Flanked on this recording by the Missa brevis in G major, the only example of a ‘Pastoral’ Mass by Mozart, and the emotive Missa brevis in F major, the precocious Mass in C major was composed at the age of only 13. It is a dramatic setting of sizeable proportions, with the Gloria and Credo themselves the length of a Missa brevis setting. The ‘Dominicus’ Mass shows a deepening of Mozart’s contrapuntal and harmonic language, with more adventurous and memorable melodies for the soloists.

Artists

Carolina Ulrich, Katharing Ruckgaber, Katharina Konradi (sopranos)

Elvira Bill, Sarah Romberger (altos)

Patrick Grahl, Paul Schweinester, Martin Mitterrutzner (tenors)

Dominik Köninger, Jonas Müller, Mikhail Timoschenko (basses)

Cologne Cathedral Vocal Ensemble, Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Christoph Poppen