Mass in C minor, K. 427 “Great Mass”

Album by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Viktoriya Ivanivna Luk'yanets & Norine Burgess & Herbert Lippert & Robert Holzer & Magyar Rádió és Televízió énekkara & Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia & Michael Halász

The Mass in C minor, K. 427, known as the 'Great Mass', is a large-scale liturgical setting by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed in 1782–83. Blending operatic vocal writing, contrapuntal choral textures and rich orchestral colour, the work juxtaposes dramatic solo passages with dense choral polyphony and occupies a pivotal place in Mozart's sacred output as a return to ambitious liturgical composition despite remaining unfinished.

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    Mass in C minor, K. 427 “Great Mass”: Kyrie
    6:50
  2. 2.
    Mass in C minor, K. 427 “Great Mass”: Gloria: Gloria
    2:32
  3. 3.
    Mass in C minor, K. 427 “Great Mass”: Gloria: Laudamus te
    4:45
  4. 4.
    Mass in C minor, K. 427 “Great Mass”: Gloria: Gratias
    1:18
  5. 5.
    Mass in C minor, K. 427 “Great Mass”: Gloria: Domine
    3:01
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    Mass in C minor, K. 427 “Great Mass”: Gloria: Qui tollis
    4:55
  7. 7.
    Mass in C minor, K. 427 “Great Mass”: Gloria: Quoniam
    3:53
  8. 8.
    Mass in C minor, K. 427 “Great Mass”: Gloria: Jesu Christe
    0:40
  9. 9.
    Mass in C minor, K. 427 “Great Mass”: Gloria: Cum Sancto Spiritu
    3:37
  10. 10.
    Mass in C minor, K. 427 “Great Mass”: Credo: Credo in unum Deum
    3:20
  11. 11.
    Mass in C minor, K. 427 “Great Mass”: Credo: Et incarnatus est
    7:41
  12. 12.
    Mass in C minor, K. 427 “Great Mass”: Sanctus
    3:34
  13. 13.
    Mass in C minor, K. 427 “Great Mass”: Benidictus
    5:54
  14. 14.
    Kyrie in D minor, K. 341
    6:43

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