Bach / Marshall / Baker / Tear, 1978: Mass in B minor, BWV 232 - Marriner (Excerpts, Indexed)

Neville Marriner leads the Academy and Chorus of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra in this performance (recorded in London in November 1977) of excerpts of Bach's Mass in B minor, BWV 232. Laszlo Heltay is choral director. From the cassette which you see above (at 2:39; the full cassette covering can be seen at 48:02), which I purchased in the late 1970s shortly after this recording was issued by Philips. Margaret Marshall, soprano; Janet Baker, contralto; Robert Tear, tenor; Samuel Ramey, bass.

Note: Track 1 (Gloria) ends somewhat abruptly as a result of a problem with the tape.

1. Gloria In Excelsis Deo
2. Et In Terra Pax (1:55)
3. Domine Deus (6:33) (Margaret Marshall)
4. Qui Tollis Peccata Mundi (12:23)
5. Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus (15:44) (Samuel Ramey)
6. Cum Sancto Spiritu (21:34)
7. Credo In Unum Deum (25:30)
8. Et Incarnatus Est (27:31)
9. Et Resurrexit (31:18)
10. Sanctus - Pleni Sunt Coeli (35:29)
11. Agnus Dei (41:28) (Dame Janet Baker)
12. Dona Nobis Pacem (48:01)
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If you enjoy Bach, I recommend the following:

Wanda Landowska, 1949: Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C, BWV 846 - WTC, Book I - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j19W3wP-Tqs

Bach / Bronislav Gimpel, 1964: Sonata No. 3 in C major for Violin, BWV 1005 - Allegro assai - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khUaSK76uJE

JS Bach / Marie-Claire Alain, 1964: Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme, BWV 645: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9c1C69lpuc

Huguette Dreyfus: Concerto Pour Clavecin En Ré Mineur, BWV 1052 (Bach) - Movement 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnSpRqPk9Ys

Herbert von Karajan, 1966: Brandenburg Concerto 1 in F major, BWV 1046 - Allegro (Bach/Бах) - DG: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXfXKKwrjY4

Paul Jacobs: Herr Gott, Nun Schleuss' Den Himmel Auf! (Bach / Busoni) - 1979: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaEXWG7k2Z8

JS Bach / Albert Schweitzer, 1952: A Mighty Fortress Is Our God - Gunsbach, Alsace:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRgDxjgwWLc

Bach / Karl Münchinger, 1951: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050 (Allegro) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QL3f46vDvY

JS Bach / Jacqueline du Pré: Adagio, from the Toccata in C, BWV 564 - 1962 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQquknf_3ps

Herbert von Karajan, BPO: Ouverture in D major, BWV 1068 - Air (Bach/Бах) - DG, 1966: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOKfdRiMiu8

Paul Jacobs: Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der von uns den Zorn, Gottes Wandt (Bach / Busoni): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDHPThhCAF4

Bach / Villa-Lobos: Fugue No. 1 in C major, BWV 846 (transcribed for Cellos by Villa-Lobos) - 1958 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsoNdQuOSXo

JS Bach / Sylvia Marlowe: Concerto for Two Harpsichords in C major, BWV 1061 - Fuga - 1960 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbWED7HWFQQ

Bach / Hans Kalafusz: Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042 - Movement 3 - 1974 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBcw9K0fy7E
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[thatchwilliams]

I have never heard a more gorgeous, lush, intimate performance of Agnus Dei and am certain I never will. Janet Baker was a force of nature with every sound she ever made.

[davidhertzberg]

@thatchwilliams Thanks for taking the time to write. david

[embenadorfinearts]

The voice and musicality of Janet Baker are always astonishingly touching with many layers of superb phrasing and legato. Thank you for posting this recording.

[davidhertzberg]

@embenadorfinearts Thanks for writing. 

[andyuk]

This recording was my first step out of the big band sound of Bach performance towards what I now am most comfortable with, i.e. Gardiner, Suzuki. After the likes of Karajan and Klemperer this came as such a relief. I'd never before heard the details of the choral parts as I did here though I can't remember much about the soloists.

[minasgekos]

Marriner is one of the best conductors you can get for this kind of repertoire. And so is the Academy of St. Martin