J.S. Bach: Lutheran Masses Volume I. Album by The Sixteen

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J.S. Bach: Lutheran Masses Volume I. Album by The SixteenAlbum Description It is with great delight that we announce the first release of two new recordings of J. S. Bachs Lutheran Masses. 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

* Commissioned by the Genesis Foundation

Laetaniae della Beata Vergine a 6 SV204

or worldly pleasure

the portrayal of Jephtha's suffering is particularly noteworthy for its astonishing sincerity

Laeva eius sub capite meo

In nomine Fantasia a 7 Z747

Laudate Dominum omnes gentes

Versicle & Response and Collect of the feast (plainchant)

All of the music from the Choral Pilgrimage 2012

The Sun Danced was commissioned by the Shrine of Fatima for the celebration of the Centennial of the Apparitions of Fatima

Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652)

Recit: Per te mi struggo