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Mass in B minor BWV 232
Recordings - Part 5

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Complete Recordings - 1980-1989

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J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor

Mass in B minor BWV 232

Eugen Jochum

Bayerischer Rundfunk Symphonieorchester & Chor

Soprano: Helen Donath; Alto: Brigitte Fassbaender; Tenor: Claes-Håkan Ahnsjö; Basses: Roland Hermann, Robert Holl

EMI Classics / EMI Gemini

Mar-Apr 1980

2-CD / TT: 122:37

Recorded at Herkules-Saal, Munich, Germany.
3^rd complete recording of Mass in B minor by E. Jochum.
See: Mass in B minor BWV 232 - Conducted by Eugen Jochum
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J.S. Bach: Messe in h-Moll BWV 232

Mass in B minor BWV 232

Udo R. Follert

Orchester und Madrigalchor der Evangelischen Kantorei Leichlingen

Soprao: Agnes Giebel; Alto: Hilke Helling; Tenor: Karl Markus; Bass: Phillip Langshaw
Wolfgang Pohle (Trumpet); Hans-Jürgen Möhring (Flute)

Leichlinger Kantorei

May 10, 1980

?-LP / TT:

Recorded live at Stefanskirche Simmern, Germany.
Source: Leichlinger Kantorei | HfK Heidelberg

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J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor

Mass in B minor BWV 232

Peter Schreier

Rundfunkchor Leipzig (Chorus Master: Jörg-Peter Weigle) / Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum

Soprano: Lucia Popp; Alto: Carolyn Watkinson; Tenor: Eberhard Büchner; Baritone [No. 18]: Siegfried Lorenz; Bass [No. 10]: Theo Adam
Walter Heinz Bernstein (Organ)

Eterna / Eurodisc / Leipzig Classics

Nov 1981; Feb 1982

2-CD / TT: 110:01

Recorded at Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche, Leipzig, Germany.
1^st recording of Mass in B minor BWV 232 by P. Schreier.
See: Mass in B minor BWV 232 - conducted by Peter Schreier
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J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor

Mass in B minor BWV 232

Joshua Rifkin

(OVPP - No Choir) / The Bach Ensemble

Sopranos: Judith Nelson & Julianne Baird; Counter-tenors: Jeffrey Dooley, Drew Minter; Tenors: Frank Hoffmeister, Edmund Brownless; Basses: Jan Opalach, Andrew Walker Schultze

Nonesuch

Dec 31 1981 - Jan 11, 1982

2-CD / TT: 106:29

Recorded at Rutgers Presbyterian Church, New York, USA.
1^st recording in the original version.
See: Mass in B minor BWV 232 - conducted by Joshua Rifkin
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J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor

Mass in B minor BWV 232

Joachim Carlos Martini

Junge Kantorei / Florilegium Musicum Rotterdam & Trompetenensemble Friedemann Immer

Soprano: Barbara Schlick; Alto: Hilke Helling; Tenor: John Elwes; Bass: Harry van der Kamp

MDG

Dec 26, 1983 - Jan 4, 1984

2-CD / TT:

Recorded at Katholischen Pfarrkirche, Götzingen, Germany.

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J.S. Bach: Messe in h-moll

Mass in B minor BWV 232

Andrew Parrott

Solisten des Tölzer Knabenchor (Director: Howard Arman) / Taverner Consort & Players

Sopranos: Emma Kirkby, Emily van Evera; Boy Alto: Panito Iconomou; Boy Alto: Christian M. Immler; Boy Alto: Michael Kilian; Tenor: Rogers Covey-Crump; Bass: David Thomas

Virgin Veritas

Sep 1984

2-CD / TT: 103:28

Recorded at St John's, Smith Square, London, England.
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J.S. Bach: Messe h-Moll · Mass in B Minor BWV 232

Mass in B minor BWV 232

Gustav Leonhardt

Collegium Musicum Van De Nederlandse Bachvereniging / La Petite Bande

Soprano: Isabelle Poulenard; Mezzo-soprano: Guillemette Laurens; Alto: René Jacobs; Tenor: John Elwes; Bass [No. 18]: Max van Egmond; Bass [No. 10]: Harry van der Kamp

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

Feb 13-19, 1985

2-CD / TT: 111:28

Recorded at Doopsgezinde Gemeente Kerk, Haarlem, Holland.
See: Mass in B minor BWV 232 - conducted by Gustav Leonhardt
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J.S. Bach: Messe in h-Moll BWV 232

Mass in B minor BWV 232

Helmut Kahlhöfer

Kantorei Barmen-Gemarke

Soprano: Mitsuko Shirai; Alto: Hildegard Laurich; Tenor: Karl Markus; Bass: Andreas Schmidt

Kantorei Barmen-Gemarke

Feb 24, 1985

2-CD / TT: 124:36

Recorded live at Stadthalle Wuppertal durch Dabringhaus und Grimm, Germany.

