sanctus – Pleni sunt coeli 4.58

IV. Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei et Dona nobis pacem
23. Osanna 2.49
24. Benedictus 5.04
25. Osanna 2.52
26. Agnus Dei 5.20
27. Dona nobis pacem 3.06

Total Duration: 107.11

Sherezade Panthaki, soprano
Rhianna Cockrell, mezzo-soprano
Thomas Cooley, tenor
Paul Max Tipton, bass-baritone
Todd Williams, horn obligato *

Cantata Collective
Nicholas McGegan, conductor/harpsichord

Recorded (LIVE): 20 March 2023, First Congregational Church of Berkeley, California
Recording production, engineering, editing and mixing: David v.R. Bowles (Swineshead Productions, LLC)
Assistant engineer and Atmos authoring: Margaret Tobin (Dolby Laboratories, San Francisco)
Production assistants: Adam Yosef, Dan Strauther, Anthon Martos (University of Silicon Valley, San Jose)

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