Composer: Anton Bruckner, Joseph Eybler, Robert Führer, Johann Baptist Gänsbacher
Performer: Johanna Winkel, Sophie Harmsen, Sebastian Kohlhepp, Ludwig Mittelhammer, RIAS Kammerchor
Orchestra: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Accentus
Catalogue: ACC30429
Release: 2018
Size: 481 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Bruckner: Missa solemnis in B-Flat Minor, WAB 29 (2017 Critical Ed. by B.-G. Cohrs)
01. I. Kyrie
02. IIa. Gloria. Gloria in excelsis Deo
03. IIb. Gloria. Qui tollis peccata mundi
04. IIc. Gloria. Quoniam tu solus sanctus
05. IId. Gloria. In gloria Dei Patris
Führer: Christus factus est
06. Christus factus est
Bruckner: Missa solemnis in B-Flat Minor, WAB 29 (2017 Critical Ed. by B.-G. Cohrs)
07. IIIa. Credo. Credo in unum Deum
08. IIIb. Credo. Et incarnatus est
09. IIIc. Credo. Crucifixus etiam pro nobis
10. IIId. Credo. Et resurrexit tertia die
11. IIIe. Credo. Et vitam venturi saeculi
12. Eybler: Magna et mirabilia, HV 108
Bruckner: Missa solemnis in B-Flat Minor, WAB 29 (2017 Critical Ed. by B.-G. Cohrs)
13. IVa. Sanctus. Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth
14. IVb. Sanctus. Benedictus
15. Va. Agnus Dei. Agnus Dei
16. Vb. Agnus Dei. Dona nobis pacem
Gansbacher: Te Deum, Op. 45
17. I. Te Deum laudamus
18. II. Te ergo quaesumus
19. III. Per singulos dies
20. Bruckner: Tantum ergo, WAB 44 (reconstructed by B.-G. Cohrs)
21. Bruckner: Magnificat, WAB 24 (reconstructed by B.-G. Cohrs)
Anyone familiar with Bruckner, his symphonic architectures reaching for the stars as well as his later Missas from the 1860s, may well be amazed at how deep his Missa Solemnis is still rooted in the solid tradition of Viennese Classicism. In this recording, this rarely heard and recently re-edited and newly published gem is put into the context of the inauguration service of collegiate provost Friedrich Mayr on 14 September 1854 in St. Florian, for which it was written. It is interspersed with the original Proper settings by Robert Führer, Joseph Eybler, and Johann Baptist Gänsbacher. Recorded at the Konzerthaus Berlin in June 2017. A co-produktion with Deutschlandfunk Kultur.
Not to be confused with Anton Bruckner’s three great masses of the 1860s, the Missa Solemnis in B flat minor was composed in 1854 as a student work, and shows few of the features associated with his mature style. In fact, this mass hearkens back to earlier models, such as the Classical masses of Haydn and Mozart, and is accordingly compact and economical, in contrast with the monumental Missa Solemnis in D major of Beethoven. For this performance by Lukasz Borowicz with the RIAS Kammerchor and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Bruckner’s mass is interspersed with a Graduale by Robert Führer, an Offertorium by Joseph Eybler, and a Te Deum by Johann Baptist Gänsbacher, and supplemented with Bruckner’s own Magnificat in B flat major and his Tantum ergo in B flat major. This programming choice makes the album fuller and gives the listener better value, but shows the mass to be a minor work that is best appreciated by specialists. Indeed, this is the premiere recording of the Urtext edition by Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs, for many years the co-editor of the Bruckner Gesamtausgabe (Bruckner Complete Edition), and known to fans for his contributions to the completion of Bruckner’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor with Nicola Samale, John Phillips, and Giuseppe Mazzuca. This Accentus release was recorded live at the Konzerthaus Berlin, and offers remarkably clear sound for a concert setting.