The Netherlands Bach Society, Jos Van Veldhoven, J.S. Bach* – Mass In B Minor - Hohe Messe

The Netherlands Bach Society - Mass In B Minor - Hohe Messe album cover

Label:	Channel Classics – CCS SA 25007
Format:	2 x SACD, Hybrid, Album, Deluxe Edition, Boxed Set with Hardcover Book
Country:	Netherlands
Released:	2007
Genre:	Classical
Style:	Baroque

Tracklist

	I. Missa
	Kyrie
1-1	Kyrie Eleison	10:35
1-2	Christe Eleison	5:00
1-3	Kyrie Eleison	3:40
	Gloria
1-4	Gloria In Excelsis	1:35
1-5	Et In Terra Pax	4:22
1-6	Laudamus Te	3:57
1-7	Gratias Agimus Tibi	2:40
1-8	Domine Deus	5:25
1-9	Qui Tollis Peccata Mundi	3:07
1-10	Qui Sedes Ad Dexteram Patris	4:19
1-11	Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus	4:35
1-12	Cum Sancto Spiritu	3:30
	II. Symbolum Nicenum
	Credo
2-1	Credo In Unum Deum	1:58
2-2	Patrem Omnipotentem	1:50
2-3	Et In Unum Dominum	4:36
2-4	Et Incarnatus Est	3:02
2-5	Crucifixus	3:22
2-6	Et Resurrexit	3:22
2-7	Et In Spiritum Sanctum	5:19
2-8	Confiteor	4:08
2-9	Et Expecto Resurrectionem	2:00
	III. Sanctus
2-10	Sanctus	4:42
	IV. Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei Et Dona Nobis Pacem
2-11	Osanna In Excelsis	2:20
2-12	Benedictus, Qui Venit	4:31
2-13	Osanna In Excelsis	2:20
	Agnus Dei
2-14	Agnus Dei	5:10
2-15	Dona Nobis Pacem	3:08

Companies, etc.

Recorded At – Waalse Kerk Amsterdam

Credits

Alto Vocals – Daniel Lager (tracks: 1-1, 1-3 to 1-5, 1-7, 1-12, 2-2, 2-4, 2-6, 2-8 to 2-11, 2-13, 2-15), Elena Pozhidaeva (tracks: 1-1, 1-3 to 1-5, 1-7, 1-12, 2-2, 2-4, 2-6, 2-8, 2-9, 2-11, 2-13, 2-15), Matthew White (6) (tracks: 1-1, 1-3 to 1-5, 1-7, 1-9, 1-10, 1-12 to 2-6, 2-8 to 2-11, 2-13 to 2-15)
Bass Vocals – Donald Bentvelsen (tracks: 1-1, 1-3 to 1-5, 1-7, 1-12, 2-2, 2-4, 2-6, 2-8 to 2-11, 2-13, 2-15), Matthew Baker (tracks: 1-1, 1-3 to 1-5, 1-7, 1-12, 2-2, 2-4, 2-6, 2-8 to 2-11, 2-13, 2-15), Peter Harvey (tracks: 1-1, 1-3 to 1-5, 1-7, 1-9, 1-11 to 2-2, 2-4 to 2-11, 2-13, 2-15)
Bassoon – Benny Aghassi, Tomasz Wesolowski*
Cello – Lucia Swarts
Conductor – Jos Van Veldhoven
Double Bass – Robert Franenberg
Flute – Doretthe Janssens, Marten Root
Harpsichord – Pieter Jan Belder*
Horn – Teunis van der Zwart
Oboe – Luise Baumgartl, Martin Stadler, Peter Frankenberg
Organ – Siebe Henstra
Soprano Vocals – Amaryllis Dieltiens (tracks: 1-1, 1-3 to 1-5, 1-7, 1-12, 2-2, 2-4, 2-6, 2-8 to 2-11, 2-13, 2-15), Dorothee Mields (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5, 1-7, 1-8, 1-12, 2-1 to 2-4, 2-6, 2-8 to 2-11, 2-13, 2-15), Johannette Zomer (tracks: 1-1 to 1-7, 1-9, 1-12 to 2-2, 2-4 to 2-6, 2-8 to 2-11, 2-13, 2-15), Klaartje Van Veldhoven (tracks: 1-1, 1-3 to 1-5, 1-7, 1-12, 2-2, 2-4, 2-6, 2-8 to 2-11, 2-13, 2-15), Lauren Armishaw (tracks: 1-1, 1-3 to 1-5, 1-7, 1-12, 2-2, 2-4, 2-6, 2-8 to 2-11, 2-13, 2-15), Marieke Steenhoek (tracks: 1-1, 1-3 to 1-5, 1-7, 1-12, 2-2, 2-4, 2-6, 2-8 to 2-11, 2-13, 2-15)
Tenor Vocals – Charles Daniels (2) (tracks: 1-1, 1-3 to 1-5, 1-7 to 1-9, 1-12 to 2-2, 2-4 to 2-6, 2-8 to 2-13, 2-15), Immo Schröder (tracks: 1-1, 1-3 to 1-5, 1-7, 1-12, 2-2, 2-4, 2-6, 2-8 to 2-11, 2-13, 2-15), Simon Wall (2) (tracks: 1-1, 1-3 to 1-5, 1-7, 1-12, 2-2, 2-4, 2-6, 2-8 to 2-11, 2-13, 2-15)
Timpani – Peppie Wiersma
Trumpet – Andreas Bengtsson (2), Leif Bengtsson, PO Lindeke*
Viola – Staas Swierstra
Violin – Annelies van de Vegt*, Johannes Leertouwer, Paulien Kostense, Pieter Affourtit, Sayuri Yamagata

Notes

Recording Date December 2006.
The Museum Catharijneconvent Utrecht has selected some 80 works depicting liturgical objects, the mass, and communion from its extensive repertoire of liturgical art to illustrate the Mass in b minor.

Reviews

smuratore Apr 20, 2021
I allow myself to listen to Bach's Mass in B minor only once every five years. This is because I am a coward who avoids weeping. The performance under the direction of Otto Klemperer shakes the foundations from the first syllable of the Kyrie. For Bach to hear such music within, his soul had to be a vast cathedral. You don't have to be religious for the B minor Mass to drop you to your knees in awe. The intricate polyphonies go to work until one stands before the profound mystery of the unfolding universe, the unfathomable depths of the human soul, and a deep desire to be forgiven, repaired, restored. Listening to the Mass the other night, a strange thought occurred to me: the time may well be upon us when people can listen to the B minor Mass without feeling anything stirring, anywhere, now that we're turning ourselves to stone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FLbiDrn8IE