Bernstein: Mass

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Kristjan Järvi directs his forces efficiently but his no-nonsense approach diminishes the work's endearing stylistic and emotional sprawl. …overall the feeling is that of a work being acted,... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2009, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 2nd Feb 2009
Catalogue No: CHSA5070(2)
Label: Chandos
Length: 1 hour 46 minutes

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Bernstein: Mass, I. Devotions before Mass

Work length7:41

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Kristjan Järvi, Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich, Randall Scarlata, Jennifer O'Loughlin, Barbara Achammer, Sonja Korak, Heidemaria Gruber, Susanne Hell, Gernot Heinrich, Bernd Hemedinger, Günter Haumer, Bernd Fröhlich

Antiphon. Kyrie eleison (Sopranos I & II, Alto, Tenor, Baritone, Bass)

Track length1:58

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Hymn and Psalm. A Simple Song (Celebrant)

Track length4:33

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Responsory. Alleluia (Solo Voices)

Track length1:10

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Bernstein: Mass, II. First Introit

Work length5:34

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Kristjan Järvi, Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich, Randall Scarlata, Company of Music, Tölzer Knabenchor, Chorus sine nomine

Prefatory Prayers (Celebrant, Street Chorus, Boys Choir, Chorus)

Track length4:58

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Thrice-Triple Canon. Dominus vobiscum (Celebrant, Boys' Choir, Street Chorus)

Track length0:36

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Bernstein: Mass, III. Second Introit

Work length4:13

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Kristjan Järvi, Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich, Randall Scarlata, Company of Music, Tölzer Knabenchor, Chorus sine nomine

In nomine Patris (Celebrant, Boys' Choir, Street Chorus)

Track length1:51

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Prayer for the Congregation. Almighty Father (Chorus)

Track length1:30

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Epiphany (Celebrant)

Track length0:52

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Bernstein: Mass, IV. Confession

Work length8:27

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Kristjan Järvi, Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich, Company of Music, Reinwald Kranner, Randall Scarlata, Tölzer Knabenchor, Dave Moskin, Chorus sine nomine, Bernd Fröhlich, André Bauer, Lenneke Willemsen

Confiteor (Chorus)

Track length1:59

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Trope. I Don't Know (Rock Singers, Street Chorus)

Track length1:29

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Trope. Easy (Celebrant, Blues Singers, Rock Singers)

Track length4:59

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Excerpt, Bernstein: Mass

Work length5:23

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Kristjan Järvi, Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich, Alexander Gheorghiu, Vahid Khadem-Missagh

V. Meditation No. 1

Track length5:23

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Bernstein: Mass, VI. Gloria

Work length6:40

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Kristjan Järvi, Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich, Randall Scarlata, Chorus sine nomine, Company of Music, Tölzer Knabenchor, Ruth Kraus

Gloria tibi (Celebrant, Boys' Choir)

Track length1:35

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Gloria in Excelsis (Chorus)

Track length1:16

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Trope. Half of the People (Street Chorus, Chorus)

Track length1:01

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Trope. Thank You (Soprano, Celebrant, Street Chorus)

Track length2:48

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Excerpt, Bernstein: Mass

Work length14:24

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Kristjan Järvi, Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich, Orfeo Mandozzi, Randall Scarlata, Bernd Fröhlich, Kristjan Järv, Dave Moskin, Suzanne Gassner, Company of Music

VII. Meditation No. 2

Track length4:09

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VIII. Epistle. The Word of the Lord (Celebrant, Young Men, Young Girl, Older Man, Street Chorus)

Track length5:31

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IX. Gospel-Sermon. God Said. Let there be light (Preacher, Street Chorus)

Track length4:44

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Bernstein: Mass, X. Credo

Work length7:57

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Kristjan Järvi, Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich, Randall Scarlata, André Bauer, Heidemaria Gruber, Ruth Kraus, Dave Moskin, Chorus sine nomine, Company of Music

Credo in unum Deum (Celebrant, Chorus)

Track length0:58

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Trope. Non Credo - Crucifixus (Baritone, Lower Voices, Chorus)

Track length2:09

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Trope. Hurry - Seder ad dexteram Patris (Mezzo-Soprano, Chorus)

Track length1:16

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Trope. World without End - Et in Spiritum Sanctum (Mezzo-Soprano, Street Chorus, Chorus)

Track length1:29

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Trope. I Believe in God (Rock Singer, Celebrant, Chorus, Street Chorus)

