The Mass was recorded in concert on June 22-23, 2006, at the Philharmonie am Gasteig in Munich, while the motets were recorded in April 2007 at the Herkulessaal der Residenz in Munich.
Composer Biography
Cherubini settled in Paris in 1786 after two unsuccessful seasons as a composer at the King's Theatre in London.
Compositional Technique
The Missa solemnis in E begins in E minor, with subsequent alternations between major and minor and surprising cadential progressions giving force to the Kyrie.
Composer Biography
Luigi Cherubini, a gifted boy, composed his first stage work in Florence at the age of thirteen in 1773.
Compositional Technique
The 'O salutaris hostia' in the Mass is an interpolated setting, not part of the Ordinary of the Mass, and Cherubini marked it 'religioso' to emphasize its inward character.
Historical Context
After the Restoration of the French monarchy in 1814-15, Cherubini was appointed music master in the Chapel of Louis XVIII, the king who sought reconciliation between republicans and monarchists.
Composition History
Cherubini's Missa solemnis in E was his first religious commission since 1775, prompted by an invitation from a church choir near the Château de Chimay where he was convalescing.
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