h-Moll-Messe, BWV 232 by Johann Sebastian Bach, Mass, composed 1748. 2,177 recordings in this catalogue, from 1961 to 2025. Scored for Alto, Bass, Chorus, Soprano, Tenor.
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Movements
I. Missa: V. Et in terra pax
II. Symbolum Nicenum: II. Patrem omnipotentem
III. Sanctus
IV. Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei, Dona nobis pacem: V. Dona nobis pacem
Top Performers
Michel Corboz
Conductor · 110 rec
Helmuth Rilling
Conductor · 91 rec
Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
Orchestra · 91 rec
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra · 84 rec
Ensemble instrumental de Lausanne
Orchestra · 83 rec
Philippe Herreweghe
Conductor · 81 rec
Collegium Vocale Gent
Choir · 81 rec
Herbert von Karajan
Conductor · 75 rec
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Period-instrument
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Mass in B minor BWV 232: I. Kyrie: Kyrie eleison
1984 · Archiv Produktion
John Eliot Gardiner leads a period-instrument recording of the Mass in B minor.
Historic
Karl Richter, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Münchener Bach-Chor
Mass in B Minor: XVI. Chor: Et incarnatus est
1961 · Deutsche Grammophon
Karl Richter's historic recording of the Mass in B minor.
Recent
Raphaël Pichon
Mass in B minor, BWV 232: I. Missa. Kyrie, Gloria: No. 5, Et in terra pax
2025 · harmonia mundi
Raphaël Pichon's period-instrument recording of the Mass in B minor.
Recordings (53 of 2,177)
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