Notes and Editorial Reviews
This recording, the last entry in Naxos' excellent traversal of Haydn's Masses with New York's Trinity Choir and Rebel Baroque Orchestra, already has received just acclaim as part of the label's comprehensive boxed collection. The program affectingly and effectively combines the minimally scored and lesser-known "Small organ solo Mass" with the grand and oft-performed Theresienmesse, which employs a quartet of soloists as only Haydn can--the writing is exquisite (a clear reminder of the thing-or-two Mozart earlier learned from the elder master). No 18th-century composer wrote with a more developed sense of sonority than Haydn, nor, when the occasion called for it (which was most of the time), with a more perfectly honed dramatic
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skill, whether in church music or opera or chamber works. Yes, this is church music, but it's also unfailingly entertaining, certainly a plus for keeping a congregation happily in their seats!
As we have come to expect, J. Owen Burdick and his first-rate choir and orchestra capture both the functional, liturgical idiom and the musical/artistic aspects of these works with both enthusiasm and a respect for the particulars of Haydn's scoring--that unique, ingratiating "sonority". The boxed set is a bargain and well worth owning; but if you want only a representative recording from the collection, this one is a top choice.
--David Vernier, ClassicsToday.com
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Works on This Recording
1.
Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo, H 22 no 7 "Kleine Orgelmesse" by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer:
Ann Hoyt (Soprano)
Conductor:
Owen Burdick
Orchestra/Ensemble:
New York Trinity Church Choir,
Rebel Baroque Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: by 1778; Eszterhazá, Hungary
2.
Mass in B flat major, H 22 no 12 "Theresien-Messe" by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer:
Kirsten Sollek (Alto),
Nacole Palmer (Soprano),
Daniel Mutlu (Tenor),
Andrew Nolen (Bass)
Conductor:
Jane Glover
Orchestra/Ensemble:
New York Trinity Church Choir,
Rebel Baroque Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1799; Vienna, Austria
Sound Samples
Mass No. 7 in B flat major, Hob.XXII:7, "Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo", "Kleine Orgelsolomesse" (Little Organ Mass): Kyrie
Mass No. 7 in B flat major, Hob.XXII:7, "Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo", "Kleine Orgelsolomesse" (Little Organ Mass): Gloria
Mass No. 7 in B flat major, Hob.XXII:7, "Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo", "Kleine Orgelsolomesse" (Little Organ Mass): Credo
Mass No. 7 in B flat major, Hob.XXII:7, "Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo", "Kleine Orgelsolomesse" (Little Organ Mass): Sanctus
Mass No. 7 in B flat major, Hob.XXII:7, "Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo", "Kleine Orgelsolomesse" (Little Organ Mass): Benedictus
Mass No. 7 in B flat major, Hob.XXII:7, "Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo", "Kleine Orgelsolomesse" (Little Organ Mass): Agnus Dei
Mass No. 12 in B flat major, Hob.XXII:12, "Theresienmesse": Kyrie
Mass No. 12 in B flat major, Hob.XXII:12, "Theresienmesse": Gloria: Gloria in excelsis Deo
Mass No. 12 in B flat major, Hob.XXII:12, "Theresienmesse": Gloria: Gratias agimus tibi
Mass No. 12 in B flat major, Hob.XXII:12, "Theresienmesse": Gloria: Quoniam tu solus sanctus
Mass No. 12 in B flat major, Hob.XXII:12, "Theresienmesse": Credo: Credo in unum Deum
Mass No. 12 in B flat major, Hob.XXII:12, "Theresienmesse": Credo: Et incarnatus est
Mass No. 12 in B flat major, Hob.XXII:12, "Theresienmesse": Credo: Et resurrexit
Mass No. 12 in B flat major, Hob.XXII:12, "Theresienmesse": Credo: Et vitam venturi
Mass No. 12 in B flat major, Hob.XXII:12, "Theresienmesse": Sanctus
Mass No. 12 in B flat major, Hob.XXII:12, "Theresienmesse": Benedictus
Mass No. 12 in B flat major, Hob.XXII:12, "Theresienmesse": Agnus Dei: Agnus Dei
Mass No. 12 in B flat major, Hob.XXII:12, "Theresienmesse": Agnus Dei: Dona nobis pacem
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