Schubert - Mass in E Flat Major D950
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Label: Chandos - Chaconne
Cat No: CHAN0750
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 3rd March 2008
Contents
Artists
Susan Gritton (soprano)Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano)
Mark Padmore (tenor)
James Gilchrist (tenor)
Matthew Rose (bass)
Collegium Musicum 90
Conductor
Richard HickoxWorks
Mass no.6 in E flat major, D950Artists
Susan Gritton (soprano)Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano)
Mark Padmore (tenor)
James Gilchrist (tenor)
Matthew Rose (bass)
Collegium Musicum 90
Conductor
Richard HickoxAbout
Today, the Mass in E Flat is increasingly acknowledged as an individual masterpiece; powerful and disquieting, more monumental than the fifth, but likewise seeking to reconcile liturgical grandeur with Schubert’s own subjective romantic feeling, whilst still influenced by Haydn, Beethoven and Bach. Its concern for splendour is most obvious in the huge set-piece fugues at the end of the Gloria and Credo but all the time liturgical tradition is coloured by an individual and sometimes unsettling chromaticism, possibly evoking the personal pain he was suffering, not only physically but also the anguish of questioning his faith. The result is some of the most violent anguish encountered in a setting of the text.
Richard Hickox has long wanted to record this powerful work. The recording follows the successful concert at the 2007 BBC Proms. The same stellar cast is brought together, including Susan Gritton, James Gilchrist and Mark Padmore, accompanied by Collegium Musicum 90. The Guardian commented on the Proms performance: “it was graciously sung and conducted…” The Daily Telegraph wrote: “Wednesday night brought Schubert’s wonderful and rarely-performed late E flat Mass, performed by some fine soloists and the ‘early music’ orchestra and choir Collegium Musicum 90, conducted by Richard Hickox. It’s close to being Schubert’s last piece, and has an amazing harmonic daring mingled with a minatory severity – a very potent mix”.
The recording is dedicated to the memory of Francesca McManus, the manager of CM90 who sadly died at the end of November 2007.
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