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Franz Joseph Haydn, Bela Drahos, Budapest Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
Haydn: Nelson Mass/Kleine Orgelmesse
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (18) - Disc #1
1. Missa In Angustiis 'Nelson Mass', Hob.XXII:11: Kyrie: Lord Have Mercy
2. Missa In Angustiis 'Nelson Mass', Hob.XXII:11: Gloria: Glory Be To God On High
3. Missa In Angustiis 'Nelson Mass', Hob.XXII:11: Gloria: Thou That Takest Away The Sins Of The World
4. Missa In Angustiis 'Nelson Mass', Hob.XXII:11: Gloria: For Thou Alone Art Holy
5. Missa In Angustiis 'Nelson Mass', Hob.XXII:11: Credo: I Believe In One God
6. Missa In Angustiis 'Nelson Mass', Hob.XXII:11: Credo: And Was Incarnate By The Holy Spirit
7. Missa In Angustiis 'Nelson Mass', Hob.XXII:11: Credo: And The Third Day He Rose Again
8. Missa In Angustiis 'Nelson Mass', Hob.XXII:11: Sanctus: Holy, Holy, Holy
9. Missa In Angustiis 'Nelson Mass', Hob.XXII:11: Benedictus: Blessed is he That Cometh In The Name...
10. Missa In Angustiis 'Nelson Mass', Hob.XXII:11: Benedictus: Hosanna In The Highest
11. Missa In Angustiis 'Nelson Mass', Hob.XXII:11: Agnus Dei: Lamb Of God, That Takest Away The Sins...
12. Missa In Angustiis 'Nelson Mass', Hob.XXII:11: Agnus Dei: Grant Us Peace
13. Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis De Deo 'Kleine Orgelmesse', Hob.XXII:7: Kyrie: Lord Have Mercy
14. Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis De Deo 'Kleine Orgelmesse', Hob.XXII:7: Gloria: Glory Be To God On High
15. Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis De Deo 'Kleine Orgelmesse', Hob.XXII:7: Credo: I Believe In One God
16. Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis De Deo 'Kleine Orgelmesse', Hob.XXII:7: Sanctus: Holy, Holy, Holy
17. Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis De Deo 'Kleine Orgelmesse', Hob.XXII:7: Benedictus: Blessed Is He...
18. Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis De Deo 'Kleine Orgelmesse', Hob.XXII:7: Agnus Dei: Lamb Of God

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CD Details

All Artists: Franz Joseph Haydn, Bela Drahos, Budapest Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, Viktoria Loukianets, Kurt Azesberger
Title: Haydn: Nelson Mass/Kleine Orgelmesse
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Naxos
Original Release Date: 1/1/2000
Re-Release Date: 4/11/2000
Genre: Classical
Styles: Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830)
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 636943441626

Synopsis

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Lord Nelson was a hero not just to the British but to all Europeans who felt tyrannized by Napoleon. The Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus successfully capture the euphoric mood that prevailed at the premiere of Haydn's Mass for Anguished Times, which took place in September 1800 just as word arrived of Nelson's victory at Aboukir Bay. The work has been the Nelson Mass ever since. Although they sing with robust joyfulness, the chorus's sound is tempered by occasional errant consonants, and the singers pronounce their Latin with soft c's and hard g's, which makes them sound old-fashioned. The modern-instrument Nikolaus Esterházy Sinfonia is arrestingly stern, the strings vibrant, the timps and trumpets prompt, and the organ quite cathedralish for a studio recording. As if she's on fire, whiplash soprano Viktoria Loukianetz shoots out of the chorus to a top B-flat in the Kyrie, but she powers through the famous Gloria, not altogether sensitively. The other soloists tend to pull down at the pitch, so they're a disappointment. Completing the disc is the Little Organ Mass, a simple choral setting dating from 1777--its longest movement is the Benedictus, which is usually the shortest. It is scored for soprano solo and twisting organ obbligato, and in this piece Loukianetz redeems herself to a degree. --Rick Jones

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CD Reviews

Quite good at the price

F. Behrens | Keene, NH USA | 04/19/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Just before reviewing the Naxos release of Haydn's (8.55416), I had to listen for review purposes to "Jesus Christ Superstar"! Believe me, the Haydn was like a gentle salve on raw skin. I always love to play the opening Kyrie from Haydn's "Mass in Time of War" in conjunction with the corresponding movement from the Nelson piece to show how wonderfully the same words could be set to music that expresses the feelings of a particular group of people caught up in the events of particular time in history (the Napoleonic Wars), and then to see how universal it all is to anyone who has turned to the Church or to the Arts for consolation in times of need. Of course a comparison of the Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus and the Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia under Bela Drahos with the older but still powerful recordings under the baton of Bernstein and other conductors well might leave this recording a little behind! But on a slightly smaller scale and taken (as I have to say for so many recordings) on its own terms, this is a decent interpretation with very good sound and a price that can't be beat. On what might be a negative note, I somehow find the soprano (Viktoria Loukianetz) not quite blending in with her fellow soloists. Perhaps it is the mike placement. Would someone care to comment on that? Also, I think the order of the works should have been switched as I find the "Little Organ Mass" a bit anticlimactic after the more powerful offering."