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Notes and Editorial Reviews
These recordings, though less than twenty years old, have a ‘far away’ feel. Neither hints at a revisionist agenda; neither is accompanied by a manifesto outlining correct Beethoven performance. If you like them, it won’t be because they’re ‘interesting’: it’ll be because they’re good. Chailly, in the Mass in C, is a master of shape. Solti creates something massive and precarious out of the Missa solemnis. We sense his forces are the less reliable but, amazingly, it all works.
-- Christopher Wood, BBC Music Magazine
These recordings, though less than twenty years old, have a ‘far away’ feel. Neither hints at a revisionist agenda; neither is accompanied by a manifesto outlining correct Beethoven performance. If you like them, it won’t be because they’re ‘interesting’: it’ll be because they’re good. Chailly, in the Mass in C, is a master of shape. Solti creates something massive and precarious out of the Missa solemnis. We sense his forces are the less reliable but, amazingly, it all works.
-- Christopher Wood, BBC Music Magazine
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Works on This Recording
1.
Mass in C major, Op. 86 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
Susan Dunn (Soprano),
Bruno Beccaria (Tenor),
Tom Krause (Baritone),
Margarita Zimmermann (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra,
Berlin RIAS Chamber Chorus,
Ernst Senff Chamber Choir
Period: Classical
Written: 1807; Vienna, Austria
Language: Latin
2.
Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
Lucia Popp (Soprano),
Mallory Walker (Tenor),
Gwynne Howell (Bass),
Yvonne Minton (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra,
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Period: Classical
Written: 1823; Vienna, Austria
Language: Latin
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