Product Overview
Schubert - Mass In A Flat, Messe As-dur / John Eliot Gardiner / Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique / Philips Audio CD 1999 / 4565782 - AS PICTURED!!!
UPC 028945657820
Product Details:
Label: Philips – 456 578-2
Format: CD, Album
Country: Germany
Released: 1999
Genre: Classical
Style: Romantic
Total Playing Time: 73:28
Reviews:
This record illustrates that during his tragically short life, Schubert's style and technique changed and developed dramatically. The Stabat Mater, composed when he was 18, is incredibly beautiful: mournful, deeply expressive, a spontaneous outpouring of lyrical inspiration. The Hymnus and the Psalm, written during his last year, certainly belong among his late masterpieces. Melding devout lyricism with almost operatic drama, Schubert, as he does so often, turns literary dross into musical gold. The Psalm was written for a famous cantor in Vienna and pays homage to his baritone with splendid solos. The Mass dates from Schubert's 20s; it must have been important to him, for he set several movements twice. (Gardiner adds the first version of one at the very end.) The music is somewhat uneven; sections that betray a struggle for technical mastery alternate with magical pages of intimate, devout pleading, ominous drama, and radiant triumph. The opening is simply heavenly: lyrical, serene, and touchingly innocent. The performance is excellent, but the instruments seem overly subdued (in the name of authenticity?) and the dynamic contrasts are extreme. --Edith Eisler
Tracklist:
Mass In A Flat (Missa Solemnis) D. 678
Bass Vocals – Michael George (3), Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Sally Bruce-Payne, Soprano Vocals – Deborah York, Tenor Vocals – Neill Archer |
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| 1 | Kyrie | 6:33 |
| 2 | Gloria: Gloria In Excelsis Deo | 2:27 |
| 3 | Gratias Agimus Tibi | 4:27 |
| 4 | Domine Deus | 1:36 |
| 5 | Quoniam Tu Solus - Cum Sancto Spiritu | 4:49 |
| 6 | Credo: Credo In Unum Deum | 2:13 |
| 7 | Et Incarnatus Est | 3:28 |
| 8 | Et Resurrexit Tertia Die | 3:49 |
| 9 | Sanctus | 2:47 |
| 10 | Benedictus | 4:33 |
| 11 | Agnus Die | 5:47 |
| 12 | Hymnus An Den Heiligen Geist D. 948
Baritone Vocals – Colin Campbell (3)Bass Vocals – Robert McDonaldTenor Vocals – Neill Archer, Robert Burt |
8:32 |
| 13 | Psalm 92, D.953: Lied Fur Den Sabbath
Alto Vocals – Lynette Alcantara, Baritone Vocals – Colin Campbell (3), Bass Vocals – Robert McDonald, Soprano Vocals – Mhairi Lawson, Tenor Vocals – Robert Burt |
5:16 |
| 14 |
Stabat Mater, D. 175 | 6:11 |
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Mass In A Flat (Appendix) Bass Vocals – Michael George (3), Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Sally Bruce-Payne, Soprano Vocals – Deborah York, Tenor Vocals – Neill Archer |
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| 15 | Credo In Unum (Repeat) | 2:16 |
| 16 | Et Incarnatus Est (Earliest Version) | 3:24 |
| 17 | Et Resurrexit (Repeat) | 3:51 |
More Details:
- Choir – The Monteverdi Choir
- Conductor – John Eliot Gardiner
- Engineer – Erdo Groot, Everett Porter, Jan Wesselink, Roger de Schot
- Executive-Producer – Clive Bennett
- Liner Notes – John Warrack
- Orchestra – Orchestre Révolutionnaire Et Romantique
- Producer – Nicholas Parker
- Tape Op – Carl Schuurbiers, Everett Porter, Matthijs Ruijter
