2. Mozart: Great Mass in C minor (K. 427) / McCreesh

Stereo: http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=uG4dJ7Yv3lo&fmt=18 Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791). Mass in C minor ("Great") K. 427. II. Gloria in excelsis deo: Gloria in excelsis Deo. Et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis. III. Laudamus te: Laudamus te. Benedicimus te. Adoramus te. Glorificamus te. Gabrieli Consort. Camilla Tilling (Soprano) Sarah Connolly (Soprano) Timothy Robinson (Tenor) Neal Davies (Baritone) Dir. Paul McCreesh. The Große Messe (German, lit. Great Mass) No. 17 in C minor K. 427 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is the best-known and most widely performed of Mozart's mass settings, and is considered one of the composer's major works. It is often referred to as the "C Minor Mass". Background: The work was composed in 1782 - 1783. It embodies all of the pomp and solemnity associated with the Salzburg traditions of the time, but it also anticipates the symphonic masses of Haydn in its solo-choral sharing. The mass shows the influence of Bach and Handel, whose music Mozart was studying at this time (see Gottfried van Swieten). Fragmentary status: The work is incomplete, missing all of the Credo following the aria "Et incarnatus est" (the orchestration of the Credo is also incomplete) and all of the Agnus Dei. The Sanctus is partially lost and requires editorial reconstruction. There is a good deal of speculation concerning why the work was left unfinished. Given the absolute necessity of a complete text for liturgical use, it is likely that Mozart spliced in movements from his earlier Masses for the premiere. For purposes of modern performances, the editions and completions available are those by H. C. Robbins Landon (Eulenburg), Helmut Eder (Bärenreiter), Richard Maunder (Oxford University Press), Philip Wilby (Novello) and Robert Levin (Carus Verlag). Mozart later reused the music from the Kyrie and Gloria, almost without changes except for the text, in the cantata "Davidde Penitente" K. 469.

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