Mozart: Vespers K. 321 & 339/Ave Verum Corpus; King's College Choir, Cambridge; Hilliard Ensemble
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 1989-07-18
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
- 1. Dixit Dominus
- 2. Confitebor
- 3. Beatus Vir
- 4. Laudate Pueri
- 5. Laudate Dominum
- 6. Magnificat
- 1. Dixit Dominus
- 2. Confitebor
- 3. Beatus Vir
- 4. Laudate Pueri
- 5. Laudate Dominum
- 6. Magnificat
- Ave Verum Corpus K618
Music reviews of Mozart: Vespers K. 321 & 339/Ave Verum Corpus; King's College Choir, Cambridge; Hilliard Ensemble
Music Review: a voice teacher and early music fan
Rating: 4 Stars
KINGS COLLEGE SINGERS: YOU GOTTA' LOVE 'EM!!!!
Mozart wrote his first piece of church music in 1766, when he was 10 years old, and altogether he composed over 50 vocal works for ecclesiastical use. The two Vespers herein recorded date from 1779 and 1780 respectively, and were probably composed for performance in the cathedral in Salzburg. Both Vespers are scored for SATB soloists and chorus, strings, trumpets,trombones, timpani and organ. and a bassoon doubling the string basses.
The 'Vesperae de Dominca' begin with a vigorous setting in C of Psalm 110, the 4 solo voices emerging soon after it begins. The other 5 movements include words from Psalm 111, Psalm 112,Psalm 113, and Psalm 117.
The 'Vesperae solennes de confessore' begins with a movement (Dixit Dominus) that has the spirit of a symphonic lst movement. The solo quartet does not appear until the 'Gloria'.One of the most beautiful movements of this Vesper is the 'Laudate Dominum' sung magnificently on this disc by Lynne Dawson (soprano),
The motet 'Ave Verum Corpus' is a familiar Mozart work and it is extraordinarily poignant and lovely. One of the great things about the music of Mozart is that it never becomes tedious no matter how many times you hear it.
As to the performance on this CD. It would be 5 stars or more if it were not for the somewhat 'poor' quality of the soloists (except for Lynne Dawson). They are: Lynne Dawson(soprano)-David James (alto)-Roger Covey Crump (tenor) amd Paul Hillier (bass). David James ,in my opinion, has a most annoying countertenor voice. It has no sonority, very little richness of sound, and not too much volume. Fortunately, he did not have much solo work on this disc. As for Covey-Crump, he is adequate, but if you put his voice next to Mark Padmore or Ian Bostridge or John Mark Ainsley, they are just not in the same league. Paul Hillier has sounded a lot better than he sounded on this disc.
However, Dawson had the most solo work and was nigh unto perfect; great sound, great diction and great emotional investment.
The King's College Choir, with its wonderful sound, especially with those crystal-clear boy sopranos was just so enjoyable, A great recording all in all
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