Mozart - Coronation Mass / Choral Works
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Label: Chandos - Chaconne
Cat No: CHAN0786
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 27th February 2012
Contents
Works
Ave verum corpus, K618Church Sonata no.1 in E flat major, K67
Church Sonata no.7 in F major, K224
Exsultate, jubilate, K165
Mass in C major, K317 'Coronation Mass'
Missa brevis in F major, K192
Artists
Susan Gritton (soprano)Frances Bourne (mezzo-soprano)
Sam Furness (tenor)
George Humphreys (bass)
Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge
St John’s Sinfonia
Conductor
Andrew NethsinghaWorks
Ave verum corpus, K618Church Sonata no.1 in E flat major, K67
Church Sonata no.7 in F major, K224
Exsultate, jubilate, K165
Mass in C major, K317 'Coronation Mass'
Missa brevis in F major, K192
Artists
Susan Gritton (soprano)Frances Bourne (mezzo-soprano)
Sam Furness (tenor)
George Humphreys (bass)
Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge
St John’s Sinfonia
Conductor
Andrew NethsinghaAbout
Mozart wrote the ‘Coronation’ Mass just two weeks into his appointment as Court Organist for the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg. As it was first performed as part of the Easter liturgy of Salzburg Cathedral, perhaps ‘Paschal’ Mass would have been a more suitable title. However, the work achieved great renown after its performance at the Imperial Coronation in Prague, which took place nine months after Mozart’s death, and the name stuck. The opulence of the Gloria, in particular, is unmistakable, and the alternations between soloists and choir add drama to the text, which Mozart scored with operatic clarity. Here the choir forcefully praises and glorifies, while the soloists more intimately bless and worship.
Also on this disc is Susan Gritton’s first-ever recorded performance of Mozart’s dramatic solo cantata Exsultate jubilate, and a motet for the Feast of Corpus Christi, Ave verum corpus. Mozart’s Church Sonatas, which number seventeen in all, span a period of ten years. Because of their beauty and simplicity they achieved a much wider use, beyond the church and into the concert hall.
The Missa brevis, KV 192 highlights Mozart’s ability to write music for the church that was not significantly different in style to the music of the court or the opera house. This mass is known as the ‘Little Credo Mass’ because of the repeated interjections of the short ‘Credo’ theme throughout – a five-note motif which Mozart many years later would use as the main theme of the last movement of his final symphony.
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