Stephan MacLeod – Bach : h-Moll Messe, BWV 232 (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Stephan MacLeod – Bach : h-Moll Messe, BWV 232 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:41:24 minutes | 1,79 GB | Genre: Classical
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The Mass in B minor holds a very special place in J.S. Bach’s output: a work of grandeur, an opus ultimum, it was not composed as such but is the result of an assembly of pieces written at different times and for different circumstances. Bach worked on it during the years 1748-1749, until his eyesight, which had gradually deteriorated, was completely lost. The idea of bringing together pieces drawn essentially from the vast corpus of cantatas was not unusual; a similar approach was taken by several of his contemporaries, such as Handel, and Bach himself had done so for the short masses he composed in the late 1730s. These were called parodies. Moving from the German text of the cantatas to the Latin text of the masses meant adapting the vocal lines, with additions and deletions, polyphonic and harmonic enrichments, and changes in instrumentation. Throughout his life, Bach never ceased to revisit his works with a view to improving them.

Tracklist:
1. Stephan MacLeod – I. Kyrie eleison (10:28)
2. Marianne Beate Kielland – II. Christe eleison (04:24)
3. Stephan MacLeod – III. Kyrie eleison (03:12)
4. Stephan MacLeod – IVa. Gloria in excelsis (01:41)
5. Stephan MacLeod – IVb. Et in terra pax (04:09)
6. Marianne Beate Kielland – V. Laudamus te (03:51)
7. Stephan MacLeod – VI. Gratias agimus tibi (02:16)
8. Zoë Brookshaw – VIIa. Domine Deus (05:21)
9. Stephan MacLeod – VIIb. Qui tollis peccata mundi (03:11)
10. Alex Potter – VIII. Qui sedes ad dextram Patris (04:09)
11. Stephan MacLeod – IXa. Quoniam tu solus sanctus (04:01)
12. Stephan MacLeod – IXb. Cum Sancto Spiritu (03:46)
13. Stephan MacLeod – X. Credo in unum Deum (01:45)
14. Stephan MacLeod – XI. Patrem omnipotentem (01:49)
15. Aleksandra Lewandowska – XII. Et in unum Dominum (04:12)
16. Stephan MacLeod – XIII. Et incarnatus est (03:15)
17. Stephan MacLeod – XIV. Crucifixus (03:38)
18. Stephan MacLeod – XV. Et resurrexit (03:44)
19. Stephan MacLeod – XVI. Et in Spiritum sanctum Dominum (04:30)
20. Stephan MacLeod – XVIIa. Confiteor (03:39)
21. Stephan MacLeod – XVIIb. Et expecto (02:04)
22. Stephan MacLeod – XVIIIa. Sanctus (02:39)
23. Gli Angeli Genève – XVIIIb. Pleni sunt coeli (02:07)
24. Stephan MacLeod – XIX. Osanna in excelsis (02:27)
25. Valerio Contaldo – XX. Benedictus (04:34)
26. Stephan MacLeod – XXI. Osanna in excelsis (02:29)
27. Alex Potter – XXII. Agnus Dei (05:13)
28. Stephan MacLeod – XXIII. Dona nobis pacem (02:38)

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