Naxos
Haydn: Masses, Vol. 6 / Burdick, Glover, Rebel, Trinity Choir
$13.99
Details
- Composer
- HAYDN, JOSEPH
- Artist
- Burdick, Glover, Hoyt, Liston, Lippold, Palmer, Faia, Sollek
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Naxos
- Released
- Dec 14, 2010
- Catalog #
- 8572126
- UPC
- 747313212675
About
Exceptionally elegant performances from a first rate band of musicians.
Although it is for his instrumental music, primarily symphonies, string quartets and works for solo piano that Josef Haydn is most known, he was quite given to writing for voices and left behind a sizeable output of operas, twelve authenticated masses and numerous other settings of sacred texts for choir, soloists and orchestra. This program gives us his first and last words in the mass genre, one by an exuberant boy of seventeen the other by a tired and weary old man, although one could never discern the composer’s fatigue by listening to the music.
The Missa Brevis in F is a little gem of economy, with Haydn sailing through the wordy Credo in under three minutes, a feat he accomplished by stacking phrases of the text on top of one another and distributing them throughout the voice parts. The unusual scoring for only two solo voices, both sopranos might have been a vehicle for he and his brother Michael, though it does stretch belief a bit to think of a seventeen year old with an unchanged voice.
The Harmoniemesse is one of Haydn’s final works, written for the birthday celebrations of the Esterhazy Princess in 1802. The composer soon took his leave of the Esterhazy family after decades of service and although he lived another seven years, he did little composing after this period. There is no evidence in this joyful and exuberant mass that Haydn was at all ill. In fact, his later masses have been criticized over the years for their joyous optimism, and sometimes overly upbeat settings of the more reflective and serious parts of the texts. Be that as it may, this is a masterpiece, beautifully augmented by the full complement of wind instruments that give the mass its nickname of “harmonie.”
These are performances of divinely understated elegance. Singing from the choir is dead in tune and beautifully balanced. Phrases are splendidly shaped and tempo choices are spot on. The Trinity Choir is full of fine soloists, and there is some magnificent singing from sopranos Ann Hoyt and Julie Liston is the Missa Brevis. The Rebel Baroque Orchestra is a tight band of precision players. The clarity of their playing, especially in fast passages is without flaw. The one and only defect in this production is the lack of texts and translations in the booklet. The program notes are informative and interesting and not loaded with blow by blow descriptions of the music.
These are performances of almost text-book perfection and will be a delight to any lover of choral music. With really nothing to criticize, I can say nothing more but go add this fine recording to your library.
-- Kevin Sutton, MusicWeb International
Although it is for his instrumental music, primarily symphonies, string quartets and works for solo piano that Josef Haydn is most known, he was quite given to writing for voices and left behind a sizeable output of operas, twelve authenticated masses and numerous other settings of sacred texts for choir, soloists and orchestra. This program gives us his first and last words in the mass genre, one by an exuberant boy of seventeen the other by a tired and weary old man, although one could never discern the composer’s fatigue by listening to the music.
The Missa Brevis in F is a little gem of economy, with Haydn sailing through the wordy Credo in under three minutes, a feat he accomplished by stacking phrases of the text on top of one another and distributing them throughout the voice parts. The unusual scoring for only two solo voices, both sopranos might have been a vehicle for he and his brother Michael, though it does stretch belief a bit to think of a seventeen year old with an unchanged voice.
The Harmoniemesse is one of Haydn’s final works, written for the birthday celebrations of the Esterhazy Princess in 1802. The composer soon took his leave of the Esterhazy family after decades of service and although he lived another seven years, he did little composing after this period. There is no evidence in this joyful and exuberant mass that Haydn was at all ill. In fact, his later masses have been criticized over the years for their joyous optimism, and sometimes overly upbeat settings of the more reflective and serious parts of the texts. Be that as it may, this is a masterpiece, beautifully augmented by the full complement of wind instruments that give the mass its nickname of “harmonie.”
These are performances of divinely understated elegance. Singing from the choir is dead in tune and beautifully balanced. Phrases are splendidly shaped and tempo choices are spot on. The Trinity Choir is full of fine soloists, and there is some magnificent singing from sopranos Ann Hoyt and Julie Liston is the Missa Brevis. The Rebel Baroque Orchestra is a tight band of precision players. The clarity of their playing, especially in fast passages is without flaw. The one and only defect in this production is the lack of texts and translations in the booklet. The program notes are informative and interesting and not loaded with blow by blow descriptions of the music.
These are performances of almost text-book perfection and will be a delight to any lover of choral music. With really nothing to criticize, I can say nothing more but go add this fine recording to your library.
