J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 Apollo's Fire & Jeannette Sorrell

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Mass in B Minor, BWV 232, Pt. 1, Missa (Kyrie & Gloria):
• 1 Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232, Pt. 1, Missa (Kyrie & Gloria): No. 1, Kyrie eleison 09:06
• 2 Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232, Pt. 1, Missa (Kyrie & Gloria): No. 2, Christe eleison 04:27
• 3 Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232, Pt. 1, Missa (Kyrie & Gloria): No. 3, Kyrie eleison 03:22
• 4 Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232, Pt. 1, Missa (Kyrie & Gloria): No. 4, Gloria in excelsis Deo - No. 5, Et in terra pax 05:52
• 5 Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232, Pt. 1, Missa (Kyrie & Gloria): No. 6, Laudamus te 04:04
• 6 Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232, Pt. 1, Missa (Kyrie & Gloria): No. 7, Gratias agimus tibi 03:05
• 7 Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232, Pt. 1, Missa (Kyrie & Gloria): No. 8, Domine Deus - No. 9, Qui tollis peccata mundi 08:11
• 8 Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232, Pt. 1, Missa (Kyrie & Gloria): No. 10, Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris 04:03
• 9 Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232, Pt. 1, Missa (Kyrie & Gloria): No. 11, Quoniam tu solus sanctus - No. 12, Cum Sancto Spiritu 08:02
• Mass in B Minor, BWV 232, Pt. 2, Symbolum Nicenum (Credo):
• 10 Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232, Pt. 2, Symbolum Nicenum (Credo): No. 13, Credo in unum Deum - No. 14, Patrem omnipotentem 03:47
• 11 Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232, Pt. 2, Symbolum Nicenum (Credo): No. 15, Et in unum Dominum 04:00
• 12 Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232, Pt. 2, Symbolum Nicenum (Credo): No. 16, Et incarnatus est 03:06
• 13 Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232, Pt. 2, Symbolum Nicenum (Credo): No. 17, Crucifixus 02:46
• 14 Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232, Pt. 2, Symbolum Nicenum (Credo): No. 18, Et resurrexit 03:57
• 15 Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232, Pt. 2, Symbolum Nicenum (Credo): No. 19, Et in Spiritum Sanctum 05:13
• 16 Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232, Pt. 2, Symbolum Nicenum (Credo): No. 20, Confiteor - No. 21, Et expecto 06:29
• Mass in B Minor, BWV 232, Pt. 3, Sanctus:
• 17 Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232, Pt. 3, Sanctus: No. 22, Sanctus - Pleni sunt coeli 04:42
• Mass in B Minor, BWV 232, Pt. 4, Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei et Dona nobis pacem:
• 18 Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232, Pt. 4, Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei et Dona nobis pacem: No. 23, Osanna 02:35
• 19 Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232, Pt. 4, Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei et Dona nobis pacem: No. 24, Benedictus 04:12
• 20 Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232, Pt. 4, Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei et Dona nobis pacem: No. 25, Osanna 02:05
• 21 Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232, Pt. 4, Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei et Dona nobis pacem: No. 26, Agnus Dei 05:01
• 22 Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232, Pt. 4, Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei et Dona nobis pacem: No. 27, Dona nobis pacem 03:16
• Total Runtime 01:41:21

Info for J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232

Jeannette Sorrell, the pioneering founder and director of baroque orchestra Apollo's Fire, always has unique vision for her interpretations of the classic repertoire. And so it is with this recording of J. S. Bach's Mass in B Minor that draws the listener into an equally fresh, intimate and searing emotional journey - from the anguished opening outcry through to moments of joy, pathos, triumph, and ultimately, a vision of peace. Jeannette explains, 'While music is always an emotional journey, I feel that Bach's Mass is an exceptionally cathartic and healing one for our time'. Aiming to emulate the intimacy of Bach's own performances of the B Minor Mass, which the composer completed in the year prior to his death, Jeannette utilises twenty-four instrumentalists and twenty-two choristers, including the five soloists. As summed up by Chicago Classical Review, which named Sorrell's and Apollo's Fire's live performance one of the Best 10 Concerts of 2025, 'Easily one of the most memorable concerts of recent years the vocal ensemble was inspired throughout The instrumental consort was in brilliant form, playing with unimpeachable balance and intonation and a sensitivity to the dancelike elements of the mass. Presiding over it all was Jeannette Sorrell, who with understated grace led her charges on a moving traversal of Bach's unsurpassed canvas'.

"Transcendent… easily one of the most memorable musical evenings of recent years… Sorrell began with her chorus extended down the aisles, enfolding the first few rows of the audience in the expansive chords that open the Kyrie. The singers proceeded up the aisles during the first instrumental ritornello, conveying the tense, searching quality of Bach’s sighing lines…. Under Sorrell, the 20-member vocal ensemble was inspired throughout the performance. The instrumental consort was in brilliant form, playing with unimpeachable balance and intonation….

There was a fundamental lightness and grace to even the most powerful moments that showed a collective sensitivity to the dancelike elements of the mass. The three burnished trumpets gleamed in the exultant choruses. Presiding over it all was Jeannette Sorrell, who with understated grace led her charges on a moving traversal of Bach’s unsurpassed canvas.” – Chicago Classical Review, 2025

Rebecca Myers, soprano
Aryssa Leigh Burrs, mezzo-soprano
Emily Marvosh, contralto
Jacob Perry, tenor
Edward Vogel, baritone
Paul Max Tipton, bass-baritone
Apollo’s Singers
Jeannette Sorrell, artistic director

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