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Mozart: Mass in C Minor, KV 427 / Arman, Bavarian Radio Choir, Berlin Akademie fur Alte Musik

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Details

Composer
MOZART, W.A.
Artist
Landshamer, Vondung, Davislim, Berndt, Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie Fur Alte Musik Berli
Format
CD
Label
BR Klassik
Released
Nov 02, 2018
Catalog #
BRK900917
UPC
4035719009170

About

Written in 1782, Mozart's Mass in C minor - although incomplete – ranks as one of the outstanding Mass settings in European music history. The very recent reconstruction/completion of the Mass by Clemens Kemme in the spring of 2018 confines itself to the original sources, avoiding any arbitrary additions. The work was recorded in this critically acclaimed version for the Bayerischer Rundfunk during the summer of 2018, and conducted by Howard Arman. This album is thus the first recording of the definitive version of this new and intelligently edited reconstruction of Mozart's Mass in C minor. An introduction to the work is also included, enabling this masterpiece to be approached from new perspectives. In Vienna in the summer of 1782, Mozart started writing a new Mass despite having apparently received no commission to do so. On August 4, 1782 he married Constanze Mozart, and from his correspondence it appears that he had made himself a promise to “have a newly-composed mass performed in Salzburg if he brought her there as his wife.” The work may have been performed on October 26, 1783 in St. Peter's Church in Salzburg, with Constanze as the soprano soloist; concrete evidence of such a performance is however lacking. Nevertheless, the Mass can probably be seen as a kind of votive offering for Constanze. The fact that the work was not completed may be due to the church music reforms implemented by the Emperor Joseph II, who preferred sacred music to be performed on a smaller scale. In 1785, Mozart eventually reworked the “Kyrie" and "Gloria" from the mass for his cantata Davide penitente.

