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HAYDN, J.: Missa brevis(1749)-Harmoniemesse |
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Composer: |
Franz Joseph Haydn |
Artist: |
Christian Elsner, Richard Lippold, Ann Hoyt, Franz-Josef Selig, Malin Hartelius, Judith Schmid, Kirsten Sollek, Daniela Sindram, Bernhard Schneider, Simona Saturova, James Taylor, Michael Nagy, Julie Liston, Daniel Mutlu, Andrew Nolen, Nacole Palmer, Nina Faia, Matthew Hensrud, Michaela Knab |
Conductor: |
Mariss Jansons, Jane Glover, Owen Burdick, Helmuth Rilling |
Choir: |
Trinity Church Choir, New York, Stuttgart Gachinger Kantorei, Bavarian Radio Chorus |
Orchestra: |
REBEL Baroque Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra |
Lyricist: |
Mass Text |
Label: |
Naxos |
Catalogue No.: |
8.572126 |
Format: |
CD |
Barcode: |
0747313212675 |
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The Missa brevis in F is Haydn’s earliest authenticated Mass and was written shortly before his departure from St Stephen’s in Vienna, where he had been recruited as a choirboy around 1740. Haydn himself, on rediscovering the work almost fifty years later, said he admired it for ‘the melody and a certain youthful fire’. In contrast, the Harmoniemesse, written for the nameday festivities of Prince Nicolaus II’s wife in 1802, was to be Haydn’s last major composition. Using a full Harmonie (wind band), the work’s expressive intensity belies the end of its composer’s career.
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