COR16104 Mozart: Coronation Mass

Harry Christophers
Handel and Haydn Society

Soloists Teresa Wakim, Paula Murrihy, Thomas Cooley and Sumner Thompson joined Harry Christophers and the Handel and Haydn Society to record Mozart's Coronation Mass live at Boston's Symphony Hall earlier this year.

Mozart's Mass in C major is one of his most popular and enduring works. Known as the 'Coronation Mass' – a nickname it acquired following a performance conducted by Antonio Salieri in 1791 in Prague at the coronation of Leopold II as King of Bohemia – it includes the beautifully tender Agnus Dei. Alongside the Mass on this CD are Mozart's soprano solo Exsultate, jubilate, beautifully performed by Teresa Wakim, and Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 85, which was a favourite of Marie Antoinette, leading to the name 'La Reine', by which it is still known today.

Teresa Wakim: soprano
Paula Murrihy: mezzo-soprano
Thomas Cooley: tenor
Sumner Thompson: baritone
Handel and Haydn Society
Harry Christophers

Please note: All files were created directly from the 88.2kHz/24-bit studio masters.

Track Listings

Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)

Symphony No. 85 in B flat major, ‘La Reine’'
1. Adagio – Vivace
2. Romance: Allegretto
3. Menuetto & Trio: Allegretto
4. Finale: Presto

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)

Exsultate, jubilate, K165
5. Aria: Exsultate, jubilate
6. Recitative: Fulget amica dies
7. Aria: Tu virginum corona
8. Alleluia

Mass in C major, K317, 'Coronation'
9. Kyrie
10. Gloria
11. Credo
12. Sanctus
13. Benedictus
14. Agnus Dei

Total running time: 67.27