Beethoven: Missa solemnis / Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan

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BIS
Release Date
March 2, 2018
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN
    • PERFORMER
      Bach Collegium Japan, Suzuki, Moen, Constantinescu, Gilchrist, Bevan
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 02, 2018
    • UPC
      7318599923215
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-2321
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Kyrie

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Ann-Helen Moen, Roxana Constantinescu, James Gilchrist, Benjamin Bevan

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    2. Gloria: Gloria in excelsis Deo

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Ann-Helen Moen, Roxana Constantinescu, James Gilchrist, Benjamin Bevan

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    3. Gloria: Qui tollis peccata mundi

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Ann-Helen Moen, Roxana Constantinescu, James Gilchrist, Benjamin Bevan

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    4. Gloria: Quoniam tu solus sanctus

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Ann-Helen Moen, Roxana Constantinescu, James Gilchrist, Benjamin Bevan

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    5. Credo: Credo in unum Deum

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Ann-Helen Moen, Roxana Constantinescu, James Gilchrist, Benjamin Bevan

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    6. Credo: Et incarnatus est

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Ann-Helen Moen, Roxana Constantinescu, James Gilchrist, Benjamin Bevan

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    7. Credo: Et resurrexit tertia die

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Ann-Helen Moen, Roxana Constantinescu, James Gilchrist, Benjamin Bevan

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    8. Sanctus: Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Ann-Helen Moen, Roxana Constantinescu, James Gilchrist, Benjamin Bevan

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    9. Sanctus: Praeludium - Benedictus

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Ann-Helen Moen, Roxana Constantinescu, James Gilchrist, Benjamin Bevan, Ryo Terakado

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    10. Agnus Dei: Agnus Dei

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Ann-Helen Moen, Roxana Constantinescu, James Gilchrist, Benjamin Bevan

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    11. Agnus Dei: Dona nobis pacem

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Ann-Helen Moen, Roxana Constantinescu, James Gilchrist, Benjamin Bevan

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki


Beethoven began composing the Missa solemnis in 1819, when he learned that his patron (and pupil) Archduke Rudolph was going to be appointed Cardinal Archbishop of Olmütz. The plan was for the mass to be ready for performance at the enthronement celebrations in March 1820, but one year proved to be too little time. It wasn’t until almost three years later, in January 1823, that Beethoven was able to complete the work. As might be expected, it was unparalleled in every respect – although composed for use during church services, even Beethoven’s contemporaries found that it exceeded the bounds of the genre. Beethoven himself was quite aware of both the dimensions and the importance of the work: in a letter he described it as ‘my greatest work’. It is also a work which over its course encompasses great contrasts: from the solemnity of the Kyrie and the intense excitement at the opening of the Gloria to the disturbing intimations of war during the closing Dona nobis pacem.

Originally founded with the aim of performing the choral works of Bach, the Bach Collegium Japan and Masaaki Suzuki are now taking another great leap, after their recent release of Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor. Described as ‘refreshingly open-hearted, spontaneous and natural’ their interpretation received a 2017 Gramophone Award. Joined by an eminent quartet of vocal soloists, the team now applies its expertise in period performance to Beethoven’s masterpiece.

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,/br> REVIEWS:

The performance has warmth, energy and an exact feeling for tempo. The Japanese chorus rise fearlessly to Beethoven’s demands. A memorable musical and emotional experience.

– Sunday Times (UK)

This recording of Ludwig van Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, Op. 123 offers a revelatory performance that is so clear in its textures, lively in its tempos, meticulous in its execution, and detailed in its parts that this monument of western choral music seems to have shaken off all the mossy accretions of nearly two centuries. Highly recommended.

– All Music Guide