Description
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis - Carol Vaness, Waltraud Meier, Hans Peter Blochwitz, Hans Tschammer, Tallis Chamber Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate / EMI Digital Audio CD 1990 Stereo / CDC 7 49950 2
UPC 077774995023
The Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123, is a Solemn Mass composed by Ludwig van Beethoven from 1819 to 1823. It was first performed on 7 April 1824 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, under the auspices of Beethoven's patron Prince Nikolai Galitzin; an incomplete performance was given in Vienna on 7 May 1824, when the Kyrie, Credo, and Agnus Dei were conducted by the composer. It is generally considered one of the composer's supreme achievements and, along with Bach's Mass in B minor, one of the most significant Mass settings of the common practice period.
Written around the same time as his Ninth Symphony, it is Beethoven's second setting of the Mass, after his Mass in C major, Op. 86. The work was dedicated to Archduke Rudolf of Austria, archbishop of Olmütz, Beethoven's foremost patron as well as pupil and friend. The copy presented to Rudolf was inscribed "Von Herzen—Möge es wieder—Zu Herzen gehn!" ("From the heart – may it return to the heart!")
| Label: | EMI Digital – CDC 7 49950 2 |
|---|---|
| Format: |
CD, Album
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| Country: | UK |
| Released: |
1990 |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Classical |
Tracklist:
| Kyrie | 9:19 | ||
| 1 | Kyrie Eleison - Christe Eleison - Kyrie Eleison | 9:19 | |
|
Gloria |
17:08 | ||
| 2 | Gloria In Excelsis Deo - Gratias Agimus Tibi | 4:55 | |
| 3 | Qui Tollis Peccata Mundi | 5:39 | |
| 4 | Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus - In Gloria Dei Patris. Amen | 6:34 | |
|
Credo |
20:20 | ||
| 5 | Credo In Unum Deum | 4:03 | |
| 6 | Et Incarnatus Est - Crucifixus Etiam Pro Nobis | 5:48 | |
| 7 | Et Resurrexit Tertia Die - Credo In Spiritum Sanctum | 2:52 | |
| 8 | Et Vitam Venturi Saeculi. Amen | 7:37 | |
|
Sanctus |
16:16 | ||
| 9 | Sanctus, Dominus - Pleni Sunt Caeli - Osanna In Excelsis - Praeludium |
5:53 | |
| 10 | Benedictus | 10:23 | |
|
Agnus Dei |
14:57 | ||
| 11 | Agnus Dei | 6:19 | |
| 12 | Dona Nobis Pacem - Agnus Dei | 8:38 |
- Bass Vocals – Hans Tschammer
- Choir – Tallis Chamber Choir
- Composed By – Ludwig Van Beethoven
- Conductor – Jeffrey Tate
- Contralto Vocals – Waltraud Meier
- Engineer [Balance] – Mark Vigars
- Orchestra – English Chamber Orchestra
- Producer – David Groves
- Soprano Vocals – Carol Vaness
- Tenor Vocals – Hans Peter Blochwitz
