Mass in B minor discography#Table

The listing shows recordings of the Mass in B minor, BWV 232, by Johann Sebastian Bach. The selection is taken from the 281 recordings listed on the Bach Cantatas Website {{as of|2018|lc=yes}}, beginning with the first recording by a symphony orchestra and choir to match, conducted by Albert Coates. Beginning in the late 1960s, historically informed performances paved the way for recordings with smaller groups, boys choirs and ensembles playing period instruments, and eventually to recordings using the one-voice-on-a-vocal-part scoring first argued for by Joshua Rifkin in 1982.

History

The work was first recorded by symphonic choirs and orchestras. From the late 1960s, historically informed performances (HIP) tried to adhere more to the sounds of the composer's lifetime, who typically wrote for boys choirs and for comparatively small orchestras of Baroque instruments, often now called "period instruments". Some scholars believe that Bach used only one singer for a vocal part in the choral movements, termed "one voice per part" (OVPP). On some of these recordings, the solo singer is reinforced in choral movements with a larger orchestra by a ripieno singer (OVPP+R).

The first complete recording of the work was conducted by Albert Coates in 1929. Robert Shaw led the first American recording in 1947. Some recordings are documents of live concerts, such as a 1968 performance conducted by Karl Richter at the Moscow Conservatory Grand Hall. The same year, the first HIP recording appeared, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, followed by Johan van der Meer's version with the Groningse Bachvereniging in 1975 which was recorded live in Utrecht at the Holland Festival. The first OVPP recording appeared in 1982, conducted by Joshua Rifkin.

Table of selected recordings

The sortable listing is taken from the selection provided by Aryeh Oron on the Bach-Cantatas website.

Soloists

Bach composed the work for five soloists: soprano I and II, alto, tenor and bass. The soloists are listed in the table in the order SATB.

Some recordings arranged the music for four soloists, the movements in which soprano II (SII) is requested, are divided, sung by soprano I (SI) and alto (A).

Christe eleison: A for SII in the duet with SI
Laudamus te: SI or A in the aria for SII

Some recordings divide the two bass solos on two singers because of their very different tessitura:

Quoniam tu solus sanctus: the aria requires a bass with a strong low register
Et in spiritum sanctum: the aria requires a bass with a high range which would today be termed a baritone

The composition has a movement for two choirs SATB, Osanna. In recordings with one voice per part (OVPP), the soloists are normally listed in the order SSAATTBB. For some recordings, only the singers doing solo work are named.

Choir type

Large choirs (red background): Large (unspecified), Bach (choir dedicated to Bach's music, founded in the mid-20th century, Boys (choir of all male voices), Radio (choir of a broadcaster), Symphony (choir related to a symphony orchestra)
Medium-size choirs, such as Chamber, Chorale (choir dedicated mostly to church music), Motet
One voice per part (green background): OVPP or OVPP+R (with ripienists reinforcing the soloists in some chorale movements)

Orchestra type

Large orchestras (red background): Bach (orchestra dedicated to Bach's music, founded in the mid-20th century), Radio (symphony orchestra of a broadcaster), Symphony
Chamber orchestra
Orchestra on period instruments (green background)

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| id = Coates

| conductor = {{sortname|Albert|Coates|dab=musician}}

| choir = The Philharmonic Choir

| orchestra = London Symphony Orchestra

| soloists = {{plainlist|

}}

| label = HMV

| year = {{Start date|1929}}

| choir_type = Large

| orchestra_type = Symphony

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Shaw

| conductor = {{sortname|Robert|Shaw|dab=conductor}}

| choir = RCA Victor Chorale

| orchestra = RCA Victor Orchestra

| soloists = {{plainlist|

Anne McKnight
June Gardner
Lydia Summers
Lucius Metz
Paul Matthen

}}

| label = RCA Victor

| year = {{Start date|1947}}

| choir_type = Chorale

| orchestra_type = Radio

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Scherchen

| conductor = {{sortname|Hermann|Scherchen}}

| choir = Wiener Akademie-Kammerchor

| orchestra = Wiener Symphoniker

| soloists = {{plainlist|

Emmy Loose
Hilde Ceska
Gertrud Burgsthaler-Schuster
Anton Dermota
Alfred Poell

}}

| label = Westminster

| year = {{Start date|1950}}

| choir_type = Chamber

| orchestra_type = Symphony

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Enescu

| conductor = {{sortname|George|Enescu}}

| choir = BBC Chorus

| orchestra = Boyd Neel Orchestra

| soloists = {{plainlist|

}}

| label = BBC

| year = {{Start date|1951}}

| choir_type = Radio

| orchestra_type = Symphony

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Karajan

| conductor = {{sortname|Herbert von|Karajan}}

| choir = Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien

| orchestra = Orchester der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien, Philharmonia Orchestra

