巴哈是一位虔誠而平凡的長者，也是一位用功而專注的管風琴師，更是一位偉大的作曲家。他窮一生之力，留下了千餘首作品，其中頗多讓世人至今仍由衷讚嘆的不凡作品。本輯收錄了四部巴哈最偉大的聖樂作品，包括了「三大神劇」：「聖馬太受難曲」、「聖約翰受難曲」、「聖誕神劇」，以及最受人熟知的「B小調彌撒」。指揮家卡爾李希持是廿世紀最受肯定的巴哈詮釋者，在此，他率領親創的慕尼黑巴哈管弦樂團，以及特別延聘的著名聲樂家，為巴哈這四部最偉大的聖樂作品做出最完美的詮釋。卅餘年來，雖然同曲目的錄音層出不窮，卻仍然無法動搖這些錄音的經典地位。這是西元2000年紀念巴哈的特別發行，珍貴之處已不言可喻。

曲目:

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

CD 1:

St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Part One

CD 2:

St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Part One
Part Two
 
CD 3:

St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Part Two
 
CD 4:

St. John Passion, BWV 245
Part One
Part Two
 
CD 5:

St. John Passion, BWV 245
Part Two
 
CD 6:

Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248
Part One - For the first Day of Christmas
Part Two - For the second Day of Christmas
 
CD 7:

Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248
Part Two - For the second Day of Christmas
Part Three - For the third Day of Christmas
Part Four - For New Year's Day
 
CD 8:

Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248
Part Five - For the 1st Sunday in the New Year
Part Six - For the Feast of Epiphany

Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243
 
CD 9:
 
Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Kyrie: No.1 Kyrie eleison
Kyrie
[1]  Kyrie Eleison [10:45]
[2]  Christe eleison [5:25]
[3]  Kyrie eleison [4:05]

Gloria
[4]  Gloria in excelsis Deo [2:03]
[5]  Et in terra pax [5:01]
[6]  Laudamus te [4:28]
[7]  Gratias agimus tibi [3:31]
[8]  Domine Deus [6:37]
[9]  Qui tollis peccata mundi [3:22]
[10] Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris [5:32]
[11] Quoniam tu solus sanctus [6:09]
[12] Cum Sancto Spiritu [4:02]
 
CD 10:
 
Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Kyrie: No.1 Kyrie eleison
Credo
[1]  Credo in unum Deum [2:15]
[2]  Patrem omnipotentem [2:08]
[3]  Et in unum Dominum [4:54]
[4]  Et incarnatus est [3:37]
[5]  Crucifixus [3:26]
[6]  Et resurrexit [4:25]
[7]  Et in Spiritum Sanctum [5:51]
[8]  Confiteor unum baptisma [4:52]
[9]  Et expecto resurrectionem [2:21]

Sanctus
[10] Sanctus [6:15]
[11] Osanna in excelsis [3:21]
[12] Benedictus [6:06]
[13] Osanna in excelsis [3:08]
 
Agnus Dei
[14] Agnus Dei [6:01]
[15] Dona nobis pacem [3:50]