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Bach: Mass in B minor, Scherchen, Vienna State Opera Orchestra (2 CD)
Two-CD Westminster reissue (471 253-2, 2002) of Hermann Scherchen's 1959 Vienna stereo recording of Bach's Mass in B minor, BWV 232, issued by Deutsche Grammophon.
Versions & editions
2002 European 2-CD release, 471 253-2[2]
European Union · supported
Evidence reviewed
Context, dates & evidence notes
- Evidence observed
- 2026-09-13
- Known applicable from
- 2002
- Model
- 471 253-2
Barcode, catalogue number and disc data from the Discogs European entry; the maker's catalogue lists the same UPC (^dg). MusicBrainz holds the same barcode and catalogue number (^mb)
Specifications
- SPARS code
- ADD[2]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: ADD
known · printed
- Timing CD 1
- 67'06[2]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: 67'06
known · printed
As printed on the back inlay
- Timing CD 2
- 67'30[2]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: 67'30
known · printed
As printed on the back inlay
- Recording
- Wien, Konzerthaus, Mozartsaal, 4 & 6/1959[2]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: Wien, Konzerthaus, Mozartsaal, 4 & 6/1959
known · printed
Bach Cantatas gives April and June 1959, Mozartsaal; see ^bach-cantatas
- Remastering
- Digitally remastered at 96 kHz/24 bit from the original mastertapes, Emil Berliner Studios[2]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: Digitally remastered at 96 kHz/24 bit from the original mastertapes, Emil Berliner Studios
known · printed
- Manufactured in
- Germany (discs); printed in the E.U. (inlay)[2]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: Germany (discs); printed in the E.U. (inlay)
known · printed
Hub stamp "MADE IN GERMANY BY UNIVERSAL M & L"
- Disc catalogue numbers
- CD 1: 471 254-2; CD 2: 471 255-2[2]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: CD 1: 471 254-2; CD 2: 471 255-2
known · printed
- Matrix / runout
- CD 1: 00289 471 254-2 01 # 51241804; CD 2: 00289 471 255-2 01 # 51241807[2]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: CD 1: 00289 471 254-2 01 # 51241804; CD 2: 00289 471 255-2 01 # 51241807
known · printed
- Mastering SID code
- IFPI L008[2]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: IFPI L008
known · printed
Both discs
- Mould SID code
- CD 1: IFPI 0115; CD 2: IFPI 0119[2]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: CD 1: IFPI 0115; CD 2: IFPI 0119
known · printed
- Price code
- G WM2[2]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: G WM2
known · printed
- Series
- Westminster The Legacy[2]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: Westminster The Legacy
known · printed
Credits
- Johann Sebastian Bach · Composer[2]
- Hermann Scherchen · Conductor[2]
- Pierrette Alarie · Soprano[2]
- Nan Merriman · Contralto[2]
- Léopold Simoneau · Tenor[2]
- Gustav Neidlinger · Bass[2]
- Vienna Academy Chamber Choir · Choir[2] · Wiener Akademie Kammerchor
- Vienna State Opera Orchestra · Orchestra[2] · Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
- Willi Boskovsky · Solo violin[2]
- Franz Holetschek · Organ[2]
- Kurt List · Recording producer[2]
- Herbert Zeithammer · Recording engineer[2]
- Mark Buecker · Digital remastering[2]
- Ulrich Vette · Digital remastering[2]
- Roland Ott · Project manager[2]
- Alan Newcombe · Coordination[2]
- Michael H. Gray · Liner notes (Westminster history)[2]
- Gerhard Forck · Booklet editor[2]
- Fred Münzmaier · Art direction[2]
Tracks
| 1-1 | Kyrie: 1. Chorus: Kyrie eleison Written by Johann Sebastian Bach [2] | 14:50 |
| 1-2 | Kyrie: 2. Duet (Soprano, Contralto): Christe eleison Written by Johann Sebastian Bach [2] | 4:51 |
| 1-3 | Kyrie: 3. Chorus: Kyrie eleison Written by Johann Sebastian Bach [2] | 5:25 |
| 1-4 | Gloria: 4. Chorus: Gloria in excelsis Written by Johann Sebastian Bach [2] | 1:55 |
| 1-5 | Gloria: 5. Chorus: Et in terra pax Written by Johann Sebastian Bach [2] | 5:24 |
| 1-6 | Gloria: 6. Aria (Contralto): Laudamus te Written by Johann Sebastian Bach [2] | 4:46 |
| 1-7 | Gloria: 7. Chorus: Gratias agimus tibi Written by Johann Sebastian Bach [2] | 3:21 |
| 1-8 | Gloria: 8. Duet (Soprano, Tenor): Domine Deus Written by Johann Sebastian Bach [2] | 5:45 |
