[ Naxos / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 25 November 2022
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This second album of Mozart's complete Masses (Volume 1 is on 8.574370) pairs one work of exceptional dimensions and ambition with a miniature example. The 'Great' Mass in C minor is one of Mozart's most spectacular and cast on such a scale that it embraces every human and spiritual emotion, reconciling the Salzburg tradition with that of Italian opera. The Mass was left incomplete by Mozart - it is heard here in a performing version made by the German musicologist and Mozart specialist Franz Beyer. By comparison the Missa brevis in C major exudes a spirit of festive concision
Mass No. 18 in C minor, K. 427 'Great'
Missa brevis in C major, K. 258 'Spaur' (c. 1775-77)