℗ 2015 SDG
Released November 6, 2015
Duration 1h 45m 02s
Record Label SDG
Catalogue No. SDG722
Genre Classical (Choral - Sacred)
 

Bach: Mass in B Minor

Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

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Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Missa  
1.1
Kyrie eleison (Chorus)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner
9:30
1.2
Christe eleison (Soprano, Alto)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Hannah Morrison; Kate Symonds-Joy; English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner
4:48
1.3
Kyrie eleison (Chorus)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner
3:20
1.4
Gloria in excelsis Deo (Chorus)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner
6:00
1.5
Laudamus te (Soprano)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Hannah Morrison; English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner
3:57
1.6
Gratias agimus tibi (Chorus)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner
3:00
1.7
Domine Deus (Soprano, Tenor)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Hannah Morrison; Peter Davoren; English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner
5:10
1.8
Qui tollis peccata mundi (Chorus)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner
3:05
1.9
Qui sedes ad dextram Patris (Alto)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Esther Brazil; English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner
4:06
1.10
Quoniam tu solus Sanctus (Bass)
Johann Sebastian Bach; David Shipley; English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner
4:34
1.11
Cum Sancto Spiritu (Chorus)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner
3:27
Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Symbolum Nicenum  
2.1
Credo in unum Deum (Chorus)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner
3:24
2.2
Et in unum Dominum (Soprano, Alto)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Hannah Morrison; Meg Bragle; English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner
4:08
2.3
Et incarnatus est (Chorus)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner
3:28
2.4
Crucifixus (Chorus)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner
2:56
2.5
Et resurrexit (Chorus)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner
3:50
2.6
Et in Spiritum Sanctum Dominum (Bass)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Alex Ashworth; English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner
5:23
2.7
Confiteor unum baptisma (Chorus)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner
2:32
2.8
Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum (Chorus)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner
3:47
Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Sanctus  
2.9
Sanctus (Chorus)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner
5:16
Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei et Dona nobis pacem  
2.10
Osanna (Chorus)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner
2:22
2.11
Benedictus (Tenor)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Nick Pritchard; English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner
5:38
2.12
Osanna (Chorus)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner
2:22
2.13
Agnus Dei (Alto)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Meg Bragle; English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner
5:31
2.14
Dona nobis pacem (Chorus)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner
3:28
Digital Booklet
"... magnificence registered fully in Gardiner’s measured, purposeful interpretation, carried off with a combination of strength and delicacy ..." - The Guardian Recorded live at St. Lukes in London in March 2015, Bach's epic masterpiece, the soaring Mass in B Minor, is performed by the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists led by John Eliot Gardiner. This double album is the culmination of their wildly successful European tour and captures the special atmosphere of the concerts. "I lead a team of musicians who have sung and played this masterpiece together for many years and who know this piece and each other as musicians, inside out. We feel it is important to have a tangible document of this era of the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists ... in which Bach has become a mainstay of our lives as musicians." - John Eliot Gardiner
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – SDG Studio Masters

Recorded in LSO St Luke’s, London, on 28-31 March 2015 by Floating Earth Ltd Producer: Isabella de Sabata Recording engineers: Mike Hatch and Chris Kalcov, Floating Earth Ltd Editing: Stephen Frost Executive producers: Isabella de Sabata, Cécile Pauty, Peter di Toro Edition by Bärenreiter Cover: Carlo Borlenghi Design: Untitled German translation: Gudrun Meier French translation: Michel Roubinet
Track title
Peak
(dB FS)
RMS
(dB FS)
LUFS
(integrated)
DR
Album average
Range of values
-3.50
-12.38 to 0.00
-23.87
-32.10 to -18.35
-20.46
-29.20 to -14.60
13
11 to 15
1.1
Kyrie eleison (Chorus)
-2.10-22.25-19.213
1.2
Christe eleison (Soprano, Alto)
-5.38-27.92-24.714
1.3
Kyrie eleison (Chorus)
-3.01-22.59-19.212
1.4
Gloria in excelsis Deo (Chorus)
-0.48-19.91-16.512
1.5
Laudamus te (Soprano)
-6.24-28.73-25.415
1.6
Gratias agimus tibi (Chorus)
-0.10-19.31-16.012
1.7
Domine Deus (Soprano, Tenor)
-6.31-29.98-26.914
1.8
Qui tollis peccata mundi (Chorus)
-5.37-23.42-20.511
1.9
Qui sedes ad dextram Patris (Alto)
-9.10-29.65-26.113
1.10
Quoniam tu solus Sanctus (Bass)
-4.71-24.68-21.813
1.11
Cum Sancto Spiritu (Chorus)
-0.78-19.13-15.511
2.1
Credo in unum Deum (Chorus)
-0.42-19.47-16.412
2.2
Et in unum Dominum (Soprano, Alto)
-5.48-25.94-22.914
2.3
Et incarnatus est (Chorus)
-3.14-25.10-21.112
2.4
Crucifixus (Chorus)
-1.88-22.94-19.112
2.5
Et resurrexit (Chorus)
-0.17-21.93-18.614
2.6
Et in Spiritum Sanctum Dominum (Bass)
-6.02-27.03-23.714
2.7
Confiteor unum baptisma (Chorus)
-1.62-22.68-19.311
2.8
Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum (Chorus)
-0.99-22.32-17.013
2.9
Sanctus (Chorus)
-0.17-18.35-15.112
2.10
Osanna (Chorus)
-0.60-20.98-17.413
2.11
Benedictus (Tenor)
-12.38-31.28-28.612
2.12
Osanna (Chorus)
0.00-20.20-16.714
2.13
Agnus Dei (Alto)
-10.91-32.10-29.212
2.14
Dona nobis pacem (Chorus)
-0.12-18.82-14.611

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