Mass for 3 voices, chorus, orchestra & continuo in F major, BWV 233 (BC E6): Kyrie
Mass for 3 voices, chorus, orchestra & continuo in F major, BWV 233 (BC E6): Gloria
Mass for 3 voices, chorus, orchestra & continuo in F major, BWV 233 (BC E6): Domine Deus
Mass for 3 voices, chorus, orchestra & continuo in F major, BWV 233 (BC E6): Qui Tollis
Mass for 3 voices, chorus, orchestra & continuo in F major, BWV 233 (BC E6): Quoniam
Mass for 3 voices, chorus, orchestra & continuo in F major, BWV 233 (BC E6): Cum Sancto Spiritu
Kyrie-Christe, for 5-part chorus & continuo in F major, BWV 233a (BC E7)
Mass for 3 voices, chorus, 2 oboes, strings & continuo in G minor, BWV 235 (BC E5): Kyrie
Mass for 3 voices, chorus, 2 oboes, strings & continuo in G minor, BWV 235 (BC E5): Gloria
Mass for 3 voices, chorus, 2 oboes, strings & continuo in G minor, BWV 235 (BC E5): Gratias
Mass for 3 voices, chorus, 2 oboes, strings & continuo in G minor, BWV 235 (BC E5): Domine Fili
Mass for 3 voices, chorus, 2 oboes, strings & continuo in G minor, BWV 235 (BC E5): Qui Tollis
Mass for 3 voices, chorus, 2 oboes, strings & continuo in G minor, BWV 235 (BC E5): Cum Sancto Spiritu
This is an extremely notable first American recording of these masses by J.S. Bach, performed by the critically acclaimed American early-music group, the Washington Bach Consort. The success of Bach's B-minor Mass has obs... more »cured a number of his shorter masterpieces of the same genre. Written in the 1730s (when Bach was in his 40s, these masses -- which consist only of a Kyrie and Gloria setting -- could be performed in both Catholic and Lutheran liturgies. Sometimes misleadingly called "The Lutheran Masses," Bach used them to gain recognition from the Catholic court of Dresden, which bestowed upon him the title "Electoral Saxon and Royal Polish Court Compositeur." Later, he was to take one of these masses and expand it into the full B-minor Mass so popular today. The booklet contains notes by Christoph Wolff, a leading Bach scholar, tracing the history of these less-familiar masses and placing them in the context of the B-minor Mass and other works by Bach.« less
This is an extremely notable first American recording of these masses by J.S. Bach, performed by the critically acclaimed American early-music group, the Washington Bach Consort. The success of Bach's B-minor Mass has obscured a number of his shorter masterpieces of the same genre. Written in the 1730s (when Bach was in his 40s, these masses -- which consist only of a Kyrie and Gloria setting -- could be performed in both Catholic and Lutheran liturgies. Sometimes misleadingly called "The Lutheran Masses," Bach used them to gain recognition from the Catholic court of Dresden, which bestowed upon him the title "Electoral Saxon and Royal Polish Court Compositeur." Later, he was to take one of these masses and expand it into the full B-minor Mass so popular today. The booklet contains notes by Christoph Wolff, a leading Bach scholar, tracing the history of these less-familiar masses and placing them in the context of the B-minor Mass and other works by Bach.