Ferenc Fricsay, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Grosse Messe C-moll (1989)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 322 Mb | Total time: 63:46 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | # 429 161-2 | Recorded: 1960
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 322 Mb | Total time: 63:46 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | # 429 161-2 | Recorded: 1960
This 1960 recording of the Great C Minor Mass is here released under the Deutsche Grammophon Originals umbrella, and is thoroughly deserving of the accolade. This is an account of the work which is completely uninfluenced by authentic practice–if you're already curling your lip, then please stop here–but which establishes its own terms of performance with such assurance that it's almost impossible to resist. The forces (both orchestral and choral) are large but by no means unwieldy, and directed with infectious and spirited enthusiasm by Fricsay. The effect is one of solidity and grandeur, but without any hint of pomposity: indeed, the jubilant choruses of the Gloria have an almost childlike glee about them.