Mozart: Coronation Mass

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Violinists Margaret Faultless and Simon Jones prove lively exponents of the two sonatas...The vocal soloists, including soprano Susan Gritton, never sound as if they've been bussed in from the... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 27th Feb 2012
Catalogue No: CHAN0786
Label: Chandos
Series: Chaconne
Length: 70 minutes

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Mozart: Mass in C Major, K. 317, "Coronation Mass"

Work length7:23

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Choir of St. Johns College Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha, St John's Sinfonia, Susan Gritton, Frances Bourne, Sam Furness, George Humphreys

I. Kyrie

Track length2:49

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II. Gloria

Track length4:34

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Mozart: Church Sonata No. 1 in E-Flat Major, K. 67

Work length2:29

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Margaret Faultless, Simon Jones, Andrew Skidmore, Kate Aldridge, John Challenger

Mozart: Mass in C Major, K. 317, "Coronation Mass"

Work length6:40

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Choir of St. Johns College Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha, St John's Sinfonia, Susan Gritton, Frances Bourne, Sam Furness, George Humphreys

III. Credo

Track length6:40

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Mozart: Church (Epistle) Sonata No. 7 in F major for organ & strings, K224

Work length3:13

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Margaret Faultless, Simon Jones, Andrew Skidmore, Kate Aldridge, John Challenger

Mozart: Mass in C Major, K. 317, "Coronation Mass"

Work length10:59

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Choir of St. Johns College Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha, St John's Sinfonia, Susan Gritton, Frances Bourne, Sam Furness, George Humphreys

IV. Sanctus

Track length1:37

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V. Benedictus

Track length3:14

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VI. Agnus Dei

Track length6:08

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Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618: Ave verum corpus, K. 618

Work length3:47

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Choir of St. Johns College Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha, St John's Sinfonia

Mozart: Missa Brevis in F major K192

Work length21:35

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Choir of St. Johns College Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha, St John's Sinfonia, Susan Gritton, Frances Bourne, Sam Furness, George Humphreys

I. Kyrie

Track length3:22

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II. Gloria

Track length4:34

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III. Credo

Track length5:35

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IV. Sanctus

Track length1:30

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V. Benedictus

Track length2:17

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VI. Agnus Dei

Track length4:17

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Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate, K165

Work length14:20

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Choir of St. Johns College Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha, St John's Sinfonia, Susan Gritton

I. Exsultate, jubilate

Track length4:28

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II. Fulget amica dies

Track length0:49

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III. Tu, virginum corona

Track length6:28

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IV. Alleluja

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On this disc, the Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge performs alongside four soloists and the period instrument ensemble St John’s Sinfonia. The tenor Sam Furness and bass George Humphreys both started their careers as Choral Scholars with this very choir. The mezzo-soprano Frances Bourne is in great demand on the concert platform and has sung with many of Europe’s leading conductors; the soprano Susan Gritton has amassed a vast discography that has earned her two Grammy nominations and includes, for Chandos, recordings of works by Haydn, Schubert, Mendelssohn, and Vaughan Williams.

Mozart wrote the ‘Coronation’ Mass just two weeks into his appointment as Court Organist for the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg. As it was first performed as part of the Easter liturgy of Salzburg Cathedral, perhaps ‘Paschal’ Mass would have been a more suitable title. However, the work achieved great renown after its performance at the Imperial Coronation in Prague, which took place nine months after Mozart’s death, and the name stuck. The opulence of the Gloria, in particular, is unmistakable, and the alternations between soloists and choir add drama to the text, which Mozart scored with operatic clarity. Here the choir forcefully praises and glorifies, while the soloists more intimately bless and worship.

Also on this disc is Susan Gritton’s first-ever recorded performance of Mozart’s dramatic solo cantata Exsultate jubilate, and a motet for the Feast of Corpus Christi, Ave verum corpus. Mozart’s Church Sonatas, which number seventeen in all, span a period of ten years; because of their beauty and simplicity they achieved a much wider use, beyond the church and into the concert hall.

The Missa brevis, KV 192 highlights Mozart’s ability to write music for the church that was not significantly different in style to the music of the court or the opera house. This mass is known as the ‘Little Credo Mass’ because of the repeated interjections of the short ‘Credo’ theme throughout – a five-note motif which Mozart many years later would use as the main theme of the last movement of his final symphony.

Reviews

May 2012

Violinists Margaret Faultless and Simon Jones prove lively exponents of the two sonatas...The vocal soloists, including soprano Susan Gritton, never sound as if they've been bussed in from the opera house, but skilfully match the direct, intelligently shaped singing of the choir...the sound throughout is solid

May 2012

The St John's boys are in fine voice...St John's Sinfonia, led by the college's musician-in-residence Margaret Faultless, offer transparent accompaniment, with Mozart's ingenious horn parts particularly audible.

December 2012

The best things about it are the performances of the choir and orchestra. The former sing with fervour and sensitivity as required, and the tang of the period instruments and subtlety of phrasing of the latter is full of character.

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