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Radio 3,09 Feb 2017,55 mins

Building a Library: Bach's B Minor Mass

Record Review Podcast

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Sir Nicholas Kenyon sifts through the available recordings of Bach's B minor Mass. It was one of Bach's last compositions, completed in 1749, the year before his death. He refashioned music that he had composed throughout his career. The Mass was never performed in its entirety during Bach's lifetime but is now regarded as a supreme masterpiece.

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