Claudio Abbado, Wiener Philharmoniker - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass K. 139 "Waisenhaus-Messe" (2006)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 223 Mb | Total time: 45:12 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | 428 255-2 | Recorded: 1975
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 223 Mb | Total time: 45:12 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | 428 255-2 | Recorded: 1975
Mozart wrote two major masses as a boy: the easy-going Domincus Mass (K 66) and the Waisenhaus Mass in C Minor (K 139 / 47a). The latter was misdated by Köchel; it was thought to be too mature for the mass that Mozart was known to have composed for the imperial orphanage in 1768 (Mozart's trumpet concerto which was premièred at the same event is sadly lost). When the attribution became surer, accusations were made that Leopold had contributed to its composition. Whatever the truth of the matter be, it's miraculous. As evocative as the three-part Kyrie is, the Crucifixus and Agnus Dei could pass muster if tacked on to the torso of the Mass in C Minor, K 427 (the latter is lacking these two sections). Unlike his later missae, the Waisenhaus Mass follows the Neapolitan format where the Gloria and Credo feature extensive arias.