Mass in C minor, K. 427

Album by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Arleen Augér & Lynne Dawson & John Mark Ainsley & David Thomas & Winchester Cathedral Choir & Winchester College Quiristers & Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood

Mass in C minor, K. 427 is a missa solemnis by Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composed in 1782–1783. The work employs large-scale choral and orchestral forces, combining contrapuntal technique and Classical-era clarity, and occupies a notable position in Mozart's sacred output as an ambitious but partly unfinished setting that points toward his later liturgical style.
First released: 1990

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Mass No. 17 for Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra in C minor, K. 417a/427 (fragment) "Great": I. "Kyrie"
    6:59
  2. 2.
    Mass No. 17 for Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra in C minor, K. 417a/427 (fragment) "Great": IIa. Gloria: "Gloria in excelsis"
    2:18
  3. 3.
    Mass No. 17 for Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra in C minor, K. 417a/427 (fragment) "Great": IIb. Gloria: "Laudamus te"
    4:40
  4. 4.
    Mass No. 17 for Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra in C minor, K. 417a/427 (fragment) "Great": IIc. Gloria: "Gratias agimus tibi"
    1:13
  5. 5.
    Mass No. 17 for Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra in C minor, K. 417a/427 (fragment) "Great": IId. Gloria: "Domine Deus"
    2:42
  6. 6.
    Mass No. 17 for Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra in C minor, K. 417a/427 (fragment) "Great": IIe. Gloria: "Qui tollis"
    4:50
  7. 7.
    Mass No. 17 for Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra in C minor, K. 417a/427 (fragment) "Great": IIf. Gloria: "Quoniam tu solus"
    3:48
  8. 8.
    Mass No. 17 for Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra in C minor, K. 417a/427 (fragment) "Great": IIg. Gloria: "Jesu Christe-Cum Sancto Spiritu"
    4:25
  9. 9.
    Mass No. 17 for Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra in C minor, K. 417a/427 (fragment) "Great": IIIa. Credo: "Credo in unum Deum"
    3:06
  10. 10.
    Mass No. 17 for Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra in C minor, K. 417a/427 (fragment) "Great": IIIb. Credo: "Et incarnatus est"
    7:44
  11. 11.
    Mass No. 17 for Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra in C minor, K. 417a/427 (fragment) "Great": IVa. Sanctus: "Sanctus"
    3:42
  12. 12.
    Mass No. 17 for Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra in C minor, K. 417a/427 (fragment) "Great": V. Benedictus
    5:51

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