Originally commissioned by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis for the opening of the Kennedy Center in 1971, Leonard Bernstein's 'Mass' was a unique theatrical experience - a fully-staged dramatic pageant that mixed sacred and secular texts and used various musical forms from classical, jazz, and rock to Hebraic and Broadway.

CD 1:

I. Devotions Before Mass

1. 1. Antiphon: Kyrie Eleison - 1:57

1-2. 2. Hymn And Psalm: "A Simple Song" - 4:43

1-3. 3. Responsory: Alleluia - 1:09

II. First Introit (Rondo)

1-4. 1. Prefatory Prayers 5:14

1-5. 2. Thrice-Triple Canon: Dominus Vobiscum 0:35

III. Second Introit

6. 1. In Nomine Patris - 2:01

7. 2. Prayer For The Congregation (Chorale: "Almighty Father") - 1:30

8. 3. Epiphany - 0:58

IV. Confession

9. 1. Confiteor 2:19

10. 2. Trope: "I Don't Know" - 1:42

11. 3. Trope: "Easy" - 5:15

V. Meditation No. 1

12. Orchestra Alone - 5:09

VI. Gloria

13. 1. Gloria Tibi - 1:48

14. 2. Gloria In Excelsis - 1:14

15. 3. Trope: "Half Of The People" - 0:58

16. 4. Trope: "Thank You" - 2:46

VII. Meditation No. 2

17. Orchestra Alone (On A Sequence By Beethoven) - 3:56

VIII. Epistle

18. "The Word Of The Lord" - 5:57

IX. Gospel-Sermon

19. "God Said" - 5:02

CD 2:

X Credo

1. 1. Credo In Unum Deum - 1:06

2. 2. Trope: "Non Credo" - 2:15

3. 3. Trope: "Hurry" - 1:20

4. 4. Trope: "World Without End" - 1:44

5. 5. Trope: "I Believe In God" - 2:10

XI. Meditation No. 3

6. (De Profundis, Part 1) - 2:50

XII. Offertory

7. (De Profundis, Part 2) - 2:01

XIII. The Lord's Prayer

8. 1. "Our Father..." - 1:47

9. 2. Trope: "I Go On" - 2:35

XIV. Sanctus

10. "Holy! Holy! Holy!..." - 5:14

XV. Agnus Dei

11. "Agnues Dei..." - 7:06

XVI. Fraction

12. "Things Get Broken" - 14:23

XVII. Pax: Communion

13. "Secret Songs" - 9:53