XXVIII. BACH, J.S. (1685-1750)
Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 (1749)
Netherlands Bach Society
(1:48:42)
The NBS follow Joshua Rifkin's idea of using just one or two voices per part, rather than a full chorus.
Sublime, extreme and all-embracing ... Bach dedicated all of his music to God. Surely, the Lord has this piece on heavy rotation.
Bach gathered music from earlier periods of his life and put it all together in this "grand" Mass, which he completed just a year before his death.
Musicologist Alberto Basso:
"The Mass in B Minor is the consecration of a whole life: started in 1733 for 'diplomatic' reasons, it was finished in the very last years of Bach's life, when he had already gone blind. This monumental work is a synthesis of every stylistic and technical contribution the Cantor of Leipzig made to music."
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