Lyricist(s): Mass Text
Arranger(s): Beyer, Franz
Conductor(s): Poppen, Christoph
Label: Naxos
Genre: Choral - Sacred
Period: 20th Century; Classical
Catalogue No: 8.574417
Barcode: 747313441778
Release Date: 11/2022

MOZART, W.A.: Masses (Complete), Vol. 2 - K. 258, 427 (Cologne West German Radio Chorus, Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Poppen)

This second album of Mozart’s complete Masses (Volume 1 is on 8.574270) pairs one work of exceptional dimensions and ambition with a miniature example. The ‘Great’ Mass in C minor is one of Mozart’s most spectacular and cast on such a scale that it embraces every human and spiritual emotion, reconciling the Salzburg tradition with that of Italian opera. The Mass was left incomplete by Mozart – it is heard here in a performing version made by the German musicologist and Mozart specialist Franz Beyer. By comparison the Missa brevis in C major exudes a spirit of festive concision.

Tracklist

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Mass Text - Lyricist
Beyer, Franz - Arranger
Konradi, Katharina (soprano)
Cologne West German Radio Chorus (Choir)
Cologne Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Poppen, Christoph (Conductor)
Romberger, Sarah (mezzo-soprano)
Mitterrutzner, Martin (tenor)
Timoshenko, Mikhail (bass)
1 Kyrie (Soprano, Chorus) 06:32
Konradi, Katharina (soprano)
Cologne West German Radio Chorus (Choir)
Cologne Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Poppen, Christoph (Conductor)
2 Gloria: Gloria in excelsis Deo (Chorus) 02:14
Cologne West German Radio Chorus (Choir)
Cologne Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Poppen, Christoph (Conductor)
3 Gloria: Laudamus te (Mezzo-soprano) 04:50
Romberger, Sarah (mezzo-soprano)
Cologne Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Poppen, Christoph (Conductor)
4 Gloria: Gratias (Chorus) 01:13
Cologne West German Radio Chorus (Choir)
Cologne Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Poppen, Christoph (Conductor)
5 Gloria: Domine (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano) 02:46
Konradi, Katharina (soprano)
Romberger, Sarah (mezzo-soprano)
Cologne Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Poppen, Christoph (Conductor)
6 Gloria: Qui tollis (Chorus) 05:10
Cologne West German Radio Chorus (Choir)
Cologne Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Poppen, Christoph (Conductor)
7 Gloria: Quoniam (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor) 03:54
Konradi, Katharina (soprano)
Romberger, Sarah (mezzo-soprano)
Mitterrutzner, Martin (tenor)
Cologne Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Poppen, Christoph (Conductor)
8 Gloria: Jesu Christe (Chorus) 00:41
Cologne West German Radio Chorus (Choir)
Cologne Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Poppen, Christoph (Conductor)
9 Gloria: Cum Sancto Spiritu (Chorus) 03:41
Cologne West German Radio Chorus (Choir)
Cologne Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Poppen, Christoph (Conductor)
10 Credo: Credo in unum Deum (Chorus) 03:10
Cologne West German Radio Chorus (Choir)
Cologne Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Poppen, Christoph (Conductor)
11 Credo: Et incarnatus est (Soprano) 08:39
Konradi, Katharina (soprano)
Cologne Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Poppen, Christoph (Conductor)
12 Sanctus (Chorus) 03:41
Cologne West German Radio Chorus (Choir)
Cologne Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Poppen, Christoph (Conductor)
13 Benedictus (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Bass, Chorus) 05:29
Konradi, Katharina (soprano)
Romberger, Sarah (mezzo-soprano)
Mitterrutzner, Martin (tenor)
Timoshenko, Mikhail (bass)
Cologne West German Radio Chorus (Choir)
Cologne Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Poppen, Christoph (Conductor)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Mass Text - Lyricist
Konradi, Katharina (soprano)
Romberger, Sarah (mezzo-soprano)
Mitterrutzner, Martin (tenor)
Timoshenko, Mikhail (bass)
Cologne West German Radio Chorus (Choir)
Cologne Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Poppen, Christoph (Conductor)
14 Kyrie (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Bass, Chorus) 01:58
Konradi, Katharina (soprano)
Romberger, Sarah (mezzo-soprano)
Mitterrutzner, Martin (tenor)
Timoshenko, Mikhail (bass)
Cologne West German Radio Chorus (Choir)
Cologne Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Poppen, Christoph (Conductor)
15 Gloria (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Bass, Chorus) 02:34
Konradi, Katharina (soprano)
Romberger, Sarah (mezzo-soprano)
Mitterrutzner, Martin (tenor)
Timoshenko, Mikhail (bass)
Cologne West German Radio Chorus (Choir)
Cologne Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Poppen, Christoph (Conductor)
16 Credo (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Chorus) 05:04
Konradi, Katharina (soprano)
Romberger, Sarah (mezzo-soprano)
Mitterrutzner, Martin (tenor)
Cologne West German Radio Chorus (Choir)
Cologne Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Poppen, Christoph (Conductor)
17 Sanctus (Chorus) 01:12
Cologne West German Radio Chorus (Choir)
Cologne Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Poppen, Christoph (Conductor)
18 Benedictus (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Bass, Chorus) 02:34
Konradi, Katharina (soprano)
Romberger, Sarah (mezzo-soprano)
Mitterrutzner, Martin (tenor)
Timoshenko, Mikhail (bass)
Cologne West German Radio Chorus (Choir)
Cologne Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Poppen, Christoph (Conductor)
19 Agnus Dei (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Bass, Chorus) 03:33
Konradi, Katharina (soprano)
Romberger, Sarah (mezzo-soprano)
Mitterrutzner, Martin (tenor)
Timoshenko, Mikhail (bass)
Cologne West German Radio Chorus (Choir)
Cologne Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Poppen, Christoph (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:08:55