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Mass in B minor from 229,00 €

Sun, 14 Jun 2026 15:02:58 +0200

The Carus edition of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Mass in B minor was edited by Ulrich Leisinger, an experienced Bach and Mozart scholar. This edition offers a musical text that reflects the latest Bach research, reversing the changes introduced to the work after Bach’s death in 1750, in order to present Bach’s original composition as faithfully as possible.

Right up to the present day Bach’s Mass in B minor, one of the Thomaskantor’s most frequently performed works, is still full of mysteries and problems. These include not only the completely unresolved question of why Bach composed the work, but also some features of the musical text itself. Bach himself did not complete every detail of the second part of the Mass, probably for health reasons. After Bach’s death his son Carl Philipp Emanuel consequently made some editorial alterations in an effort to enable wider dissemination of the work. In addition the autograph has become almost illegible in many places due to ink corrosion and the poor quality of the paper.

Clear musical text in the familiar Carus quality.
Carefully prepared performance material, with text incipits to facilitate rehearsals.
Based on both the autograph and the “Dresden parts,” as well as on early copies, in order to eliminate from the musical text any post-1750 changes.
The clothbound score is designed as a hybrid edition. It contains a DVD with all relevant sources, the new Carus edition and the critical report, all linked measure by measure. Please note: the DVD (from 2014) will not work on all modern computers.
For the first time, this edition also enables the possiblility of a separate performance of the 1733 Dresden version of the work, as the Kyrie-Gloria Mass.
Stuttgart Bach Editions – produced in collaboration with the Bach Archive Leipzig.

Mass in B minor from 24,90 €

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 17:27:25 +0100

Although the Mass in B minor is one of Johann Sebastian Bach’s most frequently performed vocal works, it continues to present performers and scientists with new enigmas and problems. This applies not only to the still unanswered question of why Bach composed but never performed this work, but also continues to the core of the musical text. Until his death, Bach himself repeatedly revised his Opus ultimum without ever leaving a final version. Directly after his death, the original manuscript was massively changed by his son Carl Philipp Emanuel; changes which, until today, pose many questions to researchers.

The present new recording rigorously follows – in the Kyrie and Gloria – Bach’s own meticulously configured “Dresdner Stimmen” [Dresden parts] and is thereby based, for the first time, exclusively on the musical text that emanated from Johann Sebastian Bach’s pen. Furthermore, additional movements with marked deviations from today’s familiar version have been made accessible as variants in the bonus material. The recording is based upon the new edition by the renowned Bach and Mozart scholar Ulrich Leisinger in cooperation with the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin and the Bach-Archiv Leipzig, who also prepared the introduction in the CD booklet.

The recording is also released as a Deluxe version (Carus 83.315) which contains, in addition to the CDs and a comprehensive booklet, a bonus DVD with additional material:
- Film: Bach’s Secret Legacy. Hans-Christoph Rademann in search of the true B-minor Mass
- Live Concert Recording: „Kyrie eleison I“, live in the Beethovensaal, Liederhalle Stuttgart (31 January 2015)
- Bach’s Manuscript: The “Dresden Parts“ of 1733 in PDF format

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Mass in B minor 34,90 €

Sat, 17 May 2025 06:33:57 +0200

The Mass in B minor by Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the central sacred vocal compositions in the history of music. Hans-Christoph Rademann has now devoted his first CD as director of the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart to this outstanding work and, together with the Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart and the Freiburger Barockorchester as well as renowned soloists in the field of historically informed performance practice, has set new artistic standards.

Although the Mass in B minor is one of Johann Sebastian Bach’s most frequently performed vocal works, it continues to present performers and scientists with new enigmas and problems. This applies not only to the still unanswered question of why Bach composed but never performed this work, but also continues to the core of the musical text. Until his death, Bach himself repeatedly revised his Opus ultimum without ever leaving a final version. Directly after his death, the original manuscript was massively changed by his son Carl Philipp Emanuel; changes which, until today, pose many questions to researchers.

The present new recording rigorously follows – in the Kyrie and Gloria – Bach’s own meticulously configured “Dresdner Stimmen” [Dresden parts] and is thereby based, for the first time, exclusively on the musical text that emanated from Johann Sebastian Bach’s pen. Furthermore, additional movements with marked deviations from today’s familiar version have been made accessible as variants in the bonus material. The recording is based upon the new edition by the renowned Bach and Mozart scholar Ulrich Leisinger in cooperation with the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin and the Bach-Archiv Leipzig, who also prepared the introduction in the CD booklet.

This Deluxe version contains, in addition to the CDs and a comprehensive booklet, a bonus DVD with additional material:
- Film: Bach’s Secret Legacy. Hans-Christoph Rademann in search of the true B-minor Mass
- Live Concert Recording: „Kyrie eleison I“, live in the Beethovensaal, Liederhalle Stuttgart (31 January 2015)
- Bach’s Manuscript: The “Dresden Parts“ of 1733 in PDF format

Awarded the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik

Awarded the Pizzicato Supersonic Award