Missa Solemnis

Album by Ludwig van Beethoven & Wiener Philharmoniker & Chor der Wiener Staatsoper & Karl Böhm

Missa Solemnis is a solemn Mass in D major, Op. 123, composed by Ludwig van Beethoven and completed in 1823. The work is a large-scale liturgical setting for soloists, chorus and orchestra that combines late Classical forms with expansive, Romantic harmonic and contrapuntal textures and represents one of Beethoven's significant late-period compositions in terms of scale and expressive ambition.
First released: 1993

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Missa solemnis, op. 123: I. Kyrie
    12:24
  2. 2.
    Missa solemnis, op. 123: IV. Sanctus
    18:22
  3. 3.
    Missa solemnis, op. 123: II. Gloria
    18:42
  4. 4.
    Missa solemnis, op. 123: V. Agnus Dei
    17:19
  5. 5.
    Missa solemnis, op. 123: III. Credo
    21:44

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