The Real Art-Music Forum

Here is a profoundly stirring performance of Bach's  B-minor Mass, sung by the boys of the St. Thomas choir (Leipsic) with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and four or five adults. The ancient trumpets make Bach's fast passages especially glorious; and the whole is a performance that bears hearing, and watching, over and over again. The work was assembled over the course of many years and reached its final form in 1749. This is the only performance I know that is anywhere near authentic.

Please note that this is an unedited version of a live transmission, and before the performance actually begins there is a long wait of eleven and a half minutes of Teutonic nothingness which you are advised and encouraged to skip.

The file type is flv, with which the VLC Media Player is well suited to cope.
The duration of the video is two hours fifteen minutes.

Download Bach's B minor Mass as a three-part rar archive:

https://mega.co.nz/#!h5NGHbBa!O5gPUKNUBCDHD9qy3pCEzt5c5LU21nnQHQi9jU3KXkg

https://mega.co.nz/#!ggEwjbLY!q9t9Q5r5ujkQLF5JReV9QZTmz17OdwJjapUVnQMs_64

https://mega.co.nz/#!UxFy0Z5a!2JBeQg5V7Txawa3XiYL2r7QBbp3w-QgAJGEgV3Fe3M0

First download all three parts. And after that, use WinRar to open part 1. All three parts will then be automatically joined for you and you may save the complete flv file.

File size: 1,175,764,487 bytes