Bruckner - Mass in E minor & Motets + ‘Bruckner’s World’ (in German)
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Label: BR Klassik
Cat No: 900940
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 3rd May 2024
Contents
Works
Aequale no.1 for three trombonesAequale no.2 for three trombones
Ave Maria, WAB6
Christus factus est, WAB11
Locus iste, WAB23
Mass no.2 in E minor
Os justi meditabitur, WAB30
Virga Jesse floruit, WAB52
Artists
Chor des Bayerischen RundfunksMunchner Rundfunkorchester
Conductor
Peter DijkstraWorks
Aequale no.1 for three trombonesAequale no.2 for three trombones
Ave Maria, WAB6
Christus factus est, WAB11
Locus iste, WAB23
Mass no.2 in E minor
Os justi meditabitur, WAB30
Virga Jesse floruit, WAB52
Artists
Chor des Bayerischen RundfunksMunchner Rundfunkorchester
Conductor
Peter DijkstraAbout
After Bruckner's uncommissioned Mass (no.1) in D minor had brought him to the attention of a wider public – following its premiere on 20 November 1864 in the Old Cathedral in Linz and a repeat performance in the city’s Redoutensaal – Bishop Franz Joseph Rudigier commissioned a second mass from the composer. Bruckner wrote the work between August and November 1866, and it was to be premiered at the consecration of the Votive Chapel of the New Cathedral; due to delays in the construction work, however, the performance could not take place until 29 September 1869. The premiere of the Mass (no.2) in E minor for eight-part mixed choir and wind ensemble was also a great success, and Bruckner described it as “the most glorious day” of his life. The unusual instrumentation was due to the occasion and the open-air performance venue on the cathedral building site (the new chapel had proven too small for the choir). The work derives its particular tension from the sharp contrasts between archaic, psalm-like monophony and a strictly polyphonic movement structure modelled on Palestrina, combined with the “modern” wind accompaniment in sweeping, romantic harmony.
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