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Bach: Lutheran Masses, Vol. 1 / Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan
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Details
- Composer
- BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN
- Artist
- Bach Collegium Japan, Suzuki, Blazíkova, Lunn, Blaze, Turk, Kooij
- Format
- SACD
- Label
- BIS
- Released
- Jul 10, 2015
- Catalog #
- BIS-2081
- UPC
- 7318599920818
About
This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.
By Bach's time, the Reformation had fundamentally altered the traditional forms of church service, and in German churches Latin had yielded to the country's own language. To a limited extent, however, the Latin mass text did remain in use in the Protestant church – in particular the Kyrie and Gloria sections, which were often set to music as an entity in their own right. Albeit incomplete, this form of mass setting was termed ‘Missa’, a name it retained even in Bach’s day. Nowadays, to differentiate them from complete settings, these pieces are often referred to as 'Lutheran Masses'. Bach's famous Mass in B minor, later expanded into a complete mass, began its existence as a work of this type, and four other examples from Bach's pen have survived. They all make extensive use of earlier compositions, and the two masses on the present disc consist entirely of so-called parodies: reworkings of arias and choruses from cantatas, in which Bach demonstrates his skill in adapting existing music for new uses. Performed by Bach Collegium Japan – who under the direction of Masaaki Suzuki have already recorded the original settings as part of their acclaimed cantata series – the Missae BWV 235 and 236 are here combined with four separate settings of the Sanctus, another section of the traditional mass that in Bach's time could be heard in the churches of Leipzig during important feast days. Two of these are original compositions, whereas BWV 241, and possibly also 240, is an arrangement of a setting by another composer. The 'Kyrie – Christe' BWV Anh. 26 is also an example of how Bach in his task of providing the music for church services used music by other composers. In this case he turned to a movement from a mass by his contemporary Francesco Durante from Naples, but adapted it for his own purposes by composing a new setting – a duet for soprano and alto – of the Christe eleison section, labelling it 'Christe di Bach' in his autograph.
Review:
Suzuki's solo 'A team' are out in force and generally deliver excellent and communicative quasi-arias...The choruses are perhaps a touch less well-heeled and defined than usual, in both consistency and balance, but Collegium Musicum Japan compellingly advocate both Masses as well as the festive Kyrie and Sanctus settings.
– Gramophone
By Bach's time, the Reformation had fundamentally altered the traditional forms of church service, and in German churches Latin had yielded to the country's own language. To a limited extent, however, the Latin mass text did remain in use in the Protestant church – in particular the Kyrie and Gloria sections, which were often set to music as an entity in their own right. Albeit incomplete, this form of mass setting was termed ‘Missa’, a name it retained even in Bach’s day. Nowadays, to differentiate them from complete settings, these pieces are often referred to as 'Lutheran Masses'. Bach's famous Mass in B minor, later expanded into a complete mass, began its existence as a work of this type, and four other examples from Bach's pen have survived. They all make extensive use of earlier compositions, and the two masses on the present disc consist entirely of so-called parodies: reworkings of arias and choruses from cantatas, in which Bach demonstrates his skill in adapting existing music for new uses. Performed by Bach Collegium Japan – who under the direction of Masaaki Suzuki have already recorded the original settings as part of their acclaimed cantata series – the Missae BWV 235 and 236 are here combined with four separate settings of the Sanctus, another section of the traditional mass that in Bach's time could be heard in the churches of Leipzig during important feast days. Two of these are original compositions, whereas BWV 241, and possibly also 240, is an arrangement of a setting by another composer. The 'Kyrie – Christe' BWV Anh. 26 is also an example of how Bach in his task of providing the music for church services used music by other composers. In this case he turned to a movement from a mass by his contemporary Francesco Durante from Naples, but adapted it for his own purposes by composing a new setting – a duet for soprano and alto – of the Christe eleison section, labelling it 'Christe di Bach' in his autograph.
Review:
Suzuki's solo 'A team' are out in force and generally deliver excellent and communicative quasi-arias...The choruses are perhaps a touch less well-heeled and defined than usual, in both consistency and balance, but Collegium Musicum Japan compellingly advocate both Masses as well as the festive Kyrie and Sanctus settings.