-- Kevin Sutton, MusicWeb International
Tracklist 19 tracks
-
1 Kyrie 01:03
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Kyrie
- Duration
- 01:03
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- Ann Hoyt, Julie Liston
- Ensemble
- New York Trinity Church Choir, REBEL Baroque Orchestra
- Conductor
- Owen Burdick
-
2 Gloria 01:34
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Gloria
- Duration
- 01:34
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- Ann Hoyt, Julie Liston, Richard Lippold
- Ensemble
- New York Trinity Church Choir, REBEL Baroque Orchestra
- Conductor
- Owen Burdick
-
3 Credo 02:39
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Credo
- Duration
- 02:39
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- Richard Lippold
- Ensemble
- New York Trinity Church Choir, REBEL Baroque Orchestra
- Conductor
- Owen Burdick
-
4 Sanctus 00:59
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Sanctus
- Duration
- 00:59
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- Ann Hoyt, Julie Liston
- Ensemble
- New York Trinity Church Choir, REBEL Baroque Orchestra
- Conductor
- Owen Burdick
-
5 Benedictus 02:55
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Benedictus
- Duration
- 02:55
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- Ann Hoyt, Julie Liston
- Ensemble
- New York Trinity Church Choir, REBEL Baroque Orchestra
- Conductor
- Owen Burdick
-
6 Agnus Dei: Agnus Dei 01:27
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Agnus Dei: Agnus Dei
- Duration
- 01:27
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Ensemble
- New York Trinity Church Choir, REBEL Baroque Orchestra
- Conductor
- Owen Burdick
-
7 Agnus Dei: Dona nobis pacem 01:04
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Agnus Dei: Dona nobis pacem
- Duration
- 01:04
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- Ann Hoyt, Julie Liston
- Ensemble
- New York Trinity Church Choir, REBEL Baroque Orchestra
- Conductor
- Owen Burdick
-
8 Kyrie 07:09
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Kyrie
- Duration
- 07:09
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- Nacole Palmer, Kirsten Sollek, Daniel Mutlu, Andrew Nolen
- Ensemble
- New York Trinity Church Choir, REBEL Baroque Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jane Glover
-
9 Gloria: Gloria in excelsis Deo 01:59
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Gloria: Gloria in excelsis Deo
- Duration
- 01:59
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- Nacole Palmer
- Ensemble
- New York Trinity Church Choir, REBEL Baroque Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jane Glover
-
10 Gloria: Gratias agimus tibi 05:16
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Gloria: Gratias agimus tibi
- Duration
- 05:16
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- Nacole Palmer, Kirsten Sollek, Daniel Mutlu, Andrew Nolen
- Ensemble
- New York Trinity Church Choir, REBEL Baroque Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jane Glover
-
11 Gloria: Quoniam tu solus sanctus 03:17
- Track
- 11
- Title
- Gloria: Quoniam tu solus sanctus
- Duration
- 03:17
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- Nacole Palmer, Kirsten Sollek, Daniel Mutlu, Andrew Nolen
- Ensemble
- New York Trinity Church Choir, REBEL Baroque Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jane Glover
-
12 Credo: Credo in unum Deum 02:44
- Track
- 12
- Title
- Credo: Credo in unum Deum
- Duration
- 02:44
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- Daniel Mutlu, Andrew Nolen
- Ensemble
- New York Trinity Church Choir, REBEL Baroque Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jane Glover
-
13 Credo: Et incarnatus est 03:04
- Track
- 13
- Title
- Credo: Et incarnatus est
- Duration
- 03:04
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- Nacole Palmer, Kirsten Sollek, Daniel Mutlu, Andrew Nolen
- Ensemble
- New York Trinity Church Choir, REBEL Baroque Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jane Glover
-
14 Credo: Et resurrexit 02:44
- Track
- 14
- Title
- Credo: Et resurrexit
- Duration
- 02:44
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Ensemble
- New York Trinity Church Choir, REBEL Baroque Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jane Glover
-
15 Credo: Et vitam venturi 01:45
- Track
- 15
- Title
- Credo: Et vitam venturi
- Duration
- 01:45
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- Nacole Palmer, Nina Faia, Kirsten Sollek, Matthew Hensrud, Daniel Mutlu, Andrew Nolen
- Ensemble
- New York Trinity Church Choir, REBEL Baroque Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jane Glover
-
16 Sanctus 02:45
- Track
- 16
- Title
- Sanctus
- Duration
- 02:45
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- Nacole Palmer, Kirsten Sollek, Daniel Mutlu, Andrew Nolen
- Ensemble
- New York Trinity Church Choir, REBEL Baroque Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jane Glover
-
17 Benedictus 04:08
- Track
- 17
- Title
- Benedictus
- Duration
- 04:08
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- Nacole Palmer, Kirsten Sollek, Daniel Mutlu, Andrew Nolen
- Ensemble
- New York Trinity Church Choir, REBEL Baroque Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jane Glover
-
18 Agnus Dei: Agnus Dei 02:37
- Track
- 18
- Title
- Agnus Dei: Agnus Dei
- Duration
- 02:37
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- Nacole Palmer, Kirsten Sollek, Daniel Mutlu, Andrew Nolen
- Ensemble
- REBEL Baroque Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jane Glover
-
19 Agnus Dei: Dona nobis pacem 03:02
- Track
- 19
- Title
- Agnus Dei: Dona nobis pacem
- Duration
- 03:02
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- Nacole Palmer, Kirsten Sollek, Daniel Mutlu, Andrew Nolen
- Ensemble
- New York Trinity Church Choir, REBEL Baroque Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jane Glover