Missa Solemnis

Album by Ludwig van Beethoven & Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique & Monteverdi Choir & Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Missa Solemnis is a solemn Mass (Op. 123) by Ludwig van Beethoven, completed in 1823. The work is a large-scale liturgical choral and orchestral composition that blends symphonic breadth, dense contrapuntal writing and demanding vocal writing, reflecting Beethoven's late-period style and his effort to fuse liturgical tradition with his monumental harmonic and structural language.
First released: 12th November 1990

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Missa Solemnis in D major, op. 123: 1. Kyrie - Assai sostenuto
    8:51
  2. 2.
    Missa Solemnis in D major, op. 123: 2. Gloria - Allegro vivace
    16:29
  3. 3.
    Missa Solemnis in D major, op. 123: 3. Credo - Allegro ma non troppo
    17:28
  4. 4.
    Missa Solemnis in D major, op. 123: 4. Sanctus - Adagio
    15:16
  5. 5.
    Missa Solemnis in D major, op. 123: 5. Agnus Dei - Adagio
    13:34

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