Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven, Luigi Cherubini
Performer: Kammerchor Stuttgart
Orchestra: Hofkapelle Stuttgart
Conductor: Frieder Bernius
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Carus
Catalogue: CAR83295
Release: 2013
Size: 197 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Beethoven: Mass in C major, Op. 86
01. I. Kyrie
02. II. Gloria
03. III. Credo
04. IV. Sanctus
05. IVb. Benedictus
06. V. Agnus Dei
Cherubini: Sciant gentes
07. I. Sciant gentes
08. II. Deus meus
09. III. Commovisti
The Kammerchor Stuttgart, under the direction of Frieder Bernius is one of the finest choirs worldwide. Their many prizewinning a cappella recordings have set a standard. Now Frieder Bernius presents Beethovens Missa in C major (op.86). With its tonal language of subjective avowal, the first of Beethoven’s two masses opens up new worlds of expression for the liturgical texts of the Mass which are expressly modern and point towards the future. Not to be considered a preliminary work to the Missa solemnis , it is an entirely independent work which set standards for the further development of settings of the Mass in the 19th century. The world premiere recording of Luigi Cherubini’s Sciant gentes (1892) rounds off this CD.