Joseph Haydn - Lord Nelson Mass, Creation Mass / Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Oregon Bach Festival Chorus, Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra, Helmuth Rilling / Hänssler Classic Audio CD 2007 / CD 98.279

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The Missa in Angustiis (Mass for troubled times) or Nelson Mass (Hob. XXII/11), is one of fourteen masses written by Joseph Haydn. It is one of the six masses written near the end of his life which are, together, now seen as a culmination of Haydn's liturgical composition.

The Mass No. 13 in B-flat major, Hob. XXII/13, was composed by Joseph Haydn in 1801. It is known as the Schöpfungsmesse or Creation Mass because of the words "Qui tollis peccata mundi" in the Gloria, Haydn recycled music from the Adam and Eve's final duet in The Creation, a fact which scandalized Empress Maria Theresa so much that she ordered Haydn to recompose that passage for her own copy of the work. Additionally, the oft appearing motif in measure 51 of the "Gloria" from Haydn's "Schöpfungsmesse" is identical to the solo Soprano/Tenor motif in measure 13 of "Der Herr ist Groß" from Haydn's "Die Schöpfung."