Composer: Franz Josef Aumann
Performer: St. Florianer Sängerknaben
Orchestra: Ars Antiqua Austria
Conductor: Gunar Letzbor
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Accent
Catalogue: ACC24411
Release: 2025
Size: 304 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Missa solemnis in C Major
01. I. Kyrie eleison
02. IIa. Gloria in excelsis deo
03. IIb. Laudamus te
04. IIc. Gratias agimus tibi
05. IId. Qui tollis peccata mundi
06. IIe. Quoniam tu solus
07. IIf. Cum Sancto Spiritu
08. IIIa. Credo in unum Deum
09. IIIb. Et incarnatus est
10. IIIc. Et resurrexit tertia die
11. IIId. Et in Spiritum Sanctum
12. IIIe. Et exspecto resrrectionem mortuorum
13. IVa. Sanctus
14. IVb. Pleni sunt coeli in terra
15. IVc. Benedictus
16. Va. Agnus Dei
17. Vb. Dona nobis pacem
Cassation in C Major “La Pastorella”
18. I. Presto non molto
19. II. Menuett
20. III. Adagio
21. IV. Allegro moderato
22. V. Adagio
23. VI. Menuett
24. VII. Finale. Presto
Franz Josef Aumann received his musical training as a choirboy in Vienna, together with Michael Haydn and Johann Georg Albrechtsberger. At the age of 25, he joined St Florian’s Abbey, where he took over the choir just two years later and then directed the church music for over four decades.
His church music was performed in St Florian’s well into the 19th century and Anton Bruckner, who worked there for seven years as the monastery organist, greatly appreciated his works.
His great Mass in C is a true ‘Missa solemnis’ with a magnificent orchestration of oboes, trumpets and timpani and a performance time of over 40 minutes, probably intended for special holidays.
Aumann’s instrumental music often has a ‘twinkle in the eye’: alongside virtuoso and ornate passages, the folk music of the region always shines through. This is clearly noticeable in the Cassatio ‘La Pastorale’, a pastoral piece for four strings and natural horn. It was performed at Schlagl Abbey at Christmas time in 1777 and must have created an exuberant, almost boisterous atmosphere.