Tracklist 27 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Kyrie (Chorus, Soprano) 06:45
    Track
    1
    Title
    Kyrie (Chorus, Soprano)
    Duration
    06:45
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Christina Landshamer
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  3. 2 Gloria: Gloria (Chorus) 02:10
    Track
    2
    Title
    Gloria: Gloria (Chorus)
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  4. 3 Gloria: Laudamus te (Mezzo soprano) 04:31
    Track
    3
    Title
    Gloria: Laudamus te (Mezzo soprano)
    Duration
    04:31
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Anke Vondung
    Ensemble
    Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  5. 4 Gloria: Gratias (Chorus) 01:06
    Track
    4
    Title
    Gloria: Gratias (Chorus)
    Duration
    01:06
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  6. 5 Gloria: Domine (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano) 02:38
    Track
    5
    Title
    Gloria: Domine (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano)
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Christina Landshamer, Anke Vondung
    Ensemble
    Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  7. 6 Gloria: Qui tollis (Chorus) 05:07
    Track
    6
    Title
    Gloria: Qui tollis (Chorus)
    Duration
    05:07
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  8. 7 Gloria: Quoniam (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor) 03:39
    Track
    7
    Title
    Gloria: Quoniam (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor)
    Duration
    03:39
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Christina Landshamer, Anke Vondung, Steve Davislim
    Ensemble
    Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  9. 8 Gloria: Jesu Christe - Cum Santo Spiritu (Chorus) 04:18
    Track
    8
    Title
    Gloria: Jesu Christe - Cum Santo Spiritu (Chorus)
    Duration
    04:18
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  10. 9 Credo: Credo in unum Deum (Chorus) 03:14
    Track
    9
    Title
    Credo: Credo in unum Deum (Chorus)
    Duration
    03:14
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  11. 10 Credo: Et incarnatus est (Soprano) 08:07
    Track
    10
    Title
    Credo: Et incarnatus est (Soprano)
    Duration
    08:07
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Christina Landshamer
    Ensemble
    Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  12. 11 Sanctus (Chorus) 03:27
    Track
    11
    Title
    Sanctus (Chorus)
    Duration
    03:27
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  13. 12 Benedictus (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Baritone, Chorus) 05:51
    Track
    12
    Title
    Benedictus (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Baritone, Chorus)
    Duration
    05:51
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Christina Landshamer, Anke Vondung, Steve Davislim, Tobias Berndt
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  14. Disc 2
  15. 1 Teil 1, "Der herrliche Torso": Junger Ehemann und werdender Vater 04:22
    Track
    1
    Title
    Teil 1, "Der herrliche Torso": Junger Ehemann und werdender Vater
    Duration
    04:22
  16. 2 Teil 1, "Der herrliche Torso": Die Votivgabe 05:06
    Track
    2
    Title
    Teil 1, "Der herrliche Torso": Die Votivgabe
    Duration
    05:06
  17. 3 Teil 1, "Der herrliche Torso": Lücken und Fragmente 08:44
    Track
    3
    Title
    Teil 1, "Der herrliche Torso": Lücken und Fragmente
    Duration
    08:44
  18. 4 Teil 1, "Der herrliche Torso": Ein tugendhaftes und gefälliges Weib 02:19
    Track
    4
    Title
    Teil 1, "Der herrliche Torso": Ein tugendhaftes und gefälliges Weib
    Duration
    02:19
  19. 5 Teil 1, "Der herrliche Torso": Was ist Aufklärung? 04:08
    Track
    5
    Title
    Teil 1, "Der herrliche Torso": Was ist Aufklärung?
    Duration
    04:08
  20. 6 Teil 2, "Mozart auf Freiersfüßen": Emanzipation, Erfolg und Neuanfang 03:30
    Track
    6
    Title
    Teil 2, "Mozart auf Freiersfüßen": Emanzipation, Erfolg und Neuanfang
    Duration
    03:30
  21. 7 Teil 2, "Mozart auf Freiersfüßen": Liebe und Fugen 05:27
    Track
    7
    Title
    Teil 2, "Mozart auf Freiersfüßen": Liebe und Fugen
    Duration
    05:27
  22. 8 Teil 2, "Mozart auf Freiersfüßen": Nichts als Händel und Bach 08:00
    Track
    8
    Title
    Teil 2, "Mozart auf Freiersfüßen": Nichts als Händel und Bach
    Duration
    08:00
  23. 9 Teil 2, "Mozart auf Freiersfüßen": Freundschaften und Opernpläne 02:44
    Track
    9
    Title
    Teil 2, "Mozart auf Freiersfüßen": Freundschaften und Opernpläne
    Duration
    02:44
  24. 10 Teil 2, "Mozart auf Freiersfüßen": Arien und Familienkonflikte 06:40
    Track
    10
    Title
    Teil 2, "Mozart auf Freiersfüßen": Arien und Familienkonflikte
    Duration
    06:40
  25. 11 Teil 3, "Salzburg und die Nachwelt": Salzburger Tragödie 03:40
    Track
    11
    Title
    Teil 3, "Salzburg und die Nachwelt": Salzburger Tragödie
    Duration
    03:40
  26. 12 Teil 3, "Salzburg und die Nachwelt": Erstaufführung zu Sankt Peter 03:38
    Track
    12
    Title
    Teil 3, "Salzburg und die Nachwelt": Erstaufführung zu Sankt Peter
    Duration
    03:38
  27. 13 Teil 3, "Salzburg und die Nachwelt": Parodie im Burgtheater 04:41
    Track
    13
    Title
    Teil 3, "Salzburg und die Nachwelt": Parodie im Burgtheater
    Duration
    04:41
  28. 14 Teil 3, "Salzburg und die Nachwelt": Frau Witwe Mozart 03:57
    Track
    14
    Title
    Teil 3, "Salzburg und die Nachwelt": Frau Witwe Mozart
    Duration
    03:57
  29. 15 Teil 3, "Salzburg und die Nachwelt": … gleich einer Reliquie 06:14
    Track
    15
    Title
    Teil 3, "Salzburg und die Nachwelt": … gleich einer Reliquie
    Duration
    06:14