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Mass No. 2 in F major, Hob.XXII:1, "Missa brevis" - Benedictus
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From the album:
HAYDN, J.: Masses, Vol. 6 - Masses Nos. 2, "Missa brevis" and 14, "Harmoniemesse" (Trinity Choir, Rebel Baroque Orchestra, Burdick, Glover) |
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| Composer : |
Haydn, Franz Joseph |
| Artist(s) : |
Sollek, Kirsten, alto • Nolen, Andrew, bass • Lippold, Richard, bass • Trinity Church Choir, New York, Choir • Glover, Jane, Conductor • Burdick, Owen, Conductor • REBEL Baroque Orchestra • Hoyt, Ann, soprano • Liston, Julie, soprano • Palmer, Nacole, soprano • Faia, Nina, soprano • Mutlu, Daniel, tenor • Hensrud, Matthew, tenor |
| Period(s) : |
Classical (1750-1830) |
| Genre : |
Classical Music |
| Category : |
Choral - Sacred |
| Catalogue : |
8.572126 |
| Label : |
Naxos |
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| The Missa brevis in F is Haydn’s earliest authenticated Mass and was written shortly before his departure from St Stephen’s in Vienna, where he had been recruited as a choirboy around 1740. Haydn himself, on rediscovering the work almost fifty years later, said he admired it for ‘the melody and a certain youthful fire’. In contrast, the Harmoniemesse, written for the nameday festivities of Prince Nicolaus II’s wife in 1802, was to be Haydn’s last major composition. Using a full Harmonie (wind band), the work’s expressive intensity belies the end of its composer’s career. |
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