Mozart - Complete Masses Vol.2: Mass in C minor, Spaurmesse | Naxos 8574417

Mozart - Complete Masses Vol.2: Mass in C minor, Spaurmesse

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Label: Naxos

Cat No: 8574417

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 25th November 2022

Contents

Artists

Katharina Konradi (soprano)
Sarah Romberger (mezzo-soprano)
Martin Mitterrutzner (tenor)
Mikhail Timoshenko (bass)
Cologne Radio Choir
Cologne Chamber Orchestra

Conductor

Christoph Poppen

Works

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Mass in C major, K258 'Spaurmesse'
Mass in C minor, K427 'Great'

Artists

Katharina Konradi (soprano)
Sarah Romberger (mezzo-soprano)
Martin Mitterrutzner (tenor)
Mikhail Timoshenko (bass)
Cologne Radio Choir
Cologne Chamber Orchestra

Conductor

Christoph Poppen

About

This second album of Mozart’s complete Masses (Volume 1 is on 8574370) pairs one work of exceptional dimensions and ambition with a miniature example. The ‘Great’ Mass in C minor is one of Mozart’s most spectacular and cast on such a scale that it embraces every human and spiritual emotion, reconciling the Salzburg tradition with that of Italian opera. The Mass was left incomplete by Mozart – it is heard here in a performing version made by the German musicologist and Mozart specialist Franz Beyer. By comparison the Missa brevis in C major exudes a spirit of festive concision.

Vol. 1 in this series featured the large-scale Coronation Mass and Missa longa (8574270): ‘Christoph Poppen’s unfussy direction and unhurried tempos equally capture the jubilation and contemplation in the sacred text, drawing powerful and often dramatic performances from the West German Radio Chorus and the celebrated Cologne Chamber Orchestra’ (Yorkshire Post, *****).

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