Episode 1389. This week is Mass week. We’ll have five episodes filled with the four ‘Missae Breves’ from J.S. Bach, the project “Bach im Fluss” from Rudolf Lutz, and a wonderful new recording of the ‘Hohe Messe’.
Today: part 1 of the Mass in B minor, BWV 232 (‘Hohe Messe’) performed by Pygmalion conducted by Raphaël Pichon.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
1. Messe in B minor, BWV 232 (part 1)
Missa: Kyrie, Gloria
– Kyrie eleison I
– Christe eleison
– Kyrie eleison II
– Gloria in excelsis Deo
– Et in terra pax
– Laudamus te
– Gratias agimus tibi
– Dominus Deus
– Qui tollis peccata mundi
– Qui sedes ad dextram Patris
– Quoniam tu solus sanctus
– Cum Sancto Spiritu
Julie Roset, soprano. Beth Taylor, mezzo-soprano. Lucile Richardot, alto. Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, tenor. Christian Immler, bass. Pygmalion conducted by Raphaël Pichon
Read more about the Mass in B minor, BWV 232, here
2. From violin sonata no. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003:
– III Andante (arr. Y. Kondonassis)
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp