Werner - Missa Contrapunctata - Requiem, Missa Festivalis et brevis, Te Deum / Choir and Orchestra of Schola Cantorum Budapestiensis / Organ Continuo and Conductor János Mezei / Hungaroton Classic Audio CD 2004

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Choir and Orchestra of Schola Cantorum Budapestiensis, János Mezei (organ continuo/conductor)

Gregor Joseph Werner (28 January 1693 – 3 March 1766) was an Austrian composer of the Baroque period, best known as the predecessor of Joseph Haydn as the Kapellmeister of the Hungarian Esterházy family. Few of Werner's works survive to the present day, and he is mostly remembered for his troubled relationship with Haydn.

Werner wrote a cappella masses in a strict contrapuntal style, as well as church music with instrumental accompaniment and symphonies. His work includes a series of twenty oratorios, all composed for performance on Good Friday, usually in the Esterházy chapel. Jones discerns a bifurcated style, with most of the work taking the form of severe, "weighty" contrapuntal pieces, but a minority (written for lighter occasions such as Advent and the Nativity) that "employ a distinctly homespun idiom, invoking elements of Austrian and indeed Eastern European folk music." Works by Joseph Haydn in both genres exist, and may have been influenced by Werner.

As an employee of the Esterházy family Werner published little, but a few works did see print. These include his set of twelve orchestral suites depicting the twelve months of the year (Neuer und sehr curios-Musicalischer Instrumental-Calender ("New and very curious musical instrument calendar"), which appeared in Augsburg in 1748. His pupils included S. T. Kolbel (Kölbel) and the Esterházy organist Johann Novotný (1718–1765), father of Franz Nikolaus Novotný (1743–1773). Autograph scores and parts by Gregor Joseph Werner have found their way into the collection of the Országos Széchényi Könyvtár, Budapest, as well as the public archives in Győr, Hungary

Tracklist:

  1. Missa Contrapunctata: Circumdederunt me - Introitus (chant, Missale Notatum of Esztergom)
  2. Missa Contrapunctata: Kyrie
  3. Missa Contrapunctata: De profundis - Tractus (chant, Missale Notatum of Esztergom)
  4. Missa Contrapunctata: Credo
  5. Missa Contrapunctata: Bonum est confiteri - Offerorium (chant, Missale Notatum of Esztergom)
  6. Missa Contrapunctata: Sanctus
  7. Missa Contrapunctata: Benedictus
  8. Missa Contrapunctata: Illumina faciem tuam - Communio (chant, Missale Notatum of Esztergom)
  9. Missa Contrapunctata: Agnus Dei
  10. Requiem in G minor: Requiem æternam - Introitus (chant, Missale Notatum of Esztergom)
  11. Requiem in G minor: Requiem æternam
  12. Requiem in G minor: Kyrie
  13. Requiem in G minor: Requiem æternam - Graduale (chant, Missale Notatum of Esztergom)
  14. Requiem in G minor: Parce Domine
  15. Requiem in G minor: Ad te levavi
  16. Requiem in G minor: O pie Deus - Offertorium (chant, Missale Notatum of Esztergom)
  17. Requiem in G minor: Sanctus
  18. Requiem in G minor: Benedictus
  19. Requiem in G minor: Lux æterna - Communio (chant, Missale Notatum of Esztergom)
  20. Requiem in G minor: Agnus Dei
  21. Requiem in G minor: Requiem - Lux ?terna
  22. Missa festivalis et brevis in G major: Benedicta sit - Introitus (chant, Missale Notatum of Esztergom)
  23. Missa festivalis et brevis in G major: Kyrie
  24. Missa festivalis et brevis in G major: Gloria
  25. Missa festivalis et brevis in G major: Alleluja - Honor, virtus (chant, Missale Notatum of Esztergom)
  26. Missa festivalis et brevis in G major: Credo
  27. Missa festivalis et brevis in G major: Benedictus sit Deus - Offertorium (chant, Missale Notatum of Esztergom)
  28. Missa festivalis et brevis in G major: Sanctus
  29. Missa festivalis et brevis in G major: Benedictus
  30. Missa festivalis et brevis in G major: Benedicimus Deum cæli - Communio (chant, Missale Notatum of Esztergom)
  31. Missa festivalis et brevis in G major: Agnus Dei
  32. Te Deum laudamus in C major