Beethoven’s masterpiece is a major project for any choir, not just because of its length, but also because it contains some of the most difficult passages found in the choral repertoire. In particular the dreaded fugues of Beethoven’s late period, and the changes between extreme tempi make one thing clear: you won’t get far enough with rehearsals alone, here you really have to practice! With a good performance, however, you experience why Beethoven himself considered the Mass to be his "greatest and most successful work".
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Performers: Rosa Mannion (soprano), Birgit Remmert (alto), James Taylor (tenore), Cornelius Hauptmann (basso) – La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent, Orchestre des Champs-Élysées – Philippe Herreweghe
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Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven
| 1770-1827Ludwig van Beethoven was without doubt one of the most influential composers in the history of music. His works formed the culmination of many genres – particularly instrumental – of Viennese classicism, and laid the foundation for the following decades. But Beethoven’s vocal works set standards too: the late Missa Solemnis is one of the most impressive choral works of its time; but his earlier Mass in C also opens up new worlds of expression for the liturgical text, and set the benchmark for the further development in the composition of the mass. And with the final chorus of the Ninth Symphony, the setting of Schiller’s Ode to Joy, Beethoven created one of the most frequently-performed and best known choral pieces of all, writing a timeless musical memorial to himself. Personal details
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Ensemble
Collegium Vocale, Gent
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Ensemble
La Chapelle Royale
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Ensemble
Orchestre des Champs-Élysées
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Conductor
Philippe Herreweghe
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Soloist - soprano
Rosa Mannion
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Soloist - alto
Birgit Remmert
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Soloist - tenor
Daniel Taylor
Daniel Taylor is one of the most sought-after countertenors worldwide. He performs with numerous international ensembles and symphony orchestras. As a recitalist, he has performed in the Konzerthaus Vienna, at the Frick Collection New York, in the Forbidden Concert Hall Beijing, Lufthansa Baroque Festival and Wigmore Hall London. He appeared in Jeremy Podeswa’s prize-winning film Five Senses. As an opera singer he has performed at Glyndebourne (Handel’s Theodora), the Metropolitan Opera New York (Handel’s Giulio Cesare), the Bavarian State Opera (Handel’s Rinaldo), Edinburgh (Gluck’s Orfeo), Welsh National Opera (Handel’s Jephtha) and the Canadian Opera (Handel’s Tolomeo). Daniel Taylor studied literature, music and philosophy before studying completing his exams in music and religious studies at the University of Montreal. Daniel Taylor is a professor at the Conservatoire de musi que in Montreal. Personal details
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Soloist - bass
Cornelius Hauptmann
| 1951