Messe en ut mineur / Ave verum

Album by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Audrey Michael & Bernarda Fink & Mark Tucker & Michel Brodard & Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne & Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne & Michel Corboz

Messe en ut mineur / Ave verum is an album of sacred choral music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, presenting a large-scale Mass composed in 1782–83 and a short liturgical motet composed in 1791. The works contrast late Classical orchestral and choral writing — the Mass employs expansive choral textures, contrapuntal passages and operatic gestures typical of Mozart’s sacred output in the early 1780s, while the motet is concise and devotional, reflecting his late-period emphasis on clear melodic lines and intimate scoring.