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J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor · Messe in h-moll · Messe en Si Mineur

Mass in B minor BWV 232

John Eliot Gardiner

Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists

Sopranos: Nancy Argenta, Lynne Dawson, Jane Fairfield, Jean Knibbs, Patrizia Kwella; Mezzo-sopranos: Carol Hall, Mary Nichols; Counter-tenors: Michael Chance, Patrick Collin, Ashley Stafford; Tenors: Wynford Evans, Howard Milner, Andrew Murgatroyd; Basses: Richard Lloyd-Morgan, Stephen Varcoe
Harpsichord: Paul Nicholson

Archiv Produktion

Feb 1985

2-CD / TT: 106:22

Recorded in All Saints Church, Tooting, London, England.
See: Mass in B minor BWV 232 - conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
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Bach Festival 53^rd Annual Baldwin-Wallace College: Fifth & Sixth Concerts

NEW

Mass in B minor BWV 232: Kyrie and gloria
Mass in B minor BWV 232: Symbolum nicenum: sanctus: Angus Dei: Dona Nobis Pacem

Dwight Oltman

Baldwin-Wallace College Choir / Festival Chamber Orchestra

Soprano: Phyllis Bryn-Julson; Alto: Gisela Pohl; Tenor: Karl Markus; Bass: Bruce Abel

Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music

Apr (?) 1985

2-MC / TT:

Recorded at Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio, USA.
3^rd recording of Mass in B minor BWV 232 by D. Oltman.
Source: WorldCat Libraries

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J.S. Bach: Hohe Messe in h-moll

Mass in B minor BWV 232

Noriteru Hamada

Chor der Japanische Oratorien-Gesselschaft / Bach Collegium Tokyo

?

Minerva Division PCD-1003-1004
Adam Records Tokyo Japan AAC-1016

May 15, 1985

2-CD / TT:
3-LP / TT:

Source: Source: Edward H. Tarr on LP / CD

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J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor

Mass in B minor BWV 232

Herbert von Karajan

? / Berliner Philharmoniker

Soprano: Kathleen Battle; Alto: Agnes Baltsa; Tenor: Gösta Winbergh; Bass: José van Dam

Fachmann für Klassischer Musik 120-121

Aug 27, 1985

2-CD / TT:

5^th recording of Mass in B minor BWV 232 by H.v. Karajan.
See: Mass in B minor BWV 232 - conducted by Herbert von Karajan

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J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor

Mass in B minor BWV 232

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Arnold Schoenberg Chor (Chorus Master: Erwin Ortner) / Concentus Musicus Wien

Sopranos: Angela Maria Blasi & Delores Ziegler; Contralto: Jadwiga Rappé; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Robert Holl

Teldec

Apr 1986

2-CD / TT: 109:02

2^nd recording of Mass in B minor BWV 232 by N. Harnoncourt.
See: Mass in B minor BWV 232 - conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt

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J.S. Bach: h-Moll - Messe BWV 232

Mass in B minor BWV 232

Alois Ickstadt

Figuralchor Frankfurt (Chorus Master: Rolf Beck) / Bläser des Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester - Collegium Instrumentale Alois Kottmann (Dirigent: Alois Ickstadt), Solistes Européens, Luxemburg

Soprano I: Ulrike Sonntag; Alto: Alison Browner; Tenor: Adalbert Kraus; Bass: Ernst Gerold Schramm

Melisma-Musik

May 24, 1987

2-CD / TT:

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J.S. Bach: B minor Mass

Mass in B minor BWV 232

Colin Davis

Bayerischer Rundfunk Chor / Bayerischer Rundfunk Symphonieorchester

Soprano: Edith Mathis; Alto: Marjana Lipovšek; Tenor: Alejandro Ramirez; Bass: Andreas Schmidt; Bass: Jan-Hendrik Rootering

Produktion des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Sep 19, 1987

? / TT:

Recorded live at the Philharmonie in München (Gasteig), Germany.
BBC recording, broadcast Radio 3 on September 19, 1987
Source: British Library Sound Archive Catalogue
The recording has never been commrecially released; probably a limited-circulation recording.

