Description
Mozart: Sacred Choral Works
UPC: STEREO 8 26 840
Product Details:
- Label: ETERNA Edition
- Format: Vinyl LP, Stereo (compatible mono)
- Country: East Germany (GDR)
- Released: 1974 (recorded)
- Genre: Classical / Sacred Choral
Product Features
- Three major sacred works by Mozart (KV 243, KV 222 & KV 260) composed 1775–76 under Archbishop Colloredo in Salzburg
- Forces: Four soloists (soprano, alto, tenor, bass), double choir, orchestra, and organ
- Soloists: Renate Frank-Reinecke (soprano), Annelies Burmeister (alto), Eberhard Büchner (tenor), Hermann Christian Polster (bass)
- Leipzig Radio Choir (cond. Horst Neumann) & Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra (cond. Herbert Kegel)
- Prominent obbligato: Burkhard Glaetzner (oboe) and Peter Wöpke (cello)
Overview
This LP unites Mozart’s Litaniae de venerabili altaris sacramento KV 243, Misericordias Domini KV 222, and Venite, populi KV 260—works he wrote to fulfill liturgical duties in Salzburg. The KV 243 Litanies showcase chant-inspired dialogues of soloist versus chorus, blending concerto-like concertante solos and fugal choral writing. The KV 222 Offertorium alternates plaintive homophony with buoyant imitative passages, while KV 260 employs double-choir antiphony and trombone sonorities to heighten ceremonial grandeur.
Track Listing
Seite 1 – Litaniae KV 243
- Kyrie (Chorus & Soloists) – 3:55
- Panis vivus (Tenor & Orchestra) – 1:30
- Verbum caro factum (Chorus) – 3:35
- Hostia sancta (Soloists & Chorus) – 4:35
- Tremendum (Chorus) – 3:45
- Dulcissimum convivium (Soprano & Orchestra) – 1:40
- Viaticum (Chorus, featuring soprano) – 4:50
Seite 2 8. Pignus (Chorus) 9. Agnus Dei / Miserere (Soloists & Chorus) – 5:40
Misericordias Domini KV 222 10. Offertorium de tempore (Chorus, Orchestra & Organ)
Venite, populi KV 260 11. Offertorium de venerabili sacramento (Double Choir, Orchestra & Organ)
Key Credits
- Conductor: Herbert Kegel
- Choir Conductor: Horst Neumann
- Organ: Walter Heinz Bernstein
- Recording Director: Dr. Ladislav Šíp
- Sound & Editing: Miloslav Kulhan
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