The Romantic Mass: Choral Works by Rheinberger and Brahms

Joseph Rheinberger (Composer), Johannes Brahms (Composer), Peter Richard Conte (Conductor) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Conductor: Peter Richard Conte
• Composer: Joseph Rheinberger, Johannes Brahms
• Audio CD (November 20, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Dorian Recordings
• ASIN: B000001O9M
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #214,795 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rheinberger = Romantic Palestrina, March 28, 2000

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essmac "smcsls" (Nashville, TN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Romantic Mass: Choral Works by Rheinberger and Brahms (Audio CD)

The Brahms is very fine, of course. But the Rheinberger is the main attraction: beautifully simple, much in the vein of Palestrina, but with enough harmonic lusciousness to beguile your ear. Direct and compact, quite different from some of the overblown, overlong works of the same period. Some of the harmonic turns are deliciously unexpected, but some are sound calculated enough that you'll raise an eyebrow and wag a finger. Still, the sonorities are downright ravishing, and I mean ravishing well on the tasteful side of sincere devotion. The St. Clement's Choir does a fantastic job- straight tone, but not the sterile strident kind: rounded and clear on the high womens' and men's end, rich and plummy on the low end (just listen to the gorgeously sonorous opening to the Sanctus). Moving, expressive but in good taste- in good taste but not boring. Highly, highly recommended!

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2.0 out of 5 stars passing through, December 24, 2010

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David P. Hilton (St. George, Ut United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Romantic Mass: Choral Works by Rheinberger and Brahms (Audio CD)

I wanted to listen to a good recording of Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein. This is not it.

Here's what I found: it's a muddy recording (music is indistinct when it gets loud or low) and the pitch is inconsistent (sounds like it's largely the tenors), but the group has decent expression and the vowels are mostly internally consistent.

If gifting, beware. I could not consider this good for casual listening.

5.0 out of 5 stars "Non-legal" CD??, July 15, 2011

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This review is from: The Romantic Mass: Choral Works by Rheinberger and Brahms (Audio CD)

I loved the work and the choir that did it!! My complaint is that I paid . . . maybe $8 (?) for it and when it arrived, I saw that the CD itself was stamped "For promotional use only -- not for sale."
So I guess I bought a "hot" CD. And someone made a nice profit on a CD they got for free.