Johannes Brahms, a composer featured on this album, developed passionate feelings for Clara Schumann, the wife of Robert Schumann, a composer who promoted Brahms's early work.
Composition History
Brahms's Missa canonica, though mainly composed in 1856, was not published until a century later and not performed until 1983.
Compositional Technique
The Missa canonica by Brahms omits the Gloria and Credo texts because their length and dramatic nature were less suitable for the purely abstract form of canon.
Composition History
Joseph Rheinberger's Mass in E flat major, Op 109, was written in 1878 and dedicated to Pope Leo XIII.
Composer Biography
Joseph Rheinberger, another composer on this album, began composing at age seven and had written over one hundred pieces by age twenty, all of which he later suppressed.
Performer Biography
The Choir of Westminster Cathedral is acclaimed as one of the world's great choirs and is the only Catholic Cathedral choir in the world to sing daily Mass and Vespers.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Like Brahms, Joseph Rheinberger found it impossible to embrace many newer musical developments of the mid-nineteenth century, particularly disliking the music of Wagner and the New German School.
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