| soloists = {{plainlist|

}}

| label = EMI

| year = {{Start date|1952}}{{efn|recorded in Nov. 1952, first in Vienna’s Musikverein and then at Abbey Road, with a patch-up session at Abbey Road on 16 July 1953}}

| choir_type = Large

| orchestra_type = Symphony

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Lehmann

| conductor = {{sortname|Fritz|Lehmann}}

| choir = RIAS Kammerchor

| orchestra = Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

| soloists = {{plainlist|

}}

| label = Urania

| year = {{Start date|1953}}

| choir_type = Radio

| orchestra_type = Radio

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Werner

| conductor = {{sortname|Fritz|Werner}}

| choir = Heinrich-Schütz-Chor Heilbronn

| orchestra = Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra

| soloists = {{plainlist|

}}

| label = Erato

| year = {{Start date|1957}}

| choir_type =

| orchestra_type = Chamber

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Scherchen 1959

| conductor = {{sortname|Hermann|Scherchen}}

| choir = Wiener Akademie-Kammerchor

| orchestra = Vienna State Opera Orchestra

| soloists = {{plainlist|

}}

| label = Westminster

| year = {{Start date|1959}}

| choir_type = Chamber

| orchestra_type = Opera

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Shaw 1960

| conductor = {{sortname|Robert|Shaw|dab=conductor}}

| choir = Robert Shaw Chorale

| orchestra = Robert Shaw Orchestra

| soloists = {{plainlist|

}}

| label = RCA Victor Red Seal

| year = {{Start date|1960}}

| choir_type = Chorale

| orchestra_type = Symphony

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Richter

| conductor = {{sortname|Karl|Richter|dab=conductor}}

| choir = Münchener Bach-Chor

| orchestra = Münchener Bach-Orchester

| soloists = {{plainlist|

}}

| label = Archiv Produktion

| year = {{Start date|1961}}

| choir_type = Bach

| orchestra_type = Bach

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Klemperer

| conductor = {{sortname|Otto|Klemperer}}

| choir = BBC Chorus

| orchestra = New Philharmonia Orchestra

| soloists = {{plainlist|

}}

| label = EMI

| year = {{Start date|1967}}

| choir_type = Radio

| orchestra_type = Symphony

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Harnoncourt

| conductor = {{sortname|Nikolaus|Harnoncourt}}

| choir = Chorus Viennensis

| orchestra = Concentus Musicus Wien

| soloists = {{plainlist|

}}

| label = Teldec

| year = {{Start date|1968}}

| choir_type =

| orchestra_type = Period

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Richter 1968

| conductor = {{sortname|Karl|Richter|dab=conductor}}

| choir = Münchener Bach-Chor

| orchestra = Münchener Bach-Orchester

| soloists = {{plainlist|

}}

| label = Melodiya / Ars Nova

| year = {{Start date|1968}}

| choir_type = Bach

| orchestra_type = Bach

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Meer

| conductor = {{sortname|Johan van der|Meer|dab=conductor}}

| choir = Groningse Bachvereniging

| orchestra = La Petite Bande

| soloists = {{plainlist|

}}

| label = Teldec

| year = {{Start date|1968}}

| choir_type = Bach

| orchestra_type = Period

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Karajan 1974

| conductor = {{sortname|Herbert von|Karajan}}

| choir = Wiener Singverein

| orchestra = Berliner Philharmoniker

| soloists = {{plainlist|

}}

| label = Deutsche Grammophon

| year = {{Start date|1974}}

| choir_type = Large

| orchestra_type = Symphony

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Rilling

| conductor = {{sortname|Helmuth|Rilling}}

| choir = Gächinger Kantorei

| orchestra = Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

| soloists = {{plainlist|

}}

| label = Hänssler

| year = {{Start date|1977}}

| choir_type = Chorale

| orchestra_type = Chamber

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Jochum

| conductor = {{sortname|Eugen|Jochum}}

| choir = Bavarian Radio Choir

| orchestra = Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

| soloists = {{plainlist|

}}

| label = EMI

| year = {{Start date|1980}}

| choir_type = Radio

| orchestra_type = Radio

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Rifkin

| conductor = {{sortname|Joshua|Rifkin}}

| choir =

| orchestra = The Bach Ensemble

| soloists = {{plainlist|

}}

| label = Nonesuch

| year = {{Start date|1982}}

| choir_type = OVPP

| orchestra_type = Period

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Parrott

