Haydn: Creation Mass; Missa "Rorate coeli desuper"

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Description: Haydn's Creation Mass is so named because it quotes the theme from his oratorio, The Creation. Each of his last six masses proposes a fresh and original solution to the problem of creating sacred music within the classical style. In these late works, Haydn adopted a truly symphonic approach, dividing the text into "movements," as in a symphony, rather than individual choruses, solos, duets, and so forth. His tiny Missa Rorate coeli desuper by contrast, is truly brevis (brief). The Gloria lasts less than a minute, with every vocal part taking a different text at the same time so as to get through all the words as quickl ... (more)

Manufacturer: Chandos
Release date: 19 November 1996
EAN: 0095115059920 UPC: 095115059920

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