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Mozart: Coronation Mass - Exsultate, Jubilate - Vesperae Solennes / Bonney, Wyn Rogers, MacDougall, Gadd; Pinnock

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Barbara Bonney is the star of this disc. Her "Exsultate Jubilate" is the most beautiful, unprententious version I've heard. What I've always admired about her is her pure tone, and this recording is no exception. Even though she sings gloriously, she doesn't show off at the expense of Mozart's music. The English Concert's playing is intelligent and stylish as we've come to expect from them. Also, if you're unfamiliar with the Solemn Vespers of the Confessor, this piece is a real treat for choral music lovers. It is done very well here too.

The 'Coronation Mass' or 'Mass in C major K. 317' by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is just a bit different from the half dozen of Mozart's other masses I've been listening to lately. It is certainly at the other end of the spectrum from the great and famous 'Requiem' or 'unfinished' Mass, so famous from the end of the movie 'Amadeus'. This stands to reason, as the Coronation Mass is a celebration, while the Requiem is a funeral.

The CD is rounded out with two pieces of liturgical music Mozart did for the Archbishop of Salzburg, who happened to like his Masses and other church music to be short. That's why Mozart's masses finish up within 45 minutes while Bach's grand masses run for close to two hours or more.

If you aren't necessarily set on owning a performance of every single Mozart mass, this is a good bookend to your copy (probably more than one) of the 'Requiem'.

While the period instruments used in this performance are nice, I feel no big difference between it and Mozart done with a 20th century ensemble.

This is a beautiful recording. Very clear, an excellent choir and wonderful Mozart compositions. I would recommend this CD to any lover of classical choral music.

SO SAD THAT YOU LEFT THIS WORLD SO YOUNG; WHAT SONGS YOU MUST HAVE LEFT UNSUNG.
Franz Joseph Haydn said of W.A. Mozart(1756-1791) to Leopold Mozart (his father):"I tell you before God and as an honest man, your son is the greatest composer I know in person or by name, he has taste, and in addition to that, the greatest knowledge of composition."

Between 1770 and 1773, Mozart made several visits to Italy which influenced him greatly in his writing of Church Music, for he encountered the music of Palestrina and Allegri et al , a tradition which extended back to those composers, but also included concerted church music in the modern or 'rococo' style. This style with its instrumental 'sinfonias' and florid vocal writing alternating with sober, seemingly archaic movements in the strict style was a mixture of austere and decorative settings and is very much alive in Mozart's Salzburg church music, notably the Vesper Psalms.

Mozart completed the Mass in C major,K317, in January, 1779. Many long-standing but probably erroneous explanations of the nickname 'Coronation Mass' have been put forth, but in fact, there is no real evidence for any of these ideas, so we don't know why, but it doesn't matter at all to us who love his music.

In his last two years at Salzburg Mozart wrote his 2 Vesper Cycles, one of which is 'Vesperae solennes de confessore' K339, in 1780; the liturgical texts are Psalms 109 to 112, Psalm 116 and the Magnificat canticle, each of these 6 parts ending with the doxology.

The Italian operatic tradition held mostly at bay in the Salzburg Masses and vespers had earliler poured forth at its most undiluted in the solo motet 'Exsultate, jubilate', K165. It was composed in 1773, and must surely rank as the most popular of Mozart's vocal work.

What an incredible genius this man was, and will forever be in the eyes of history; I always wonder what else would have come forth from this 'marvel'!?

For the most part, I do like the singing on this disc; especially the Choir, but Trevor Pinnock is a reliable name in the field of music, so one can trust what he puts together. His tempos suit me as does the overall interpretation of Mozart. The soloists are good; my preference is for the Soprano (Barbara Bonney); her rendition of 'Laudate Dominum' is superb. in fact , memorable. It's all enjoyable and well-done!

This is well performed and recorded. A thrilling presentation of both works. Mozart would be pleased.

I had listened to and loved Mozart's Requiem, and then one day I picked up my father's CD of Mass in C Minor (Hogwood). I was elated that Mozart had written yet another fantastic choral work. Going for three I decided to pick up the Coronation Mass. This CD is more great Mozart - definitely worth adding to any library if you like this kind of stuff :-)

Definitely a unique work. Very memorable, and with what seems to me to be the excitement and pride of a coronation. Gloria begins with excited impatience, Sanctus is, well, self important, and Agnus Dei has a sense of domestic peace.

This is a wonderful recording with the highlight being Barbara Bonney's soprano. Her voice is rich and uplifting. My favorite is the Agnus Dei of the Coronation Mass where her voice is almost angelic.

When I had first got this CD. This was my favorite out of all of them at the time. I knew this sounded different, more exciting and dramatic, and very fun, not just BEAUTIFUL. There was something that just made this the best album to listen too. Later I found out about period instruments and Historically Informed Performance classical music or HIP music. I decided after I learned about these type of instruments and playing styles and the choir that I would never go back to music before 1830 n modern instruments since that was the decade when instruments became our instruments we know today.

Some things that I would I though was boring, and I like Mozart a lot, are know some of my favorite listens because period instruments are not boring nor just pretty and beautiful. It's fun, interactive, intimate, rhythmically exciting, and it made me want to listen. When I listen I know Mozart has a beat. I grind to this stuff. When I learned from reading some books afterword that people in Mozart's time had fun and show enthusiasm to this "new" music at the time, I finally got 2+2=4.

Who wouldn't like Mozart or Barbara Boney...? His music and her voice will take you to a beautiful world that can't be describe in words.

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