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Sandrine Piau, Anne-Lise Sollied (sopranos), Paul Agnew (tenor), Frédéric Caton (bass) Accentus, La Chambre Philharmonique (on period instruments), Emmanuel Krivine “Emmanuel Krivine is one of today's greatest conductors and is never, under any circumstances, to be missed” The Guardian | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Maria Stader, Hertha Töpper, Ernst Haefliger, Ivan Sardi Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ferenc Fricsay | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Barbara Hendricks, Janet Perry, Peter Schreier, Benjamin Luxon, David Bell (organ) Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Singverein, Herbert von Karajan | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Mozart: Mass in C minor, K427 'Great'on period instruments
Sylvia McNair, Diana Montague, Antohony Rolfe Johnson, Cornelius Hauptmann Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Christoph Pregardien, Monika Frimmer, Barbara Schlick, Cartusianum Collegium, Klaus Mertens, Ulla Groenewold, Patrizia Kwella, Franz-Josef Selig Cartusianum Collegium, Peter Neumann | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Dame Felicity Lott, Williard White, Della Jones, Keith Lewis London Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Franz Welser-Most | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Valentina Farcas (Soprano I), Annemarie Kremer (Soprano II), Daniel Sans (Tenor), Christof Fischesser (Bass) & Jens Wollenschläger (Organ) Chamber Choir of Europe & Camerata Würzburg, Nicol Matt The Chamber Choir of Europe under Nicol Matt has become recognised as one of the finest choirs in the world. Mozart commenced work on this Mass without the usual commission. In fact he said he was writing it to celebrate his marriage to Constanze, who was also pregnant with their first child. Constanze was a singer of considerable ability, and the soprano part in this Mass is technically very difficult. We know from the diary of Mozart’s sister Nannerl that Constanze did sing the work. The music in this Mass far outstrips that of any previous setting he had written. First, it is on a scale hitherto unheard of. Secondly, the harmonic and contrapuntal elements display a daring and brilliance that are remarkable even by this composer’s standards. Thirdly, unlike the previous Masses, this work has a distinctly personal feel to it. The music is very emotional, sometimes anguished, and often staggeringly beautiful. At this time in his life, Mozart was a happy man. However, the Mass was never completed. We have the Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus and Benedictus. The Credo is only partial, and the Agnus Dei missing altogether. Why did Mozart abandon it? A cooling of his faith or love perhaps? The baby Raimund Leopold died on 19 August 1783, and on 25 August the completed parts of the Mass were performed with Constanze taking part. Nannerl’s diary records the concert, and that her brother left afterwards. He lived another eight years, but this was the last time brother and sister ever saw each other. Mozart rescued most of the music to set to Italian words in the oratorio Davidde penitente. The great C minor torso stands as one of his supreme masterpieces. | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Nobel Prize ConcertLive recording from the Stockholm Concert Hall
Swedish Royal Philharmonic, Sir John Eliot Gardiner The Nobel Prize Concert 2008 was a world-class event featuring a marvellous array of performers: Sir John Eliot Gardiner, one of today's most respected conductors, his legendary Monteverdi Choir with the Eric Ericson Chamber Choir and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as an ensemble of dazzling and renowned soloists. Bonus: Interview with Sir John Eliot Gardiner about the concert and repertoire and Nobel Prize Laureates talking about their relationship with music. "This version seems to me superior in almost every respect to the others cited above. Karajan's smooth surface irons out much of the diversity of feeling in the music (DG), and Harnoncourt's reading (Teldec), though it has strong and thoughtful things in it, often seems unnaturally striving for effect. The new record seems to me one of the best that Gardiner has made for a long time and may be confidently recommended."Gramophone [Mozart Mass in C minor, Philips, 1988] “Choosing repertoire to celebrate the 2008 Nobel laureates must be a daunting task. The excitability of Eliot Gardiner's approach to the Dvorák is evident in a marvellously gripping opening to the Symphony and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic respond with verve. Mozart's great Mass brings together the Monteverdi Choir and the Eric Ericson Chamber Choir. ...the two choirs are well matched and produce a thrillingly hard-edged sound in the contrapuntal set pieces. With excellent soloists this performance resonates with the inspiration appropriate to this most special of occasions.” BBC Music Magazine, August 2009 **** | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Mozart - Mass in C & Requiem
Gabriele Hierdeis, Alison Browner & Marcus Ullmann Kolner Kantorei, Volker Hempfling The renowned German Choir Kolner Kantorei celebrated it’s 40th anniversary in March 2006 and gave this concert in Limburg Cathedral. This live recording captures the excitement and sheer emotion of the occasion. Conducted by Volker Hempfling choir, soloists and orchestra all give glorious accounts of themselves in these two great choral masterpieces. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Mozart - Mass in C minor & Requiem
Mozart: | Mass in C minor, K427 'Great' Reconstruction by Helmut Eder Arleen Auger (soprano), Doris Soffel (mezzo soprano), Thomus Moser (tenor), Stephen Roberts (bass) & Wolfram Gehring (organ) Kölner Rundfunkchor & Kölner Rundfunk-sinfonieorchester, Gary Bertini Requiem in D minor, K626 Krisztina Laki (soprano), Doris Soffel (mezzo-soprano), Robert Swensen (tenor) & Thomas Quasthoff (bass) Kölner Rundfunkchor & Kölner Rundfunk-sinfonieorchester, Gary Bertini |
This 2-CD set contains recordings of music conducted by Gary Bertini when he was chief conductor of the Radio Symphony Orchestra Cologne of the West-German Radio Corporation Cologne (WDR). In the Mass in C Minor, the first soprano part is full of virtuoso technical difficulties – especially in the famous “Et incarnatus est” passage – and here legendary soprano Arleen Augér interprets it in an exemplary manner. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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