SCHUBERT: Mass in E flat major, D. 950 (Hickox)
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Schubert's final mass and most ambitious setting was composed during the summer of 1828, only months before his death. It was premiered posthumously, on...
Schubert's final mass and most ambitious setting was composed during the summer of 1828, only months
before his death. It was premiered posthumously, on October 4, 1829, under the direction of his brother,
Ferdinand. Much more than his previous efforts in the genre, it is a choral mass, relegating the vocal
soloists to three brief episodes to allow for large chorus passages, and provides an extremely active role
for the orchestra. Today, the Mass in E Flat is increasingly acknowledged as an individual masterpiece;
powerful and disquieting, more monumental than the fifth, but likewise seeking to reconcile liturgical
grandeur with Schubert's own subjective romantic feeling, whilst still influenced by Haydn, Beethoven
and Bach. Its concern for splendour is most obvious in the huge set-piece fugues at the end of the Gloria
and Credo but all the time liturgical tradition is coloured by an individual and sometimes unsettling
chromaticism, possibly evoking the personal pain he was suffering, not only physically but also the
anguish of questioning his faith. The result is some of the most violent anguish encountered in a setting
of the text.
Richard Hickox has long wanted to record this powerful work. The recording follows the successful
concert at the 2007 BBC Proms. The same stellar cast is brought together, including Susan Gritton,
James Gilchrist and Mark Padmore, accompanied by Collegium Musicum 90. The Guardian commented
on the Proms performance: "it was graciously sung and conducted..." The Daily Telegraph wrote:
"Wednesday night brought Schubert's wonderful and rarely-performed late E flat Mass, performed by
some fine soloists and the 'early music' orchestra and choir Collegium Musicum 90, conducted by
Richard Hickox. It's close to being Schubert's last
Mass No. 6 in E flat major, D. 950 (more info)
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Kyrie - 5:50
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Gloria: Gloria in excelsis Deo - - 3:28
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Gloria: Domine Deus - - 5:03
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Gloria: Cum sancto spiritu - 4:03
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Credo: Credo in unum Deum - - 2:41
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Credo: Et incarnatus est - - 6:36
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Credo: Et resurrexit - 6:13
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Sanctus - 3:22
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Benedictus - 5:52
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Agnus Dei - 9:42