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Mozart - Mass in C minor + Introduction to the work
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Label: BR Klassik
Cat No: 900917
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 2nd November 2018
Contents
Artists
Christina Landshamer (soprano)Anke Vondung (mezzo-soprano)
Steve Davislim (tenor)
Tobias Berndt (baritone)
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin
Conductor
Howard ArmanWorks
Mass in C minor, K427 'Great'Artists
Christina Landshamer (soprano)Anke Vondung (mezzo-soprano)
Steve Davislim (tenor)
Tobias Berndt (baritone)
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin
Conductor
Howard ArmanAbout
In Vienna in the summer of 1782, Mozart started writing a new Mass despite having apparently received no commission to do so. On 4 August 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 26 October 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.
Recorded between 30 July and 2 August 2018, this BR studio production features an ensemble of high-quality soloists: Christina Landshamer (soprano), Anke Vondung (mezzo-soprano), Steve Davislim (tenor) and Tobias Berndt (baritone). They are accompanied by the Bavarian Radio Chorus and the original-instrument Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, both conducted by Howard Arman.
The recording of Mozart's Mass in C minor is supplemented by the CD “Paths to Music”, a German-language introduction to the work by Markus Vanhoefer, spoken by Christian Baumann, Hans Jürgen Stockerl, Norman Hacker, Franziska Ball and Katja Schild.
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