Biber - Missa Alleluja, Nisi Dominus
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Label: Accent
Cat No: ACC24325
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 27th January 2017
Contents
Artists
Ars Antiqua AustriaSt. Florianer Sangerknaben
Conductor
Gunar LetzborWorks
Hic est panisMissa Alleluja
Nisi Dominus
Pastorella
Artists
Ars Antiqua AustriaSt. Florianer Sangerknaben
Conductor
Gunar LetzborAbout
The Missa Alleluja was probably composed after 1690 and certainly before 1698: the original score from Salzburg is lost but excellent copies have been preserved at the Upper Austrian abbey at Kremsmünster, which serve as a basis for the present recording. Biber fully exploited the possibilities of Baroque instrumentation in the Missa Alleluja: a chorus with 2 sopranos, 2 altos, 2 tenors and 2 bass voices grants him a large number of combinations of voices and thus constant changes of timbre. The strings 'choir' also has six parts, with both violins often written virtuosically. A 'chorus' of 3 trumpets and 2 cornetti is even surpassed in tonal mass by that composed of 2 clarinets, 4 trumpets and timpani. This large number of trumpets emphasises the cheerful character of the work and is luxurious by Austrian standards.
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