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JS Bach - Mass in B Minor by Bezdin Ensemble Bezdin Ensemble : JS Bach - Mass in B Minor.
 Chamber orchestra, choir and vocalists specializing in sacred music.

The Mass in B minor (BWV 232) is a musical setting of the complete Latin Mass by Johann Sebastian Bach. The work was one of Bach's last, although much of it was made of music that Bach had earlier composed. Bach assembled the mass in its present form in 1749, just before his death in 1750. The Sanctus of the Mass in B minor dates back to 1724 (and the model for one parody even to 1714). The Kyrie and Gloria had been composed as a Lutheran Missa in 1733 for Dresden. To complete the work, however, Bach composed new sections of the Credo such as Et incarnatus est. These were his last major compositions.

It was unusual for composers working in the Lutheran tradition to compose a missa tota and Bach's motivations remain a matter of scholarly debate. The mass was never performed in Bach's lifetime, and the work largely disappeared in the 18th century. Several performances in the early nineteenth century, however, sparked a revival both of the piece and the larger rediscovery of Bach's music. Today, it is widely hailed as a monumental work of the late Baroque and is frequently performed. The Mass was described in the 19th century by Hans Georg Nägeli as "The Greatest Artwork of All Times and All People".

Songs:

1. Kyrie (JS Bach)
2. Gloria - Part I (JS Bach)
3. Gloria - Part II (JS Bach)
4. Gloria - Part III (JS Bach)
5. Credo - Part I (JS Bach)
6. Credo - Part II (JS Bach)
7. Credo - Part III (JS Bach)
8. Credo - Part IV (JS Bach)
9. Sanctus (JS Bach)
10. Benedictus (JS Bach)
11. Agnus Dei (JS Bach)

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Release date: 7/31/2010
Bezdin Ensemble lives in Zurich Switzerland

Tagged as: Classical, Choral, Bach

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