Search - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, English Concert, Trevor Pinnock :: Mozart: Coronation Mass - Exsultate, Jubilate - Vesperae Solennes / Bonney, Wyn Rogers, MacDougall, Gadd; Pinnock

A great disc

J. Buxton | Waltham, MA United States | 12/17/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Barbara Bonney is the star of this disc. Her "Exsultate Jubilate" is the most beautiful, unprententious version I've heard. What I've always admired about her is her pure tone, and this recording is no exception. Even though she sings gloriously, she doesn't show off at the expense of Mozart's music. The English Concert's playing is intelligent and stylish as we've come to expect from them. Also, if you're unfamiliar with the Solemn Vespers of the Confessor, this piece is a real treat for choral music lovers. It is done very well here too."

A Mozart Mass with a Difference. Buy It.

B. Marold | Bethlehem, PA United States | 08/19/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The 'Coronation Mass' or 'Mass in C major K. 317' by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is just a bit different from the half dozen of Mozart's other masses I've been listening to lately. It is certainly at the other end of the spectrum from the great and famous 'Requiem' or 'unfinished' Mass, so famous from the end of the movie 'Amadeus'. This stands to reason, as the Coronation Mass is a celebration, while the Requiem is a funeral.



The CD is rounded out with two pieces of liturgical music Mozart did for the Archbishop of Salzburg, who happened to like his Masses and other church music to be short. That's why Mozart's masses finish up within 45 minutes while Bach's grand masses run for close to two hours or more.



If you aren't necessarily set on owning a performance of every single Mozart mass, this is a good bookend to your copy (probably more than one) of the 'Requiem'.



While the period instruments used in this performance are nice, I feel no big difference between it and Mozart done with a 20th century ensemble."

If You Like Mozart Choral Works

E. Herz | Illinois | 02/28/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I had listened to and loved Mozart's Requiem, and then one day I picked up my father's CD of Mass in C Minor (Hogwood). I was elated that Mozart had written yet another fantastic choral work. Going for three I decided to pick up the Coronation Mass. This CD is more great Mozart - definitely worth adding to any library if you like this kind of stuff :-)



Definitely a unique work. Very memorable, and with what seems to me to be the excitement and pride of a coronation. Gloria begins with excited impatience, Sanctus is, well, self important, and Agnus Dei has a sense of domestic peace.





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