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Bach - Mass in B Minor: Richter: Original Source Series (Numb. Limit. Ed. 180g Vinyl 3LP Box Set)
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Bach Mass in B Minor (BWV 232): Karl Richter Reissued as Part of the Original Source Series on Numbered Limited Edition 180g 3LP Box Set from Deutsche Grammophon: Pure Analogue Mix, Cut from the Original Tapes at Emil Berliner Studios, Pressed at Optimal
Bach’s Mass in B minor (BWV 232) is his only complete Latin Mass. Composed during the final years of his life, it combines newly composed movements with revised earlier ones, forming a musical synthesis of his work and representing a pinnacle of Baroque music.
Karl Richter’s 1961 recording with the Munich Bach Choir and Orchestra is still regarded as a legendary reference recording today. It impresses with its cohesive sound, clear interpretation, and outstanding soloists.
To achieve the best possible sound quality, the recordings have been remastered and cut purely analogue for the first time from the original two-track tapes.
Issued on 180g vinyl and presented in a deluxe 3-LP box set, this limited and numbered release includes additional photos and facsimiles of the original recording logs and tape boxes.
Track Listing
LP1:
Side A: I. Kyrie: No.
- Kyrie eleison (Chorus)
- Christe eleison (Soprano I, II)
- Kyrie eleison (Chorus)
Side B: II. Gloria: No.
- Gloria in excelsis Deo – No. 2, Et in terra pax (Chorus)
- Laudamus te (Soprano II)
- Gratias agimus tibi (Chorus)
LP2:
Side A: II. Gloria: No.
- Domine Deus (Soprano I, Tenor)
- Qui tollis peccata mundi (Chorus)
- Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris (Alto)
- Quoniam tu solus sanctus (Bass)
- Cum Sancto Spiritu (Chorus)
Side B: III. Credo: No.
- Credo in unum Deum (Chorus)
- Patrem omnipotentem (Chorus)
- Et in unum Dominum (Soprano I, Alto)
- Et incarnatus est (Chorus)
- Crucifixus etiam pro nobis (Chorus)
- Et resurrexit tertia die (Chorus)
LP3:
Side A: III. Credo: No.
- Et in Spiritum Sanctum (Bass)
- Confiteor unum baptisma (Chorus)
- Et exspecto resurrectionem (Chorus)
- Sanctus: No. 1, Sanctus, Domine Deus (Chorus)
Side B:
- Sanctus: No. 2, Osanna in excelsis (Chorus)
- Benedictus: No. 1, Benedictus qui venit (Tenor)
- Benedictus: No. 2, Osanna in excelsis (Chorus)
- Agnus Dei: No. 1, Agnus Dei (Alto)
- Agnus Dei: No. 2, Dona nobis pacem (Chorus)
