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Beethoven: Mass in C Major / Mozart, W.A.: Vesperae Solennes De Dominica

1/1/2007, 12 Tracks, 1:14:17

Featuring

  • Günter Wand
  • Margaret Marshall
  • Cornelia Wulkopf
  • Adolf Dallapozza
  • Karl Ridderbusch
  • Brigitte Dürrler
  • Julia Hamari
  • Werner Krenn
  • Kunikazu Ōhashi
  • Wolfram Gehring
  • Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
  • Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
  • Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester
  • WDR Rundfunkchor Köln
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Performer Biography

During his nearly 30 years in Cologne, Günter Wand championed "degenerate music" banned by the Nazis, leading dozens of premieres for a new generation.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Günter Wand was Germany's youngest General Music Director when he was confirmed in office in Cologne in 1946.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Mozart's Vesperae de Dominica, composed in 1779, adheres to the Salzburg tradition, including Prince-bishop Colloredo's stipulation that sacred music be magnificent but brief.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Beethoven's C major Mass and Missa Solemnis were both conceived in a revolutionary and enlightened spirit, seeking a relationship with God from a newly won freedom of the human condition.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Günter Wand returned to Cologne in 1945, a city totally destroyed by war, and was tasked with rebuilding its operatic and concert life.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This album is part of a posthumous Günter Wand Edition, aiming to showcase aspects of his musical activity not covered by commercial releases during his lifetime.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Günter Wand, the conductor on this album, began his career at age 20 as a rehearsal pianist and then an operetta and opera conductor.

Source: Booklet

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