| conductor = {{sortname|Andrew|Parrott}}

| choir =

| orchestra = Taverner Consort and Players

| soloists = {{plainlist|

Emma Kirkby
Emily Van Evera
Panito Iconomou (boy alto)
Christian Immler (boy alto)
Michael Kilian (boy alto)
Rogers Covey-Crump
David Thomas

}}

| label = EMI

| year = {{Start date|1984}}

| choir_type = OVPP

| orchestra_type = Period

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Leonhardt

| conductor = {{sortname|Gustav|Leonhardt}}

| choir = Collegium Musicum of De Nederlandse Bachvereniging

| orchestra = La Petite Bande

| soloists = {{plainlist|

}}

| label = Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

| year = {{Start date|1985}}

| choir_type =

| orchestra_type = Period

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Gardiner

| conductor = {{sortname|John Eliot|Gardiner}}

| choir = The Monteverdi Choir

| orchestra = The English Baroque Soloists

| soloists = {{plainlist|

Nancy Argenta
Michael Chance
Elizabeth Wilcock
Stephen Varcoe
Carol Hall
Mary Nichols

}}

| label = Archiv

| year = {{Start date|1985}}

| choir_type =

| orchestra_type = Period

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Kahlhöfer

| conductor = {{sortname|Helmut|Kahlhöfer}}

| choir = Kantorei Barmen-Gemarke

| orchestra =

| soloists = {{plainlist|

}}

| label = Kantorei Barmen-Gemarke

| year = {{Start date|1985}}

| choir_type =

| orchestra_type =

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Shaw 1990

| conductor = {{sortname|Robert|Shaw|dab=conductor}}

| choir = Atlanta Chamber Chorus

| orchestra = Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

| soloists = {{plainlist|

}}

| label = Telarc

| year = {{Start date|1990}}

| choir_type = Chamber

| orchestra_type = Symphony

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Solti

| conductor = {{sortname|Georg|Solti}}

| choir = Chicago Symphony Chorus

| orchestra = Chicago Symphony Orchestra

| soloists = {{plainlist|

}}

| label = London

| year = {{Start date|1990}}

| choir_type = Symphony

| orchestra_type = Symphony

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Jacobs

| conductor = {{sortname|René|Jacobs}}

| choir = RIAS Kammerchor

| orchestra = Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

| soloists = {{plainlist|

}}

| label = Berlin Classics

| year = {{Start date|1992}}

| choir_type = Chamber

| orchestra_type = Period

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Hickox

| conductor = {{sortname|Richard|Hickox}}

| choir = Collegium Musicum 90

| orchestra = Collegium Musicum 90

| soloists = {{plainlist|

Nancy Argenta
Catherine Denley
Mark Tucker
Stephen Varcoe

}}

| label = Chandos

| year = {{Start date|1992}}

| choir_type =

| orchestra_type = Period

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Beringer

| conductor = {{sortname|Karl-Friedrich|Beringer}}

| choir = Windsbacher Knabenchor

| orchestra = Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss

| soloists = {{plainlist|

}}

| label = Hänssler

| year = {{Start date|1994}}

| choir_type = Boys

| orchestra_type = Chamber

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Koopman

| conductor = {{sortname|Ton|Koopman}}

| choir = Amsterdam Baroque Choir

| orchestra = Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

| soloists = {{plainlist|

}}

| label = Erato

| year = {{Start date|1994}}

| choir_type =

| orchestra_type = Period

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Giulini

| conductor = {{sortname|Carlo Maria|Giulini}}

| choir = Bavarian Radio Choir

| orchestra = Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

| soloists = {{plainlist|

Roberta Alexander
Ruth Ziesak
Jard van Nes
Keith Lewis
David Wilson-Johnson

}}

| label = Sony

| year = {{Start date|1994}}

| choir_type = Radio

| orchestra_type = Radio

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Herreweghe

| conductor = {{sortname|Philippe|Herreweghe}}

| choir = Collegium Vocale Gent

| orchestra = Collegium Vocale Gent

| soloists = {{plainlist|

}}

| label = Harmonia Mundi

| year = {{Start date|1996}}

| choir_type =

| orchestra_type = Period

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = King

| conductor = {{sortname|Robert|King|dab=conductor}}

| choir = Tölzer Knabenchor

| orchestra = The King's Consort

| soloists = {{plainlist|

Boy sopranos: Matthias Ritter, Manuel Mrasek
Boy altos: Matthias Schloderer, Maximilian Fraas
Anthony Rolfe-Johnson
Michael George

