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Bernstein: Mass - Randall Scarlata (baritone), Company Of Music, Tozler Knabenchor, Chorus Sine Nomine, Tonkünstler-Orchester, Absolute Ensemble, Kristjan Jarvi / Chandos 2x Hybrid Disc 2009 / CHSA 5070(2)
UPC 095115507025
Mass (formally: MASS: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players, and Dancers) is a musical theatre work composed by Leonard Bernstein with text by Bernstein and additional text and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz. Commissioned by Jacqueline Kennedy, it premiered on September 8, 1971, conducted by Maurice Peress and choreographed by Alvin Ailey. The production used costume designs by Frank Thompson. The performance was part of the opening of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Mass premiered in Europe in 1973, with John Mauceri conducting the Yale Symphony Orchestra in Vienna.
The work is based on the Tridentine Mass of the Catholic Church. The liturgical passages are sung mostly in Latin, though the "Sanctus" includes portions in Hebrew. Mass also includes additional texts in English written by Bernstein, Broadway composer Stephen Schwartz, and Paul Simon (who wrote the first quatrain of the trope "Half of the People"). The work is intended to be staged theatrically, but it has also been performed in a standard concert setting.
Initial critical reception, including a review in The New York Times, was largely negative, but the Columbia Records recording of the work enjoyed excellent sales.
| Label: | Chandos – CHSA 5070(2) |
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| Format: |
2 x Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
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| Country: | Europe |
| Released: |
Feb 24, 2009 |
| Genre: | Classical, Stage & Screen |
| Style: | Musical, Contemporary |
Tracklist:
| I. Devotions Before Mass | |||
| 1-1 | Antiphon: Kyrie Eleison (Pre-Recorded Tape No. 1) | 1:57 | |
| 1-2 | Hymn And Psalm: "A Simple Song" | 4:33 | |
| 1-3 | Responsory: Alleluia (Pre-Recorded Tape No. 2) | 1:10 | |
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II. First Introit (Rondo) |
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| 1-4 | Prefatory Prayers | 4:58 | |
| 1-5 | Thrice-Triple Canon: Dominus Vobiscum | 0:37 | |
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III. Second Introit |
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| 1-6 | In Nomine Patris (Pre-Recorded Tape No. 3) | 1:51 | |
| 1-7 | Prayer For The Congregation (Chorale: "Almighty Father") | 1:30 | |
| 1-8 | Epiphany (Pre-Recorded Tape No. 4) | 0:52 | |
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IV. Confession |
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| 1-9 | Confiteor | 1:59 | |
| 1-10 | Trope: "I Don't Know" | 1:29 | |
| 1-11 | Trope: "Easy" | 4:59 | |
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V. Meditation No. 1 |
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| 1-12 | Meditation No. 1 | 5:23 | |
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VI. Gloria |
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| 1-13 | Gloria Tibi | 1:35 | |
| 1-14 | Gloria In Excelsis | 1:16 | |
| 1-15 | Trope: "Half Of The People" | 1:01 | |
| 1-16 | Trope: "Thank You" | 2:49 | |
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VII. Meditation No. 2 |
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| 1-17 | Meditation No. 2 | 4:07 | |
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VIII. Epistle: "The Word Of The Lord" |
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| 2-1 | Epistle: "The Word Of The Lord" | 5:31 | |
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IX: Gospel-Sermon: "God Said" |
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| 2-2 | Gospel-Sermon: "God Said" | 4:44 | |
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X. Credo |
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| 2-3 | Credo In Unum Deum (Pre-Recorded Tape No. 5) | 0:58 | |
| 2-4 | Trope: "Non Credo"/"Crucifixus" (Pre-Recorded Tape No. 6) | 2:10 | |
| 2-5 | Trope: "Hurry"/"Sedet Ad Dexteram Patris" (Pre-Recorded Tape No. 7) | 1:16 | |
| 2-6 | Trope: "World Without End"/"Et In Spiritum Sanctum" (Pre-Recorded Tape No. 8) |
1:29 | |
| 2-7 | Trope: "I Believe In God" | 2:05 | |
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XI. Meditation No. 3 |
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| 2-8 | De Profundis, Part 1 | 2:37 | |
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XII. Offertory |
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| 2-9 | De Profundis, Part 2 | 2:06 | |
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XIII. The Lord's Prayer |
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| 2-10 | Our Father... | 1:44 | |
| 2-11 | Trope: "I Go On" | 3:23 | |
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XIV. Sanctus |
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| 2-12 | Sanctus | 5:07 | |
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XV. Agnus Dei |
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| 2-13 | Agnus Dei | 6:35 | |
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XVI. Fraction: "Things Get Broken" |
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| 2-14 | Fraction: "Things Get Broken" | 15:31 | |
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XVII. Pax: Communion ("Secret Songs") |
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| 2-15 | Pax: Communion ("Secret Songs") | 9:28 |
- Alto Vocals – Susanne Hell
- Baritone Vocals – Bernd Frölich, Günter Haumer, Randall Scarlata
- Bass Guitar – Mat Fieldes
- Cello – Orfeo Mandozzi
- Chorus – Chorus Sine Nomine, Company of Music
- Chorus Master – Johannes Hiemetsberger
- Chorus Master [children's chorus] – Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
- Concertmaster, Violin – Alexander Gheorghiu
- Conductor – Kristjan Järvi
- Countertenor Vocals – Bernd Hemedinger
- Drums – Damien Bassman
- Ensemble – Absolute Ensemble
- Ensemble [Descant] – Reinwald Kranner
- Flute – Sonja Korak
- Horn – Reinhardt Wagner
- Keyboards – Matt Herskowitz
- Music By – Leonard Bernstein
- Oboe – Barbara Ritter
- Orchestra – Tonkünstler Orchestra
- Soprano Vocals – Barbara Achammer, Claudia Meller, Georg Drexel, Heidemaria Gruber, Jennifer O'Loughlin, Ruth Kraus, Theresa Dlouhy
- Tenor Vocals – Gernot Heinrich
- Trombone – Michael Seltzer
- Violin – Vahid Khadem-Missagh, Vesselin Gellev
- Vocals – Andreas Bauer, Christoph Wigelbeyer, Dave Moskin, Lenneke Willemsen, Philip Traugott, Suzanne Gassner