Track length2:05

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Excerpt, Bernstein: Mass

Work length4:42

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Kristjan Järvi, Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich, Tölzer Knabenchor, Randall Scarlata, Chorus sine nomine

XI. Meditation No. 3 (Celebrant, Chorus)

Track length2:37

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XII. Offertory (Boys' Choir)

Track length2:05

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Bernstein: Mass, XIII. The Lord's Prayer

Work length5:05

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Kristjan Järvi, Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich, Randall Scarlata

Our Father, who art in heaven (Celebrant)

Track length1:43

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Trope. I Go On (Celebrant)

Track length3:22

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Excerpt, Bernstein: Mass

Work length36:43

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Kristjan Järvi, Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich, Randall Scarlata, Tölzer Knabenchor, Company of Music, Georg Drexel, Chorus sine nomine, Vesselin Gellev, Matt Herskowitz, Michael Seltzer

XIV. Sanctus (Celebrant, Boys' Choir, Chorus)

Track length5:07

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XV. Agnus Dei (Celebrant, Street Chorus, Chorus)

Track length6:35

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XVI. Fraction. Things Get Broken (Celebrant)

Track length15:31

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XVII. Pax. Communion. Secret Songs (Celebrant, Treble, Street Chorus, Chorus, Boys' Choir)

Track length9:30

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‘He was a great individual, totally unafraid to take risks and largely misunderstood because people didn’t see his universality,’ Kristjan Jarvi on Leonard Bernstein.

One of his most controversial compositions, Bernstein’s Mass was written at the request of Jacqueline Kennedy Onnassis for the opening of the John F.Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC and received its gala premiere at the venue’s opening on 8 September 1971. Bernstein declared that his intention in writing the piece had been ‘to communicate as directly and universally as I can a reaffirmation of faith.’ Recalling Britten’s War Requiem in its use of Catholic liturgical text interrupted with commentary, the work caused a storm of controversy particularly with its exploration of the concerns of the era – Nixon and Vietnam. Unlike Britten, however, as with many of his compositions, Bernstein brought together an embarrassment of riches of musical styles both classical and popular music at the start of the 1970s. The New York Times notes, ‘Bernstein left nothing of himself out of Mass, and like the man who wrote it, the piece demands to be noticed… beneath the original dramatic conception, the creative exuberance, the showbiz glitter and the ear-catching set numbers is a sophisticated, carefully controlled piece of musical craftsmanship that repays close scrutiny… an extravagant, exuberant and endlessly inventive creation…’ Mass is now recognised as one of the central works of Twentieth Century American music, and its political and cultural importance as well as amazing music extends its relevance to today.

The Times wrote of a recent performance by Kristjan Jarvi and the Tonkunstler Orchestra. ‘The conductor Kristjan Jarvi is bringing a bracing blast of Bernstein.’ Der Standard noted ‘… There has not been this much drama for a long time... conductor Kristjan Jarvi, together with his his Absolute Ensemble New York, the Tonkunstler Orchestra, Chorus sine nomine, Company of music and the Tolzer Boys’ Choir, presents the theme of modern man’s crisis of faith…’ ‘Kristjan Jarvi proves himself a perfect strategist with a real feeling for Bernstein’s tonal dramatisation. He creates a monumental theatre of sound …’ Kronen Zeitung.

Leading Baritone Randall Scarlata takes the role of the celebrant, a role he has performed on many occasions. He is especially recognised for his performances of American repertoire. The Boston Globe recently commented, ‘A triumph – this baritone has in his keeping the vocal wherewithal to do just about anything he wants.’

Reviews

March 2009

Kristjan Järvi directs his forces efficiently but his no-nonsense approach diminishes the work's endearing stylistic and emotional sprawl. …overall the feeling is that of a work being acted, rather than lived through, particularly with Randall Scarlata's over-emphatic Celebrant.

May 2009

…Järvi and his celebrant Randall Scarlata are profoundly uninhibited are the instrumental playing - whether evoking Sousa, edgy rock or free jazz-like liberation - is proudly physical, and locks into whichever idiom Bernstein demands in the moment with horse-sure certainty.

13th March 2009

It's a tour de force for conductor Kristjan Järvi, who, in addition to marshalling the enormous forces required - three choirs, two orchestras, soloists and a rock band - takes a speaking role as one of the cynics hounding Randall Scarlata's volatile Celebrant. Engineered over a colossal dynamic range, the sound is sensational.

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