Haydn: Heiligmesse; Paukenmesse
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Performer: Brindley SherrattPerformer: Julian Clarkson
Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
Performer: English Baroque Soloists
Performer: Angharad Gruffydd Jones
Performer: Joanne Lunn
Performer: Topi Lehtipuu
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2003-04-02
Music Label: Philips Import
Soundtracks:
- Kyrie
- Gloria. Gloria in excelsis Deo
- Gloria. Gratias agimus tibi
- Gloria. Quoniam tu solus Sanctus
- Credo. Credo in unum Deum
- Credo. Et incarnatus est
- Credo. Et resurrexit
- Sanctus
- Benedictus
- Agnus Dei. Agnus Dei
- Agnus Dei. Dona nobis pacem
- Kyrie
- Gloria. Gloria in excelsis Deo
- Gloria. Qui tollis peccata mundi
- Gloria. Quoniam tu solus sanctus
- Credo. Credo in unum Deum
- Credo. Et incarnatus est
- Credo. Et resurrexit
- Sanctus
- Benedictus
- Agnus Dei. Agnus Dei
- Agnus Dei. Dona nobis pacem
Music reviews of Haydn: Heiligmesse; Paukenmesse
Music Review: warmly recommended
Rating: 4 Stars
First, the bad news. Heiligmesse is the weak link of this album. While certainly written to a high standard of craftsmanship, it's just one big chorus after another (save two or three movements that feature what is essentially an SSATBB chamber choir: not all that much of a contrast, in other words). Haydn wrote the Heiligmesse after his first residency at London, where he was introduced to the Handel oratorios. Haydn learned a good deal from studying Handel's masterful choral writing, and again, the Heiligmesse's choruses are excellent; but JUST choruses becomes rather monotonous. The texture, orchestration, and mood remain constant and unvaried throughout.
The good news, then, is that despite not measuring up to the other works here the Heiligmesse is still worth being acquainted with, and the Paukenmesse and the motet, "Insanae et Vanae Curae," are masterworks. Paukenmesse deserves comparison to the Mozart C minor Mass of 1781; it's that good. It contains majestic choruses as in the Heiligmesse, along with dynamic orchestral writing and intimate, moving arias. And the motet, "Insanae et Vanae Curae," a lesser-known rarity, has a tragic dramatic impact the equivalent of Mozart's D-minor piano concerto or even, perhaps, passages of Don Giovanni.
As for the performances, they are above criticism. Gardiner seems never to miss! He will be remembered as perhaps THE great conductor of his generation.
Description of Haydn: Heiligmesse; Paukenmesse
This pairing of the Heiligmesse and the Paukenmesse, both composed in 1796, is a fine idea. The Paukenmesse, also known as the "Mass in Time of War" was composed when the Napoleonic War was at its peak; Haydn's wild use of tympani in the Agnus Dei movement and the trumpets and drums elsewhere are a sort-of Viennese answer to the menace. The Heiligmesse also has some martial qualities (its Agnus Dei has great majesty), but it is more soulful and somehow simpler, particularly in its solo vocal writing. Both are wonderfully symphonic. Gardiner and his period-instrument band, soloists, and chorus approach both works head on, with great energy and ideal voice-instrument balance. The drama is present, but so is the piety; the introspective moments of the Heiligmesse's Gloria are given their due, even with the movement's inevitable forward propulsion. Tempi seem just right throughout. These are the versions of these masses which should be in your collection. --Robert LevineGeneral CDs
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