Album Description
Mozart's Mass in C major is one of his most popular and enduring works. Known as the 'Coronation Mass' – a nickname it acquired following a performance conducted by Antonio Salieri in 1791 in Prague at the coronation of Leopold II as King of Bohemia – it includes the beautifully tender Agnus Dei. Alongside the Mass on this CD are Mozart's soprano solo Exsultate, jubilate, beautifully performed by Teresa Wakim, and Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 85, which was a favourite of Marie Antoinette, leading to the name 'La Reine', by which it is still known today.
Artists
Teresa Wakim: sopranoPaula Murrihy: mezzo-soprano
Thomas Cooley: tenor
Sumner Thompson: baritone
Handel and Haydn Society
Harry Christophers
Track Listing
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
Symphony No. 85 in B flat major, ‘La Reine’'
1. Adagio – Vivace
2. Romance: Allegretto
3. Menuetto & Trio: Allegretto
4. Finale: Presto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Exsultate, jubilate, K165
5. Aria: Exsultate, jubilate
6. Recitative: Fulget amica dies
7. Aria: Tu virginum corona
8. Alleluia
Mozart
Mass in C major, K317, 'Coronation'
9. Kyrie
10. Gloria
11. Credo
12. Sanctus
13. Benedictus
14. Agnus Dei
TOTAL PLAYING TIME: 1hr 8mins