The audience of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival experienced a great musical event when the Kammerchor Stuttgart, conducted by it's founder Frieder Bernius, performed Luigi Cherubini's Messe Solennelle No. 2 in D minor. The soloists of the evening were Ruth Ziesak, soprano, Christa Mayer, contralto, Christoph Genz, tenor, and Thomas E. Bauer, bass. The recording of this truly extraordinary work is now available on album. After a beginning which seems familiar, unforeseen, imaginative and witty turns lead melodic progressions and harmonic developments into entirely new directions. The harmonic variety is impressive, and chromaticism plays no less important a role. Subtle instrumentation lends many sections an exquisite sonority. And last but not least, the deeply felt interpretation of the text by means of melodic, rhythmic or harmonic figures, as well as by dynamics and tempo is one of the outstanding features of the work, highlighting the performers' brilliance.

Tracklist:

Missa Solemnis In D Minor: I. Kyrie (Live)
Missa Solemnis In D Minor: II. Gloria In Excelsis (Live)
Missa Solemnis In D Minor: III. Gratias Agimus Tibi (Live)
Missa Solemnis In D Minor: IV. Qui Tollis (Live)
Missa Solemnis In D Minor: V. Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus (Live)
Missa Solemnis In D Minor: VI. Cum Sancto Spiritu (Live)
Missa Solemnis In D Minor: VII. Credo In Unum Deum (Live)
Missa Solemnis In D Minor: VIII. Et Incarnatus Est (Live)
Missa Solemnis In D Minor: IX. Et Resurrexit (Live)
Missa Solemnis In D Minor: X. Sanctus (Live)
Missa Solemnis In D Minor: XI. Benedictus (Live)
Missa Solemnis In D Minor: XII. Agnus Dei (Live)

UPC: 4009350835122
Label: Carus
Release Date: 10.2.20
Format: CD

Cherubini / Kammerchor Stuttgart / Bernius - Messe Solennelle in D (CD)