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Leonard Bernstein: Mass - Kent Nagano / Harmonia Mundi 2x Audio CD 2004 / HMC 901840.41
UPC 794881752225
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.
| Label: | Harmonia Mundi – HMC 901840.41 |
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| Format: |
2 x CD, Album
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| Country: | France |
| Released: |
2004 |
| Genre: | Jazz, Rock, Blues, Classical, Folk, World, & Country |
| Style: | Opera, Neo-Classical, Classical |
Tracklist:
| I. Devotions Before Mass | |||
| 1-1 | Antiphon: "Kyrie Eleison" | 2:28 | |
| 1-2 | Hymn And Psalm: A Simple Song | 3:46 | |
| 1-3 | Responsory: "Alleluia" | 1:07 | |
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II. First Introit (Rondo) |
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| 1-4 | Prefatory Prayers | 5:06 | |
| 1-5 | Thrice - Triple Canon: Dominum Vobiscum | 0:42 | |
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| III. Second Introit | |||
| 1-6 | In Nomine Patris | 2:03 | |
| 1-7 | Prayer For The Congregation (Chorale: "Almighty Father") | 1:39 | |
| 1-8 | Epiphany | 0:56 | |
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| IV. Confession | |||
| 1-9 | Confiteor | 2:11 | |
| 1-10 | Trope: "I Don't Know" | 1:30 | |
| 1-11 | Trope: "Easy" | 4:42 | |
| 1-12 | V. Meditation No.1 | 6:11 | |
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VI. Gloria |
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| 1-13 | Gloria Tibi | 1:38 | |
| 1-14 | Gloria In Excelsis | 1:17 | |
| 1-15 | Trope: "Half Of The People" | 0:59 | |
| 1-16 | Trope: "Thank You" | 2:42 | |
| 1-17 | VII. Meditation No.2 | 3:37 | |
| 1-18 | VIII. Epistle "The Word Of Lord" | 5:53 | |
| 1-19 | IX. Gospel-Sermon "God Said" | 4:28 | |
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X Credo |
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| 2-1 | Credo In Unum Deum | 1:10 | |
| 2-2 | Trope: "Non Credo" | 2:17 | |
| 2-3 | Trope: "Hurry" | 1:22 | |
| 2-4 | World Without End | 1:34 | |
| 2-5 | Trope: "I Believe In God" | 1:58 | |
| 2-6 | XI. Meditation (De Profundis, Part 1) | 2:44 | |
| 2-7 | XII. Offertory (De Profundis, Part 2) | 2:02 | |
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XIII. The Lord's Prayer |
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| 2-8 | "Our Father..." | 2:07 | |
| 2-9 | Trope: "I Go On" | 2:34 | |
| 2-10 | XIV. Sanctus "Holy! Holy! Holy!..." | 5:19 | |
| 2-11 | XV. Agnus Dei | 5:38 | |
| 2-12 | XVI. Fraction | 14:19 | |
| 2-13 | XVII. Pax: Communion | 9:43 |
- Choir – Rundfunkchor Berlin, Staats- Und Domchor Berlin
- Choir [Street Chorus] – Pacific Mozart Ensemble (tracks: 1-15, 2-5,)
- Composed By – Leonard Bernstein
- Conductor – Kent Nagano
- Conductor [Pacific Mozart Ensemble] – Lynne Morrow, Richard Grant
- Conductor [Rundfunkchor Berlin] – Simon Halsey
- Conductor [Staats- Und Domchor] – Kai-Uwe Jirka
- Orchestra [Oboe] – Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (tracks: 1-8)
- Organ – Sigurd Brauns
- Other [Musical Assistant] – Igor Budinstein
- Percussion [Additional And Special Effects] – Tobias Lehmann
- Soloist [From Tape] – Adrienne Albert (tracks: 1-1, 1-3, 1-6, 2-1, 2-3, 2-4), Betty Allen (tracks: 1-1, 1-6, 2-1, 2-3, 2-4), Charles Magruder (tracks: 1-1, 1-3, 1-6, 2-1, 2-3, 2-4), Dominic Cossa (tracks: 1-1, 1-6, 2-1, 2-3, 2-4), John Manno (tracks: 1-1, 1-3, 1-6, 2-1, 2-3, 2-4), June Magruder (tracks: 1-1, 1-3, 1-6, 2-1, 2-3, 2-4), Karen Altmann (tracks: 1-1, 1-6, 2-1, 2-3, 2-4), Maeretha Stewart (tracks: 1-1, 1-3, 1-6, 2-1, 2-3, 2-4), Marie-Louise Modersohn* (tracks: 1-1, 1-6, 1-8, 2-1, 2-3, 2-4), Raymond DeVoll (tracks: 1-1, 1-6, 2-1, 2-3, 2-4), William Elliot (tracks: 1-1, 1-3, 1-6, 2-1, 2-3, 2-4)
- Soloist [Pacific Mozart Ensemble] – Angela Doctor (tracks: 1-11), Benjamin Grant (tracks: 1-10), Benjamin Scott (tracks: 1-11, 1-18), Bryan Matheson (3) (tracks: 1-11, 2-11), Doug Boyd (tracks: 1-19), Eric Freeman (tracks: 2-5), Eric Lipsitt (tracks: 1-19), Frazier Stevenson (tracks: 1-19), Jim Hale (tracks: 1-11), John Paddock (tracks: 1-11), John Stenzel (tracks: 1-18), Kate Berenson (tracks: 1-4), Kathie Longinotti (tracks: 1-19), Katy Stephen (tracks: 2-4), Kimberly Keeton (tracks: 1-18), Lark Coryell (tracks: 1-19), Larry Rose (2) (tracks: 1-19), Marc Accornero (tracks: 1-18), Nile Norton (tracks: 2-2), Tom Carpender (tracks: 1-11)
- Soloist [Rundfunkchor Berlin] – Isabelle Voßkühler (tracks: 1-16, 2-3, 2-13), Michael Timm (tracks: 2-13), René Voßkühler (tracks: 2-13)
- Soloist [Soprano] – Julian Frischling
- Soloist [Tenor] – Jerry Hadley (tracks: 1-2, 1-6, 1-13. 2-8 to 2-13)
