Beethoven: Missa in C
Kammerchor Stuttgart & Hofkapelle Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
Bernius favours a severe, even austere approach, as if the work is actually being performed during a service, but that does bring out the intensity of the many surprising contrasts.
Beethoven: Missa in C
Kammerchor Stuttgart & Hofkapelle Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
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Bernius favours a severe, even austere approach, as if the work is actually being performed during a service, but that does bring out the intensity of the many surprising contrasts.
About
The Kammerchor Stuttgart, under the direction of Frieder Bernius is one of the finest choirs worldwide. Their many prizewinning a cappella recordings have set a standard. Now Frieder Bernius presents Beethovens Missa in C major (op.86). With its tonal language of subjective avowal, the first of Beethoven’s two masses opens up new worlds of expression for the liturgical texts of the Mass which are expressly modern and point towards the future. Not to be considered a preliminary work to the Missa solemnis , it is an entirely independent work which set standards for the further development of settings of the Mass in the 19th century. The world premiere recording of Luigi Cherubini's Sciant gentes (1892) rounds off this CD.
Contents and tracklist
- Maria Keohane (soprano), Margot Oitzinger (alto), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Sebastian Noack (baritone)
- Hofkapelle Stuttgart, Kammerchor Stuttgart
- Frieder Bernius
- Recorded: 2013-02-01
- Maria Keohane (soprano), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Sebastian Noack (baritone), Margot Oitzinger (alto)
- Hofkapelle Stuttgart, Kammerchor Stuttgart
- Frieder Bernius
- Recorded: 2013-02-01
Awards and reviews
September 2013
Bernius favours a severe, even austere approach, as if the work is actually being performed during a service, but that does bring out the intensity of the many surprising contrasts.
Early Music Review
The playing across the orchestra is excellent and the chorus is very much among the best in the world.
