Composer: Anton Bruckner
Performer: Collegium Vocale Gent, Ann Hallenberg, Tareq Nazmi, Maximilian Schmitt, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller
Orchestra: Orchestre des Champs-Élysées
Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe
Audio CD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: PHI
Release: 2020
Size: 846 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Mass No. 2 in E minor
01. I. Kyrie
02. II. Gloria
03. III. Credo
04. IV Sanctus
05. V. Benedictus
06. VI. Agnus Dei
Te Deum in C major, WAB 45
07. I. Te Deum
08. II. Te ergo
09. III. Aeterna fac
10. IV. Salvum fac
11. V. In te domini speravi
Composed in 1866 for the inauguration of a votive chapel in Linz Cathedral, Anton Bruckner’s Mass no. 2 is a fine example of modernity blended with a centuries-old religious tradition, in that wind instruments are set in dialogue with choral writing inspired by Gregorian chant. Shorter in duration but scored for chorus and large orchestra with four soloists, his Te Deum of 1881 was acclaimed by such illustrious contemporaries as Hans Richter and Mahler, while the composer, usually very self-critical, opined that the score of this work would make God judge him kindly .Like the eminent interpreter of the sacred repertory he is, Philippe Herreweghe here conveys with great fervour his vision of these two major religious works of the second half of the nineteenth century.