| 1-9 | Gloria: 9. Chorus: Qui tollis peccata mundi Written by Johann Sebastian Bach [2] | 4:52 |
| 1-10 | Gloria: 10. Aria (Contralto): Qui sedes ad dextram Patris Written by Johann Sebastian Bach [2] | 5:03 |
| 1-11 | Gloria: 11. Aria (Bass): Quoniam tu solus sanctus Written by Johann Sebastian Bach [2] | 6:08 |
| 1-12 | Gloria: 12. Chorus: Cum Sancto Spiritu Written by Johann Sebastian Bach [2] | 4:46 |
| 2-1 | Credo: 13. Chorus: Credo in unum Deum Written by Johann Sebastian Bach [2] | 2:03 |
| 2-2 | Credo: 14. Chorus: Credo in unum Deum, Patrem omnipotentem Written by Johann Sebastian Bach [2] | 2:47 |
| 2-3 | Credo: 15. Duet (Soprano, Contralto): Et in unum Dominum Written by Johann Sebastian Bach [2] | 4:28 |
| 2-4 | Credo: 16. Chorus: Et incarnatus est Written by Johann Sebastian Bach [2] | 4:26 |
| 2-5 | Credo: 17. Chorus: Crucifixus Written by Johann Sebastian Bach [2] | 5:09 |
| 2-6 | Credo: 18. Chorus: Et resurrexit Written by Johann Sebastian Bach [2] | 4:01 |
| 2-7 | Credo: 19. Aria (Bass): Et in Spiritum Sanctum Written by Johann Sebastian Bach MusicBrainz gives 5:46 [2] | 5:52 |
| 2-8 | Credo: 20. Chorus: Confiteor Written by Johann Sebastian Bach MusicBrainz gives 7:21 [2] | 7:14 |
| 2-9 | Credo: 21. Chorus: Et exspecto resurrectionem Written by Johann Sebastian Bach [2] | 1:54 |
| 2-10 | Sanctus: 22. Chorus: Sanctus Written by Johann Sebastian Bach [2] | 7:15 |
| 2-11 | Sanctus: 23. Chorus: Osanna in excelsis Written by Johann Sebastian Bach [2] | 2:51 |
| 2-12 | Sanctus: 24. Aria (Tenor): Benedictus Written by Johann Sebastian Bach [2] | 7:10 |
| 2-13 | Sanctus: 25. Chorus: Osanna in excelsis (da capo) Written by Johann Sebastian Bach [2] | 2:51 |
| 2-14 | Agnus Dei: 26. Aria (Contralto): Agnus Dei Written by Johann Sebastian Bach [2] | 5:29 |
| 2-15 | Agnus Dei: 27. Chorus: Dona nobis pacem Written by Johann Sebastian Bach [2] | 4:00 |
Release facts
Explore the family ↗- Barcode
- 028947125327 check digit OK
- Brand
- Westminster
- Category
- Audio Visual/Photography, Audio Visual Media, Pre-Recorded or Digital Content Media, CD/MD - Pre-recorded
- Model
- 471 253-2
- Made in
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- GS1 prefix
- 002 · United States and Canada
- Status
- active
- Artists
- Johann Sebastian Bach, Pierrette Alarie, Nan Merriman, Léopold Simoneau, Gustav Neidlinger, Vienna Academy Chamber Choir, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen
- Label
- Westminster
- Record company
- Deutsche Grammophon
- Catalogue number
- 471 253-2
- Label code
- LC 00393
- Format
- cd, 2 discs
- Released
- 2002 · EU
- Genre
- Classical
- Running time
- 134.6 min
- Edition
- Westminster The Legacy; digitally remastered at 96 kHz/24 bit
- Copyright
- © 2002 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg
- Phonographic copyright
- ℗ 1960 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg; previously released by MCA Records, Inc.
About this product
A two-CD reissue on the Westminster label of Hermann Scherchen's 1959 stereo recording of Bach's Mass in B minor, BWV 232, with Pierrette Alarie, Nan Merriman, Léopold Simoneau and Gustav Neidlinger, the Vienna Academy Chamber Choir and the Vienna State Opera Orchestra.[1] It was recorded in the Mozartsaal of the Vienna Konzerthaus in April and June 1959 and digitally remastered at 96 kHz/24 bit by Emil Berliner Studios for Deutsche Grammophon's 2002 "Westminster The Legacy" series; the European discs were pressed in Germany by Universal M & L.[2] Deutsche Grammophon still lists the set under this UPC in its own catalogue.[3]
More about this product
Westminster first issued the recording on LP as WST 304;[4] it was Scherchen's second studio recording of the Mass, after a 1950 version.[5] The Westminster catalogue passed to MCA in 1979 and is now managed by Deutsche Grammophon.[6] The old Barcodepedia listed this barcode in 2007 as "Scherchen Hermann / VSO – Mass in B minor", from upcdatabase.com.[7]
Where it's sold
🇪🇺 European Union
Discogs release 14094742[2] sourced
- Listing observed
- Made in
- Germany
Discogs entry for the European pressing lists barcode 0 28947 12532 7 (text and scanned), release country Europe; back inlay reads "Made in the E. U." as transcribed
A listing is evidence that this barcode is sold there, on that date; a price is what that listing showed, not a recommended price.