– Gramophone
Tracklist 19 tracks
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1 Kyrie (Chorus) 06:06
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Kyrie (Chorus)
- Duration
- 06:06
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Ensemble
- Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan
- Conductor
- Masaaki Suzuki
-
2 Gloria (Chorus) 02:56
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Gloria (Chorus)
- Duration
- 02:56
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Ensemble
- Bach Collegium Japan, Bach Collegium Japan Chorus
- Conductor
- Masaaki Suzuki
-
3 Gratias (Bass) 02:41
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Gratias (Bass)
- Duration
- 02:41
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Peter Kooij
- Ensemble
- Bach Collegium Japan
- Conductor
- Masaaki Suzuki
-
4 Domine Fili (Alto) 04:46
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Domine Fili (Alto)
- Duration
- 04:46
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Robin Blaze
- Ensemble
- Bach Collegium Japan
- Conductor
- Masaaki Suzuki
-
5 Qui tollis (Tenor) 03:42
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Qui tollis (Tenor)
- Duration
- 03:42
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Gerd Türk
- Ensemble
- Bach Collegium Japan
- Conductor
- Masaaki Suzuki
-
6 Cum Sancto Spiritu (Chorus) 04:45
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Cum Sancto Spiritu (Chorus)
- Duration
- 04:45
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Ensemble
- Bach Collegium Japan, Bach Collegium Japan Chorus
- Conductor
- Masaaki Suzuki
-
7 Kyrie (Chorus) 03:20
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Kyrie (Chorus)
- Duration
- 03:20
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Ensemble
- Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan
- Conductor
- Masaaki Suzuki
-
8 Gloria (Chorus) 04:54
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Gloria (Chorus)
- Duration
- 04:54
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Ensemble
- Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan
- Conductor
- Masaaki Suzuki
-
9 Gratias (Bass) 04:40
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Gratias (Bass)
- Duration
- 04:40
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Peter Kooij
- Ensemble
- Bach Collegium Japan
- Conductor
- Masaaki Suzuki
-
10 Domine Deus (Soprano, Alto) 03:45
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Domine Deus (Soprano, Alto)
- Duration
- 03:45
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Hana Blažíková, Robin Blaze
- Ensemble
- Bach Collegium Japan
- Conductor
- Masaaki Suzuki
-
11 Quoniam (Tenor) 04:37
- Track
- 11
- Title
- Quoniam (Tenor)
- Duration
- 04:37
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Gerd Türk
- Ensemble
- Bach Collegium Japan
- Conductor
- Masaaki Suzuki
-
12 Cum Sancto Spiritu (Chorus) 03:52
- Track
- 12
- Title
- Cum Sancto Spiritu (Chorus)
- Duration
- 03:52
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Ensemble
- Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan
- Conductor
- Masaaki Suzuki
-
13 Sanctus in G Major, BWV 240 02:18
- Track
- 13
- Title
- Sanctus in G Major, BWV 240
- Duration
- 02:18
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Ensemble
- Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan
- Conductor
- Masaaki Suzuki
-
14 Sanctus in D Major, BWV 241 (version in E Major) 02:00
- Track
- 14
- Title
- Sanctus in D Major, BWV 241 (version in E Major)
- Duration
- 02:00
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Ensemble
- Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan
- Conductor
- Masaaki Suzuki
-
15 Kyrie I (Chorus) 02:45
- Track
- 15
- Title
- Kyrie I (Chorus)
- Duration
- 02:45
- Composer
- Francesco Durante, Johann Sebastian Bach
- Ensemble
- Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan
- Conductor
- Masaaki Suzuki
-
16 Christe eleison in G Minor, BWV 242 01:11
- Track
- 16
- Title
- Christe eleison in G Minor, BWV 242
- Duration
- 01:11
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Joanne Lunn, Robin Blaze
- Ensemble
- Bach Collegium Japan
- Conductor
- Masaaki Suzuki
-
17 Kyrie II (Chorus) 01:33
- Track
- 17
- Title
- Kyrie II (Chorus)
- Duration
- 01:33
- Composer
- Francesco Durante, Johann Sebastian Bach
- Ensemble
- Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan
- Conductor
- Masaaki Suzuki
-
18 Sanctus in D Major, BWV 238 02:33
- Track
- 18
- Title
- Sanctus in D Major, BWV 238
- Duration
- 02:33
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Ensemble
- Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan
- Conductor
- Masaaki Suzuki
-
19 Sanctus in C Major, BWV 237 01:27
- Track
- 19
- Title
- Sanctus in C Major, BWV 237
- Duration
- 01:27
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Ensemble
- Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan
- Conductor
- Masaaki Suzuki