Beethoven鈥檚 Missa solemnis
Beethoven鈥檚 titanic Mass is performed by the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Arnold Schoenberg Choir under conductor Nikolous Harnoncourt.
Presented by Tom Service
Finding the terror alongside the spiritual awe, the questioning doubt as well as the faith, Beethoven鈥檚 mighty Missa solemnis is a work of visceral power 鈥� a public statement of intensely private belief. 鈥楩rom the heart 鈥� may it return to the heart!,鈥� the composer wrote at the top of a score that stretched the proportions and ambitions of the orchestral Mass to new limits.
A work close to Harnoncourt鈥檚 heart, the Missa solemnis was also the work he conducted in his final public performance before retiring in December 2015. Experience the raw intensity of his account here with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Arnold Schoenberg Choir at the 1998 91热爆 Proms.
Beethoven: Missa solemnis
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Arnold Schoenberg Choir
Ruth Ziesak (soprano)
Bernarda Fink (alto)
Herbert Lippert (tenor)
Neal Davies (bass)
Nikolous Harnoncourt (conductor)
(From 91热爆 Proms 1998, 11 September)
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Missa solemnis
Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Singer: Neal Davies. Singer: Herbert Lippert. Singer: Bernarda Fink. Singer: Ruth Ziesak. Choir: Arnold Schoenberg Chor. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
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