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Gounod: St. Cecilia Mass, CG 56 - Bizet: Te Deum, WD 122 (Live)

8/23/2019, 10 Tracks, 1:00:22

Featuring

  • Angela Maria Blasi
  • Christian Elsner
  • Dietrich Henschel
  • Hans Rudolf Zöbeley
  • Münchner Symphoniker
  • Münchner Motettenchor
  • Charles Gounod
  • Georges Bizet

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Performer Biography

The Münchner MotettenChor, performing on this album, was founded in 1960 by Hans Rudolf Zöbeley with the goal of performing a cappella works by old masters.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Bizet's Te Deum was composed in 1858 and submitted to the Rodrigues Competition, a well-endowed competition for new church music open only to Rome Prize winners.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Gounod's St. Cecilia Mass combines the strict Palestrina style with modern operatic elements, showcasing dramatic contrasts, especially in the Gloria and Credo.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Georges Bizet, composer of the Te Deum, was a student of Pierre Joseph Zimmermann, who was also Gounod's counterpoint teacher.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Gounod, who composed the St. Cecilia Mass, was deeply impressed by Palestrina's works in the Sistine Chapel, admiring their lack of 'artistic vanity and coquetry'.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Charles Gounod, composer of the St. Cecilia Mass, won the prestigious Rome Prize in 1839, a state scholarship that allowed him to live in Rome for five years.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Gounod's St. Cecilia Mass, dedicated to the patron saint of church music, was first performed on November 22, 1855, in St. Eustache in Paris.

Source: Booklet

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