Mozart: Mass in C Minor - C.P.E. Bach: Heilig ist Gott
10/6/2023, 13 Tracks, 1:00:10
Featuring
John Butt
Anna Dennis
Lucy Crowe
Nicholas Mulroy
Robert Davies
Jess Dandy
Dunedin Consort
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
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Recording & Production
This album was recorded in Perth Concert Hall, UK, between September 20 and 23, 2022.
Performer Biography
Dunedin Consort, the ensemble on this recording, was formed in 1995 and is named after Din Eidyn, the ancient Celtic name for Edinburgh Castle.
Compositional Technique
Mozart's Mass in C minor shows his intense study of earlier church music idioms, including oratorios, influenced by his weekly encounters with Baron Gottfried van Swieten.
Composer's Artistic Vision
C. P. E. Bach, the composer of Heilig ist Gott, noted his extreme efforts to make the work of 'exceptional impact' and used it in at least seven of his church compositions.
Composition History
Mozart's Mass in C minor was likely associated with his marriage to Constanze, reflecting her virtuoso singing, particularly in the 'Et incarnatus est' movement.
Composition History
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's double-choir work, Heilig ist Gott, was written around 1776 and became famous after its publication in 1779.
Composition History
The only known performance of Mozart's incomplete Mass in C minor was in a church in Salzburg in late 1783.
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