Mozart - Grande Messe en Ut mineur & Exsultate, Jubilate - Barbara Bonney, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt  

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The Große Messe No. 17 in C minor K. 427 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is the best-known and most widely performed of Mozart's mass settings, and is considered one of the composer's major works. It is often referred to as the "C Minor Mass"
The work was composed in 1782-3. It embodies all of the pomp and solemnity associated with the Salzburg traditions of the time, but it also anticipates the symphonic masses of Haydn in its solo-choral sharing. The mass shows the influence of Bach and Haendel, whose music Mozart was studying at this time.
The Mass was written as a result of a vow Mozart made with himself in relation to his wife Constanze and his father Leopold and their strained relationship. The Mass was first performed in the Church of St. Peter's Abbey in Salzburg on 26 October 1783. The premiere took place in its natural context of a Roman Catholic mass, and the performers were members of the "Hofmusik", that is the musicians employed at the court of Salzburg's ruler, Prince-Archbishop Hieronymus Colloredo. The soprano solos at the première sang Mozart's wife Constance. There was a rehearsal in the nearby Kapellhaus on 23 October.
The work is incomplete, missing all of the Credo following the aria "Et incarnatus est" (the orchestration of the Credo is also incomplete) and all of the Agnus Dei. The Sanctus is partially lost and requires editorial reconstruction. There is a good deal of speculation concerning why the work was left unfinished. Given the absolute necessity of a complete text for liturgical use, it is likely that Mozart spliced in movements from his earlier Masses for the premiere. For purposes of modern performances, the editions and completions available are those by H. C. Robbins Landon (Eulenburg), Helmut Eder (Bärenreiter), Richard Maunder (Oxford University Press), Philip Wilby (Novello) and Robert Levin (Carus Verlag).
Mozart later reused the music from the Kyrie and Gloria, almost without changes except for the text, in the cantata "Davidde Penitente" K. 469.
From Wikipedia (edited)


Mozart

Grande Messe en Ut mineur, K. 427 (K6 417a)

Krisztina Láki, Zsuzsanna Dénes, soprano
Kurt Equiluz, tenor
Robert Holl, bass

Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor

Exsultate, jubilate K. 165 (K6 158a)

Barbara Bonney, soprano

Concentus Musicus Wien
Nikolaus Harnoncourt


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