Search - Franz Joseph Haydn, Michael Gielen, Helia T'hezan :: Joseph Haydn: Missa in Angustiis "Nelson-Messe"; Sinfonie No. 103 [bonus dvd]

Two disc-set includes bonus DVD. "Since God has given me a cheerful heart, he will forgive me for serving him cheerfully," said Joseph Haydn. At least one of the masses was never the subject of this reproach--that of the year 1798. It is Haydn's only mass in a minor key, and his most serious one, titled "Missa in Angustiis," or "Mass in Time of Distress." In spite of this--or perhaps precisely because of it--the "Nelson Mass," described by Haydn scholar Robbins Landon as a "vocal symphony," is one of the most frequently performed Haydn masses. Composed in 1795, Symphony No. 103 in E Flat Major, the "Drumroll Symphony," with cadenza by Michael Gielen, was Haydn's penultimate symphony. First performed on March 2nd of the same year, it is numbered among the famous London Symphonies. DVD is playable in all regions; approx. run time 39 minutes.