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Mozart: Complete Masses, Vol. 4 - Mass in C Major, "Dominicu

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Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Artist
Carolina Ullrich, Katharina Ruckgaber, Katharina Konradi, Elvira Bill, Sarah Romberger, Patrick Grah
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Feb 28, 2025
Catalog #
8574637
UPC
747313463770

About

Flanked on this recording by the Missa brevis in G major, the only example of a 'Pastoral' Mass by Mozart, and the emotive Missa brevis in F major, the precocious Mass in C major was composed at the age of only 13. It is a dramatic setting of sizeable proportions, with the Gloria and Credo themselves the length of a Missa brevis setting. The 'Dominicus' Mass shows a deepening of Mozart's contrapuntal and harmonic language, with more adventurous and memorable melodies for the soloists.

Tracklist 18 tracks

  1. 1 Kyrie (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Chorus) 01:18
    Track
    1
    Title
    Kyrie (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Chorus)
    Duration
    01:18
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Carolina Ullrich, Elvira Bill, Patrick Grahl
    Ensemble
    Cologne Cathedral Vocal Ensemble, Kölner Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Christoph Poppen
  2. 2 Gloria (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus) 03:32
    Track
    2
    Title
    Gloria (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus)
    Duration
    03:32
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Carolina Ullrich, Elvira Bill, Patrick Grahl, Dominik Köninger
    Ensemble
    Cologne Cathedral Vocal Ensemble, Kölner Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Christoph Poppen
  3. 3 Credo (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Chorus) 04:25
    Track
    3
    Title
    Credo (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Chorus)
    Duration
    04:25
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Carolina Ullrich, Elvira Bill, Patrick Grahl
    Ensemble
    Cologne Cathedral Vocal Ensemble, Kölner Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Christoph Poppen
  4. 4 Sanctus (Soprano, Alto, Chorus) 01:05
    Track
    4
    Title
    Sanctus (Soprano, Alto, Chorus)
    Duration
    01:05
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Carolina Ullrich, Elvira Bill
    Ensemble
    Cologne Cathedral Vocal Ensemble, Kölner Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Christoph Poppen
  5. 5 Benedictus (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus) 01:30
    Track
    5
    Title
    Benedictus (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus)
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Carolina Ullrich, Elvira Bill, Patrick Grahl, Dominik Köninger
    Ensemble
    Cologne Cathedral Vocal Ensemble, Kölner Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Christoph Poppen
  6. 6 Agnus Dei (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus) 04:24
    Track
    6
    Title
    Agnus Dei (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus)
    Duration
    04:24
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Carolina Ullrich, Elvira Bill, Patrick Grahl, Dominik Köninger
    Ensemble
    Cologne Cathedral Vocal Ensemble, Kölner Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Christoph Poppen
  7. 7 Kyrie (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Chorus) 03:18
    Track
    7
    Title
    Kyrie (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Chorus)
    Duration
    03:18
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Katharina Ruckgaber, Elvira Bill, Paul Schweinester
    Ensemble
    Cologne Cathedral Vocal Ensemble, Kölner Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Christoph Poppen
  8. 8 Gloria (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Chorus) 16:24
    Track
    8
    Title
    Gloria (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Chorus)
    Duration
    16:24
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Katharina Ruckgaber, Elvira Bill, Paul Schweinester
    Ensemble
    Cologne Cathedral Vocal Ensemble, Kölner Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Christoph Poppen
  9. 9 Credo (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus) 13:31
    Track
    9
    Title
    Credo (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus)
    Duration
    13:31
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Katharina Ruckgaber, Elvira Bill, Paul Schweinester, Jonas Müller
    Ensemble
    Cologne Cathedral Vocal Ensemble, Kölner Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Christoph Poppen
  10. 10 Sanctus (Soprano, Alto, Chorus) 02:01
    Track
    10
    Title
    Sanctus (Soprano, Alto, Chorus)
    Duration
    02:01
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Katharina Ruckgaber, Elvira Bill
    Ensemble
    Cologne Cathedral Vocal Ensemble, Kölner Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Christoph Poppen
  11. 11 Benedictus (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus) 02:12
    Track
    11
    Title
    Benedictus (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus)
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Katharina Ruckgaber, Elvira Bill, Paul Schweinester, Jonas Müller
    Ensemble
    Cologne Cathedral Vocal Ensemble, Kölner Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Christoph Poppen
  12. 12 Agnus Dei (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus) 04:04
    Track
    12
    Title
    Agnus Dei (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus)
    Duration
    04:04
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Katharina Ruckgaber, Elvira Bill, Paul Schweinester, Jonas Müller
    Ensemble
    Cologne Cathedral Vocal Ensemble, Kölner Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Christoph Poppen
  13. 13 Kyrie (Soprano, Alto, Chorus) 03:37
    Track
    13
    Title
    Kyrie (Soprano, Alto, Chorus)
    Duration
    03:37
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Katharina Konradi, Sarah Romberger
    Ensemble
    Cologne Cathedral Vocal Ensemble, Kölner Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Christoph Poppen
  14. 14 Gloria (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus) 04:45
    Track
    14
    Title
    Gloria (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus)
    Duration
    04:45
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Katharina Konradi, Sarah Romberger, Martin Mitterrutzner, Mikhail Timoshenko
    Ensemble
    Cologne Cathedral Vocal Ensemble, Kölner Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Christoph Poppen
  15. 15 Credo (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus) 05:56
    Track
    15
    Title
    Credo (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus)
    Duration
    05:56
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Katharina Konradi, Sarah Romberger, Martin Mitterrutzner, Mikhail Timoshenko
    Ensemble
    Cologne Cathedral Vocal Ensemble, Kölner Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Christoph Poppen
  16. 16 Sanctus (Chorus) 01:23
    Track
    16
    Title
    Sanctus (Chorus)
    Duration
    01:23
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Cologne Cathedral Vocal Ensemble, Kölner Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Christoph Poppen
  17. 17 Benedictus - Hosanna da capo (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus) 02:03
    Track
    17
    Title
    Benedictus - Hosanna da capo (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus)
    Duration
    02:03
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Katharina Konradi, Sarah Romberger, Martin Mitterrutzner, Mikhail Timoshenko
    Ensemble
    Cologne Cathedral Vocal Ensemble, Kölner Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Christoph Poppen
  18. 18 Agnus Dei (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Chorus) 04:21
    Track
    18
    Title
    Agnus Dei (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Chorus)
    Duration
    04:21
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Katharina Konradi, Sarah Romberger, Martin Mitterrutzner
    Ensemble
    Cologne Cathedral Vocal Ensemble, Kölner Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Christoph Poppen
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Henry Wyatt, PhD

The solo singing is quite good, and the chorus is warm but indistinct. The orchestra is good when you can hear it. The overall approach is for warmth, which is well achieved, but in the past decades I've become accustomed to the musical-textural clarity and rhetorical power of period performance, whether with period ensembles such as the English Baroque Soloists or Freiburg Baroque Ochestra, or modern orchestras such as Fischer's Danish Chamber Orchestra or the Scottish Chamber Orchestra under Mackerras, whose playing is historically informed. Poppen's discs of Mozart's masses are enjoyable, but old-style Central European warmth is occasionally cloying, especially if you're used to the clarity and rhetorical force of period performance practise and instruments.