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J.S. Bach: Messe in H-Moll · Mass in B Minor · Messe en si mineur BWV 232

Mass in B minor BWV 232

Philippe Herreweghe

Chorus & Orchestra of Collegium Vocale Gent

Sopranos: Barbara Schlick, Catherine Patriasz; Alto: Charles Brett; Tenor: Howard Crook; Bass: Peter Kooy

Virgin Veritas

Apr 1988

2-CD / TT: 106:39

1^st recording of Mass in B minor BWV 232 by P. Herreweghe
See: Mass in B minor Mass BWV 232 - conducted by Philippe Herreweghe
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J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor

Mass in B minor BWV 232

Helmuth Rilling

Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

Soprano: Ulrike Sonntag; Alto: Marjana Lipovšek; Tenor: Howard Crook; Bass: Andreas Schmidt

Intercord / CBS

May 1988

2-CD / TT: 129:46

3^rd recording of Mass in B minor BWV 232 by H. Rilling
See: Mass in B minor BWV 232 - conducted by Helmuth Rilling

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J.S. Bach: H-Moll-Messe

Mass in B minor BWV 232

Hermann Harrassowitz

Bachchor St. Lorenz, Nürnberg / Kammerorchester Conrad von der Goltz Würzburg

Soprano: Sigrid Stumme; Contralto: Erika Schmidt-Valentin; Tenor: Peter Bartels; Bass: Johannes Künzel;

Harald Braun HB-303-1/2

1988

2-MC / TT:

Recorded live. Production of Bachchores St. Lorenz Nürnberg.
Source: Deutsches Musikarchiv

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J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor

Mass in B minor BWV 232

Helmuth Rilling

Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

Soprano: Arleen Augér; Alto Anne Sophie von Otter; Tenor: Aldo Baldin; Bass: Wolfgang Schöne

Platz 5004-5005

1988

2-CD / TT:

4^th recording of Mass in B minor BWV 232 by H. Rilling
See: Mass in B minor BWV 232 – conducted by Helmuth Rilling

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J.S. Bach: Messe in h-moll

Mass in B minor BWV 232

Jörg Straube

Norddeutscher Figuralchor / Camerata Hannover

Soprano I: Olivia Blackburn; Soprano II: Regina Jakobi; Alto: Ulla Groenewold; Tenor: Christoph Prégardien; Bass: Carl-Heinz Müller

Thorofon

1988

2-CD / TT: 111:44

Recorded at Kirche St. Oldag zu Mandelsloh, Germany.
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Bach: Mass in B Minor

Mass in B minor BWV 232

Frans Brüggen

Nederlands Kamerkoor / Orchestra of the 18^th Century

Soprano: Jennifer Smith; Counter-tenor: Michael Chance; Tenor: Nico van der Meel; Bass: Harry van der Kamp

Philips

Mar 1989

2-CD / TT: 104:28

Recorded live at Vredenburg, Utrecht, Germany.
1^st recording of Mass in B minor BWV 232 by F. Brüggen.
See: Mass in B minor BWV 232 - conducted by Frans Brüggen
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Bach Festival 57^th Annual Baldwin-Wallace College: Fifth & Sixth Concerts

Tape 1: Mass in B minor BWV 232: Kyrie - Sanctus
Tape 2. Mass in B minor BWV 232: Sanctus - End

Dwight Oltman

Baldwin-Wallace College Choir / Festival Chamber Orchestra

Soprano: Kaaren Erickson; Alto: Judith Malafronte; Tenor: David Gordon; Bass: Bruce Abel
Alice Crump; Pamela Gerstner; Galan Kral (Oboe); Kathleen Thompson; Katherine Schuh; Nicholas Lobanov; Gary Kosloski (Violin); Regina Mushabac; Thomas Christofferson; Christopher Ilg

Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music

Apr (?) 1989

2-MC / TT:

Recorded at Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio, USA.
4^th recording of Mass in B minor BWV 232 by D. Oltman.
Source: WorldCat Libraries

Recordings & Discussions of Other Vocal Works: Main Page | Motets BWV 225-231 | Mass in B minor BWV 232 | Missae Breves & Sanctus BWV 233-242 | Magnificat BWV 243 | Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 | Johannes-Passion BWV 245 | Lukas-Passion BWV 246 | Markus-Passion BWV 247 | Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248 | Oster-Oratorium BWV 249 | Chorales BWV 250-438 | Geistliche Lieder BWV 439-507 | AMN BWV 508-523 | Quodlibet BWV 524 | Aria BWV 1127