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MOZART: Mass No. 18 in C minor, K. 427, 'Great' / Kyrie in D

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Composer
MOZART
Artist
Various
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Oct 01, 2000
Catalog #
8554421
UPC
636943442128

About

The Mass in C minor reflects Mozart's current preoccupation with the music of Handel and Johann Sebastian Bach, explored with the encouragement of Baron van Swieten, an important patron. The work is scored for pairs of oboes, bassoons, horns, trumpets and timpani, with three trombones, strings and organ continuo. After a brief orchestral introduction, the four vocal sections enter in contrapuntal imitation and the movement continues in the monumental and generally conservative style that the Salzburg Archbishop would certainly have discouraged. The soprano soloist introduces the florid Italianate Christe eleison and the contrapuntal choral texture is resumed with the return of the Kyrie. The Gloria opens in affirmative C major, leading almost at once to energetic fugal writing, relaxing momentarily at the words pax hominibus bonae voluntatis (peace to men of good will). Laudamus te is in F major, marked Allegro aperto. It is scored for solo soprano, oboes, horns and strings and is in operatic style. Trombones and bassoons return for the A minor Adagio of Gratias agimus tibi, now with a five-part choir. To this the D minor Domine Deus, Rex caelestis, scored for strings and two soprano soloists, offers an immediate contrast. In Salzburg the second soprano would presumably have been sung by one of the castrati employed by the court musical establishment. There is a return to a more traditional Baroque style in the solid dotted rhythms of the G minor Qui tollis peccata mundi, for two four-part choirs with the full orchestra. The two soprano soloists are joined by a solo tenor for the E minor setting of Quoniam tu solus Dominus, scored without trombones or horns. The solo voices enter in energetic contrapuntal imitation, over which the spirit of Handel seems to loom, seen through a Mozartian prism. There is a brief C major choral Adagio for the words Jesu Christe, before the splendid formal Baroque fugal setting of Cum Sancto Spiritu, in the same key. The unfinished Credo starts with a movement for five-part choir, scored without trombones.

Tracklist 14 tracks

  1. 1 Kyrie 06:50
    Track
    1
    Title
    Kyrie
    Duration
    06:50
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Norine Burgess, Viktoria Loukianetz, Robert Holzer, Herbert Lippert
    Ensemble
    Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia
    Conductor
    Michael Halász
  2. 2 Gloria: Gloria 02:31
    Track
    2
    Title
    Gloria: Gloria
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Norine Burgess, Viktoria Loukianetz, Kalman Strausz
    Ensemble
    Hungarian Radio Choir, Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia
    Conductor
    Michael Halász
  3. 3 Gloria: Laudamus te 04:46
    Track
    3
    Title
    Gloria: Laudamus te
    Duration
    04:46
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Kalman Strausz
    Ensemble
    Hungarian Radio Choir, Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia
    Conductor
    Michael Halász
  4. 4 Gloria: Gratias 01:18
    Track
    4
    Title
    Gloria: Gratias
    Duration
    01:18
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Norine Burgess, Viktoria Loukianetz
    Ensemble
    Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia
    Conductor
    Michael Halász
  5. 5 Gloria: Domine 03:02
    Track
    5
    Title
    Gloria: Domine
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Kalman Strausz
    Ensemble
    Hungarian Radio Choir, Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia
    Conductor
    Michael Halász
  6. 6 Gloria: Qui tollis 04:54
    Track
    6
    Title
    Gloria: Qui tollis
    Duration
    04:54
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Norine Burgess, Viktoria Loukianetz
    Ensemble
    Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia
    Conductor
    Michael Halász
  7. 7 Gloria: Quoniam 03:54
    Track
    7
    Title
    Gloria: Quoniam
    Duration
    03:54
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Kalman Strausz
    Ensemble
    Hungarian Radio Choir, Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia
    Conductor
    Michael Halász
  8. 8 Gloria: Jesu Christe 00:40
    Track
    8
    Title
    Gloria: Jesu Christe
    Duration
    00:40
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Norine Burgess, Viktoria Loukianetz, Herbert Lippert
    Ensemble
    Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia
    Conductor
    Michael Halász
  9. 9 Gloria: Cum Sancto Spiritu 03:37
    Track
    9
    Title
    Gloria: Cum Sancto Spiritu
    Duration
    03:37
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Kalman Strausz
    Ensemble
    Hungarian Radio Choir, Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia
    Conductor
    Michael Halász
  10. 10 Credo: Credo in unum Deum 03:20
    Track
    10
    Title
    Credo: Credo in unum Deum
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Kalman Strausz
    Ensemble
    Hungarian Radio Choir, Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia
    Conductor
    Michael Halász
  11. 11 Credo: Et incarnatus est 07:41
    Track
    11
    Title
    Credo: Et incarnatus est
    Duration
    07:41
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Kalman Strausz
    Ensemble
    Hungarian Radio Choir, Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia
    Conductor
    Michael Halász
  12. 12 Sanctus 03:33
    Track
    12
    Title
    Sanctus
    Duration
    03:33
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Norine Burgess, Viktoria Loukianetz
    Ensemble
    Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia
    Conductor
    Michael Halász
  13. 13 Benedictus 05:55
    Track
    13
    Title
    Benedictus
    Duration
    05:55
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Kalman Strausz
    Ensemble
    Hungarian Radio Choir, Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia
    Conductor
    Michael Halász
  14. 14 Kyrie in D Minor, K. 341 06:42
    Track
    14
    Title
    Kyrie in D Minor, K. 341
    Duration
    06:42
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Hungarian Radio Choir, Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia
    Conductor
    Michael Halász