}}

| label = Hyperion

| year = {{Start date|1996}}

| choir_type = Boys

| orchestra_type = Period

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Hengelbrock

| conductor = {{sortname|Thomas|Hengelbrock}}

| choir = Balthasar-Neumann-Chor

| orchestra = Freiburger Barockorchester

| soloists = {{plainlist|

Gundula Anders
Mona Spägele
Ursula Fiedler
Jürgen Banholzer
Bernhard Landauer
Hermann Oswald
Knut Schoch
Johannes-Christoph Happel
Stephan MacLeod

}}

| label = Harmonia Mundi

| year = {{Start date|1996}}

| choir_type =

| orchestra_type = Period

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Funfgeld

| conductor = {{sortname|Greg|Funfgeld}}

| choir = The Bach Choir of Bethlehem

| orchestra = The Bach Festival Orchestra

| soloists = {{plainlist|

Tamara Matthews
Rosa Lamoreaux
Marietta Simpson
Frederick Urrey
William Sharp
Daniel Lichti

}}

| label = Dorian Recordings

| year = {{Start date|1997}}

| choir_type = Bach

| orchestra_type = Bach

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Daus

| conductor = {{sortname|Joshard|Daus}}

| choir = Bach Ensemble of EuropaChorAkademie

| orchestra = Münchner Symphoniker

| soloists = {{plainlist|

}}

| label = Arte Nova

| year = {{Start date|1998}}

| choir_type =

| orchestra_type =

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Rilling 1999

| conductor = {{sortname|Helmuth|Rilling}}

| choir = Gächinger Kantorei

| orchestra = Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

| soloists = {{plainlist|

}}

| label = Hänssler

| year = {{Start date|1999}}

| choir_type = Chorale

| orchestra_type = Chamber

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Biller

| conductor = {{sortname|Georg Christoph|Biller}}

| choir = Thomanerchor

| orchestra = Gewandhausorchester

| soloists = {{plainlist|

}}

| label = Naxos

| year = {{Start date|2000}}

| choir_type = Boys

| orchestra_type = Symphony

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Kuijken

| conductor = {{sortname|Sigiswald|Kuijken}}

| choir =

| orchestra = La Petite Bande

| soloists = {{plainlist|

}}

| label = Urtext

| year = {{Start date|2000}}

| choir_type = OVPP

| orchestra_type = Period

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Junghänel

| conductor = {{sortname|Konrad|Junghänel}}

| choir =

| orchestra = Cantus Cölln

| soloists = {{plainlist|

}}

| label = Harmonia Mundi

| year = {{Start date|2003}}

| choir_type = OVPP

| orchestra_type = Period

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Bernius

| conductor = {{sortname|Frieder|Bernius}}

| choir = Kammerchor Stuttgart

| orchestra = Barockorchester Stuttgart

| soloists = {{plainlist|

}}

| label = Carus-Verlag

| year = {{Start date|2004}}

| choir_type = Chamber

| orchestra_type = Period

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Rilling 2007

| conductor = {{sortname|Helmuth|Rilling}}

| choir = Gächinger Kantorei

| orchestra = Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

| soloists = {{plainlist|

}}

| label = Hänssler

| year = {{Start date|2007}}

| choir_type = Chorale

| orchestra_type = Chamber

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Suzuki

| conductor = {{sortname|Masaaki|Suzuki}}

| choir = Bach Collegium Japan

| orchestra = Bach Collegium Japan

| soloists = {{plainlist|

}}

| label = BIS

| year = {{Start date|2007}}

| choir_type =

| orchestra_type = Period

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Kuijken 2008

| conductor = {{sortname|Sigiswald|Kuijken}}

| choir =

| orchestra = La Petite Bande

| soloists = {{plainlist|

}}

| label = Challenge Classics

| year = {{Start date|2008}}

| choir_type = OVPP

| orchestra_type = Period

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Brüggen

| conductor = {{sortname|Frans|Brüggen}}

| choir = Cappella Amsterdam

| orchestra = Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century

| soloists = {{plainlist|

}}

| label = Glossa

| year = {{Start date|2009}}

| choir_type =

| orchestra_type = Period

