The 'Great' Mass in C minor explores every human emotion and spiritual condition, from celestial enlightenment to abject terror, spanning a vast range of musical styles.
Compositional Technique
Mozart's 'Great' Mass shows the influence of Bach and Handel, particularly in its contrapuntal writing, imitation, canon, and the sheer scale of some choral sections.
Composition History
Mozart intended to complete the 'Great' Mass and take it to Salzburg to introduce his bride, Constanze, to his family, who had initially opposed their marriage.
Compositional Technique
The 'Great' Mass combines the grandiose solemnity of the Salzburg tradition with elements very close to Italian opera, a new approach in Mozart's sacred music.
Recording & Production
This album is the second volume in a project by Christoph Poppen and the Cologne Chamber Orchestra to record all of Mozart's Masses for Naxos.
Composition History
The Missa brevis in C major, K. 258, also known as the 'Spaur' Mass, may have been intended for the consecration of Count Ignaz Joseph von Spaur as bishop.
Composition History
Mozart's Mass No. 18 in C minor, K. 427, known as the 'Great' Mass, is incomplete; it lacks the Agnus Dei, substantial sections of the Credo, and parts of the Sanctus and Benedictus.
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