Beethoven: Mass in C major/ Elegischer Gesang/Meeresstille un Glückliche Fahrt Choir Early Music Chaconne

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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

(1770-1827)

Mass, Op. 86*

41:21

in C major - in C-Dur - en ut majeur

Kyrie. Andante con moto assai vivace quasi allegretto ma no troppo

4:53

Gloria: 'Gloria in excelsis Deo'. Allegro con brio -

2:32

'Qui tollis peccata mundi'. Andante mosso -

3:16

'Quoniam tu solus Sanctus'. Allegro ma non troppo

3:01

III

Credo: 'Credo in unum Deum'. Allegro con brio -

2:53

'Et incarnatus est'. Adagio -

3:33

'Et resurrexit'. Allegro ma non troppo -

2:47

'Et vitam venturi saeculi'. Vivace

1:50

Sanctus: 'Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus'. Adagio -

1:41

10.

'Pleni sunt coeli et terra'. Allegro -

1:18

11.

Benedictus: 'Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini'. Allegretto ma non troppo -

6:40

'Osanna in excelsis'. Allegro

12.

Agnus Dei: 'Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi'. Poco andante -

2:47

13.

'Dona nobis pacem'. Allegro ma non troppo - Andante con moto, tempo del Kyrie

4:04

14.

Elegischer Gesang, Op. 118

6:19

Langsam und sanft

Meeresstille und Glückliche Fahrt, Op. 112

8:14

15.

Meeresstille. Sostenuto -

5:28

16.

Glückliche Fahrt. Allegro vivace

2:44

Total time: 56:02

Solo: Rebecca Evans soprano*

Solo: Pamela Helen Stephen mezzo-soprano*

Solo: Mark Padmore tenor*

Solo: Stephen Varcoe baritone*

Orchestra: Collegium Musicum 90

Conductor: Richard Hickox

5-7 September 2002

Disc of the Month Performance ***** Sound ***** Richard Wigmore - BBC Music Magazine - February 2004

I confidently commend Hickox’s outstanding new version [Mass in C major]. Peter branscombe - International Record Review - January 2004

’Editors Choice’ ’Beethoven’s radical rethink of the liturgy engenders a joyous reading from Hickox.’ Edward Greenfield - Gramophone magazine - January 2004

'The Chandos team specialises in full and juicy recordings, and one of the joys of CHAN 0703, a Beethoven disc dominated by the Mass in C, Op. 86, lies in its well-balanced sound. No hiding under the orchestra's coat-tails for the choir of Collegium Musicum 90; they ride happily on top of their lively partners. The enthusiastic conductor is Richard Hickox, following his delectable Chandos versions of Masses by Haydn and Hummel.'

The Times

Clear-toned period instruments provide a kaleidoscopic accompaniment to magnificent singing. Outstanding." ***** Andrew Stewart - Classic FM Magazine - January 2004

Classical CD of the Week This performance maintains the exceptional standards of Hickox’s previous classical mass recordings, with the outstanding choir and period-instrument orchestra of Collegium Musicum 90 and four soloists, led by the radiant high voices of Rebecca Evans and Pamela Helen Stephen. The even rarer Elegiac Song and a Goethe setting, Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt, are welcome makeweights. Hugh Canning - The Sunday Times - 14 December 2003

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