Missa brevis / Harmoniemesse
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JOSEF HAYDN
Missa brevis / Harmoniemesse
Trinity Choir / REBEL Baroque Orchestra / Jane Glover
[ Naxos / CD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 2 March 2011
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"These are performances of almost text-book perfection and will be a delight to any lover of choral music. With really nothing to criticize, I can say nothing more but go add this fine recording to your library."
(Bargain of the Month MusicWeb Feb 2011)
The Missa brevis in F is Haydn's earliest authenticated Mass and was written shortly before his departure from St Stephen's in Vienna, where he had been recruited as a choirboy around 1740. Haydn himself, on rediscovering the work almost fifty years later, said he admired it for 'the melody and a certain youthful fire'.
In contrast, the Harmoniemesse, written for the nameday festivities of Prince Nicolaus II's wife in 1802, was to be Haydn's last major composition. Using a full Harmonie (wind band), the work's expressive intensity belies the end of its composer's career.
Tracks:
Mass, Hob. XXII: 1 in F major 'Missa brevis'
Mass, Hob. XXII:14 in B flat major 'Harmoniemesse'
