Composer: Charles François Gounod, Franz Peter Schubert
Performer: Luba Orgonasova, Christian Elsner, Gustav Belacek, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Orchestra: Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Conductor: Mariss Jansons
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: BR Klassik
Catalogue: 900114
Release: 2011
Size: 301 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Schubert: Mass No. 2 in G major, D167
01. Kyrie
02. Gloria
03. Credo
04. Sanctus
05. Benedictus
06. Agnus Dei
Gounod: St Cecilia Mass
07. Kyrie
08. Gloria
09. Credo
10. Offertorium
11. Sanctus
12. Benedictus
13. Agnus Dei
14. Domine Salvam: No. 1. Priere de l’eglise
15. Domine Salvam: No. 2. Priere de l’armee
16. Domine Salvam: No. 3. Priere de la nation
These two popular 19th century orchestral masses could hardly be more different: even though there are only 40 years between Franz Schubert’s Mass No. 2 in G major D. 167 and Charles Gounod’s St. Cecilia Mass. While Schubert at the tender age of 18 wrote his mass – in a single week! – in the customary style at the time of the Missa brevis, Charles Gounod’s St. Cecilia Mass stands out by virtue of lustrous tone colors with harp and winds – reminiscent in many places of grand opéra.
The recording of the present CD took place in March of 2007 in Munich’s Herkulessaal in the Residence and reveal Mariss Jansons, the Chief Conductor of the Chor and Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks in an especially deeply felt program.
Schubert and Gounod: two popular 19th century orchestral masses united on one CD.
After Haydn’s Harmony Mass the second BR-KLASSIK CD with masses under the direction of Chief Conductor Mariss Jansons.