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Veldhoven

| conductor = {{sortname|Jos van|Veldhoven}}

| choir = De Nederlandse Bachvereniging

| orchestra = De Nederlandse Bachvereniging

| soloists = {{plainlist|

}}

| label = Channel Classics Records

| year = {{Start date|2009}}

| choir_type = OVPP+R

| orchestra_type = Period

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Minkowski

| conductor = {{sortname|Marc|Minkowski}}

| choir = Les Musiciens du Louvre

| orchestra = Les Musiciens du Louvre

| soloists = {{plainlist|

Lucy Crowe
Julia Lezhneva
Joanne Lunn
Blandine Staskiewicz
Nathalie Stutzmann
Terry Wey
Colin Balzer
Markus Brutscher
Christian Immler
Luca Tittoto

}}

| label = Naïve

| year = {{Start date|2009}}

| choir_type = OVPP+R

| orchestra_type = Period

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Butt

| conductor = {{sortname|John|Butt|dab=musician}}

| choir = Dunedin Consort

| orchestra = Dunedin Players

| soloists = {{plainlist|

Susan Hamilton
Cecilia Osmond
Margot Oitzinger
Thomas Hobbs
Matthew Brook
ripienists:
Nicola Corbishley
Katie Tretheway
Annemieke Cantor
Christopher Watson
Christopher Adams

}}

| label = Linn

| year = {{Start date|2009}}

| choir_type = OVPP+R

| orchestra_type = Period

}}

{{Cantata discography row

| id = Biller 2013

| conductor = {{sortname|Georg Christoph|Biller}}

| choir = Thomanerchor

| orchestra = Freiburger Barockorchester

| soloists = {{plainlist|

Reglint Bühler
Susanne Krumbiegel
Susanne Langner
Martin Lattke
Markus Flaig

}}

| label = ACCENTUS Music

| year = {{Start date|2013}}

| choir_type = Boys

| orchestra_type = Period

}}

Notes

References

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| url = http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Vocal/BWV232-Rec1.htm

| title = Mass in B minor BWV 232 - Recordings Part 1: 1900–1949

| publisher= bach-cantatas.com

| accessdate = 23 February 2015

}}

{{cite web

| url = http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Vocal/BWV232-Rec2.htm

| title = Mass in B minor BWV 232 - Recordings Part 2: 1950–1959

| publisher= bach-cantatas.com

| accessdate = 23 February 2015

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{{cite web

| url = http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Vocal/BWV232-Rec3.htm

| title = Mass in B minor BWV 232 - Recordings Part 3: 1960–1969

| publisher= bach-cantatas.com

| accessdate = 12 October 2013

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{{cite web

| url = http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Vocal/BWV232-Rec4.htm

| title = Mass in B minor BWV 232 - Recordings Part 4: 1970–1979

| publisher= bach-cantatas.com

| accessdate = 23 February 2015

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{{cite web

| url = http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Vocal/BWV232-Rec5.htm

| title = Mass in B minor BWV 232 - Recordings Part 5: 1980–1989

| publisher= bach-cantatas.com

| accessdate = 23 February 2015

}}

{{cite web

| url = http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Vocal/BWV232-Rec6.htm

| title = Mass in B minor BWV 232 - Recordings Part 6: 1990–1999

| publisher= bach-cantatas.com

| accessdate = 23 February 2015

}}

{{cite web

| url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/bach-mass-in-b-minor-mw0001524021

| title = Bach: Mass in B minor - Robert Shaw | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards

| publisher = AllMusic

| accessdate = 12 October 2013

}}

{{cite web

| url = http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Vocal/BWV232-Rec7.htm

| title = Mass in B minor BWV 232 - Recordings Part 7: 2000–2009

| publisher= bach-cantatas.com

| accessdate = 23 February 2015

}}

{{cite web

| url = http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Vocal/BWV232-Rec8.htm

| title = Mass in B minor BWV 232 - Recordings Part 8: 2010–2019

| publisher= bach-cantatas.com

| accessdate = 23 February 2015

}}

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