Utwory na płycie:

• Mass for 3 voices, chorus, 2 oboes, strings & continuo in G minor, BWV 235 (BC E5): Kyrie
• Mass for 3 voices, chorus, 2 oboes, strings & continuo in G minor, BWV 235 (BC E5): Gloria
• Mass for 3 voices, chorus, 2 oboes, strings & continuo in G minor, BWV 235 (BC E5): Gratias
• Mass for 3 voices, chorus, 2 oboes, strings & continuo in G minor, BWV 235 (BC E5): Domine Fili
• Mass for 3 voices, chorus, 2 oboes, strings & continuo in G minor, BWV 235 (BC E5): Qui tollis - Quoniam
• Mass for 3 voices, chorus, 2 oboes, strings & continuo in G minor, BWV 235 (BC E5): Cum Sancto Spiritu
• Cantata No. 102, "Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben," BWV 102 (BC A119): Coro. Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben!
• Cantata No. 102, "Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben," BWV 102 (BC A119): Recitativo. Wo ist das Ebenbild, das Gott uns eingepräget
• Cantata No. 102, "Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben," BWV 102 (BC A119): Aria. Weh der Seele, die den Schaden
• Cantata No. 102, "Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben," BWV 102 (BC A119): Arioso. Verachtest du den Reichtum seiner Gnade
• Cantata No. 102, "Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben," BWV 102 (BC A119): Aria. Erschrecke doch
• Cantata No. 102, "Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben," BWV 102 (BC A119): Recitativo. Beim Warten ist Gefahr
• Cantata No. 102, "Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben," BWV 102 (BC A119): Choral. Heut lebst du, heut bekehre dich
• Mass for 3 voices, chorus, orchestra & continuo in F major, BWV 233 (BC E6): Kyrie
• Mass for 3 voices, chorus, orchestra & continuo in F major, BWV 233 (BC E6): Gloria
• Mass for 3 voices, chorus, orchestra & continuo in F major, BWV 233 (BC E6): Domine Deus
• Mass for 3 voices, chorus, orchestra & continuo in F major, BWV 233 (BC E6): Qui Tollis
• Mass for 3 voices, chorus, orchestra & continuo in F major, BWV 233 (BC E6): Quoniam
• Mass for 3 voices, chorus, orchestra & continuo in F major, BWV 233 (BC E6): Cum Sancto Spiritu

Mass in G minor BWV235

Cantata 102 - Herr, deine Augen BWV102

Mass in F major BWV233

It is with great delight that we announce the release of two new recordings of J.S. Bach’s Lutheran Masses. Following a series of concerts at London’s newest music venue, Kings Place, Harry Christophers and The Sixteen recorded two new CDs of the Masses. Each volume also features a Cantata. The fact that The Sixteen has not performed or recorded such a wealth of Bach’s music in a number of years, makes this an uniquely exciting project.

Bach was a Lutheran church musician devoted to the composition of sacred music in German. He wrote more than 200 cantatas for the liturgy, most of them in Leipzig. Despite their name, the four Lutheran Masses feature almost no Lutheran material. Sometimes called ‘Missa brevis’, musically they are almost entirely made up of movements borrowed from Bach’s Cantatas but, while they are often overshadowed by the more famous Mass in B minor, the beauty of these short Masses is that they represent Bach’s own choice of his finest Cantata movements.

Despite their exquisite beauty, featuring splendid choruses and deeply moving arias, there are relatively few recordings of the Lutheran Masses. On this new collection just eight singers from The Sixteen perform the Masses allowing the beauty of the virtuosic vocal lines to be heard with absolute clarity. Volume I will be released in October of 2013 and will be followed next year by a second disc completing the mini-series.