Other names for this product
Also known as
- Mass in B minor en
- Messe in h-moll, BWV 232 de
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Sources & research
Evidence reviewed
MusicBrainz
MusicBrainz release: Mass in B minor (Deutsche Grammophon 471 253-2)
catalogue · Accessed 2026-09-13
Source & attribution [1] ↗Discogs
Discogs release 14094742: Bach, Scherchen – Mass In B Minor (Westminster 471 253-2, Europe)
catalogue · Accessed 2026-09-13
Source & attribution [2] ↗Deutsche Grammophon
Deutsche Grammophon: BACH Mass in B minor Scherchen
manufacturer · Accessed 2026-09-13
Source & attribution [3] ↗Coverage & research gaps (8)
Coverage measures the evidence recorded here. It does not rate the product.
- Identity: 3 / 3 · Name, brand and classification recorded
- Release details: 5 / 5 · Profile fields recorded: artists, label, media, released, catalogue_number. Missing fields may require research or an applicability note.
- tracks evidence: 27 / 27 · Recorded rows linked to source evidence; does not measure whether the list is complete
- Context: 1 / 1 · Evidence groups assigned to a researched label, edition or analysis
- Label photographs: 0 / 1 · Researched contexts with an assigned photograph
- Specifications: 0 / 12 · Recorded specifications mapped to comparable property keys
- identity · disputed: Release date: Discogs gives 14 May 2002, MusicBrainz only 2002, a Bach Cantatas forum post of 29 March 2002 announces the reissue for April, and the Deutsche Grammophon catalogue page shows 15 October 2009 (probably its digital date). The Release field keeps the year.
- identity · unknown: Discogs lists a US club edition with the same catalogue number (made in USA by UML for BMG Direct) without a barcode; whether it carries this UPC is unconfirmed.
- relationships · unknown: No source names the licensee of GS1 company prefix 0028947; no gs1_prefix_owner edge is recorded.
- markets · stale: Market evidence is the catalogue entry for the 2002 European pressing; no retailer listing printing this barcode could be fetched (Amazon.com ASIN B000063DS8 answered HTTP 500 to the server, Presto Music a challenge page).
- packaging · unknown: Packaging (jewel case or other) is not stated by MusicBrainz or Discogs.
- images · unknown: No openly licensed cover photograph found (Cover Art Archive has none); the page asks the community for one.
- images · not_researched: No product photographs recorded.
- schema · schema_gap: Some specifications retain source labels without comparable property keys.
All references & source details
References
- ↑ MusicBrainz release: Mass in B minor (Deutsche Grammophon 471 253-2) MusicBrainz. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-13. Record: 76f57fec-6fc8-4996-b37e-4ae5dea21ff9. CC0.
- ↑ Discogs release 14094742: Bach, Scherchen – Mass In B Minor (Westminster 471 253-2, Europe) Discogs. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-13. Record: 14094742. notes, identifiers, credits.
- ↑ Deutsche Grammophon: BACH Mass in B minor Scherchen Deutsche Grammophon. manufacturer. Accessed 2026-09-13. Additional information: UPC.
- ↑ Wikipedia: Hermann Scherchen Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-13. CC BY-SA 4.0.
- ↑ Bach Cantatas Website: Mass in B minor BWV 232, conducted by Hermann Scherchen Bach Cantatas Website. publication. Accessed 2026-09-13. V-2.
- ↑ Wikipedia: Westminster Records Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-13. CC BY-SA 4.0.
- ↑ Barcodepedia (archived 2007-09-12): SCHERCHEN HERMANN / VSO - MASS IN B MINOR Barcodepedia (Wayback Machine). catalogue. Published 2007-09-12. Accessed 2026-09-13. Upstream: upcdatabase.com.
Further sources
Additional sources recorded for this entry, including other observations and related pages.
- Discogs release 18815215: Mass In B Minor (Westminster 471 253-2, US club edition) Discogs. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-13. Record: 18815215.
- Discogs master 1690609: Mass In B Minor, versions Discogs. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-13. Record: 1690609.
- Discogs label 52047: Westminster Discogs. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-13. Record: 52047.
Barcode & identifiers
- GTIN-14
00028947125327- EAN-13 / GTIN-13
0028947125327- UPC-A / GTIN-12
028947125327
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