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Mozart: Sacred Choral Works / Arman, Academy for Ancient Music
BR Klassik

Mozart: Sacred Choral Works / Arman, Academy for Ancient Music

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Details

Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Artist
Katharina Konradi, Sophie Harmsen, Steve Davislim, Kresimir Strazanac, Niklaus Pfannkuch, Raphael Al
Format
CD
Label
BR Klassik
Released
Jan 06, 2023
Catalog #
BRK900530
UPC
4035719005301

About

The mass that Mozart composed in 1779 for the Easter service in Salzburg Cathedral is shrouded in legend. From the very first bar onwards, it exudes the stately tone that would, much later on, earn it the sobriquet "Coronation Mass". Soon after Mozart's death, it became the Viennese court orchestra’s favorite mass for coronation ceremonies.

This new release from BR-KLASSIK is a live recording of a concert, performed on May 21, 2022 in the Herkulessaal of the Munich Residenz. That concert of sacred music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart included three other, lesser-known compositions that were also written during his time in Salzburg. Here they are woven in between the short movements of the Coronation Mass, and thus connected to the Mass in a way that might have been required by the practical performance conditions of a Salzburg church service.

In his "Vesperae solennes de Dominica", composed during the same year as the Mass, Mozart fulfilled the Salzburg prince-archbishop's demands for the greatest possible brevity in a tongue-in-cheek manner, by means of various compositional tricks as well as a particularly sonorous score. The album is rounded off by the "Epistle Sonata" for orchestra with obbligato organ in C major, K 329, written to accompany the "Coronation Mass", as well as by the solemn offertory "Alma Dei creatoris" for soloists, choir and orchestra in F major, K 277.

The first-rate cast of soloists consists of Katharina Konradi (soprano), Sophie Harmsen (mezzo-soprano), Steve Davislim (tenor) and Krešimir Stražanac (bass). The soloists and the excellent Bavarian Radio Chorus are accompanied by the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, one of the most renowned orchestras in the field of historical and historically informed performance practice. The conductor is Howard Arman.

Tracklist 14 tracks

  1. 1 Kyrie (Soprano, Tenor, Chorus) 02:41
    Track
    1
    Title
    Kyrie (Soprano, Tenor, Chorus)
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Katharina Konradi, Steve Davislim, Raphael Alpermann
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  2. 2 Gloria (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus) 04:29
    Track
    2
    Title
    Gloria (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus)
    Duration
    04:29
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Katharina Konradi, Sophie Harmsen, Steve Davislim, Krešimir Stražanac, Raphael Alpermann
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  3. 3 Church Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 329 04:00
    Track
    3
    Title
    Church Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 329
    Duration
    04:00
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Raphael Alpermann
    Ensemble
    Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  4. 4 Credo (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus) 06:31
    Track
    4
    Title
    Credo (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus)
    Duration
    06:31
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Katharina Konradi, Sophie Harmsen, Steve Davislim, Krešimir Stražanac, Raphael Alpermann
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  5. 5 Alma Dei creatoris, K. 277 05:24
    Track
    5
    Title
    Alma Dei creatoris, K. 277
    Duration
    05:24
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Katharina Konradi, Sophie Harmsen, Steve Davislim, Krešimir Stražanac, Raphael Alpermann
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  6. 6 Sanctus (Chorus) 01:36
    Track
    6
    Title
    Sanctus (Chorus)
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Raphael Alpermann
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  7. 7 Benedictus (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus) 03:03
    Track
    7
    Title
    Benedictus (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus)
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Katharina Konradi, Sophie Harmsen, Steve Davislim, Krešimir Stražanac, Raphael Alpermann
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  8. 8 Agnus Dei (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus) 05:48
    Track
    8
    Title
    Agnus Dei (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus)
    Duration
    05:48
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Katharina Konradi, Sophie Harmsen, Steve Davislim, Krešimir Stražanac, Raphael Alpermann
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  9. 9 Dixit Dominus 03:37
    Track
    9
    Title
    Dixit Dominus
    Duration
    03:37
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Katharina Konradi, Sophie Harmsen, Steve Davislim, Krešimir Stražanac, Raphael Alpermann
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  10. 10 Confitebor 05:36
    Track
    10
    Title
    Confitebor
    Duration
    05:36
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Katharina Konradi, Sophie Harmsen, Steve Davislim, Krešimir Stražanac, Raphael Alpermann
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  11. 11 Beatus vir 04:16
    Track
    11
    Title
    Beatus vir
    Duration
    04:16
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Katharina Konradi, Sophie Harmsen, Steve Davislim, Krešimir Stražanac, Raphael Alpermann
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  12. 12 Laudate Pueri 03:48
    Track
    12
    Title
    Laudate Pueri
    Duration
    03:48
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Raphael Alpermann
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  13. 13 Laudate Dominum 04:57
    Track
    13
    Title
    Laudate Dominum
    Duration
    04:57
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Katharina Konradi, Raphael Alpermann
    Ensemble
    Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  14. 14 Magnificat 04:36
    Track
    14
    Title
    Magnificat
    Duration
    04:36
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Katharina Konradi, Sophie Harmsen, Steve Davislim, Krešimir Stražanac, Raphael Alpermann
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman