Robert King, King's Consort - Michael Haydn: Requiem c-moll; Missa in Honorem Sanctae Ursulae (2005)

Posted By: ArlegZ

Date: Oct. 4, 2019

The King’s Consort’s latest foray into the studio brings us a thrilling new recording of Michael Haydn’s Requiem, and reveals the little-known ‘St Ursula’ Mass to be a truly exceptional work. The Requiem was composed in response to tragedy, the death of Haydn’s patron—the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg—providing the official cloak for an outpouring of grief as much inspired by the death of the composer’s infant daughter. In itself the work is a memorable and confident example of the genre, but its deserved fame has been somewhat eclipsed by the many striking similarities between the Haydn and Mozart Requiems; when Wolfgang Amadeus composed what was to be his last—and most famous—work a full twenty years after Haydn’s memorial to the archbishop had been first performed, he doubtless intended it as the highest of praise to his friend that he borrowed melodies, rhythms, scoring, structure … Such points of musicological interest must no longer be allowed to obscure the worth of the Haydn’s original magnum opus.
Some three dozen Mass-settings by Michael Haydn survive. The Missa in honorem Sanctae Ursula (also known as the ‘Chiemsee-Messe’) currently rests in relative obscurity, being performed rarely and hardly touched in the recording studio. And yet Robert King, his choir, soloists and orchestra here demonstrate this to be a work of great beauty and intense power, with a place both in the liturgy and as a showcase for excellent performances.

Performer:
Carolyn Sampson, soprano
Hilary Summers, alto
James Gilchrist, tenor
Peter Harvey, bass
King's Consort
Robert King, conductor

Tracklist:
Michael Haydn (1737-1806)
CD1:
Requiem in C minor 'Pro defuncto archiepiscopo Sigismundo', MH154
01. 1: Introitus. Requiem aeternam – Kyrie eleison
02. 2: Sequenz. Dies irae
03. 3: Offertorium. Domine Jesu Christe
04. 4: Versus. Hostias et preces tibi
05. 5a: Sanctus et Benedictus. Sanctus
06. 5b: Sanctus et Benedictus. Benedictus
07. 6a: Agnus Dei et Communio. Agnus Dei – Lux aeterna
08. 6b: Agnus Dei et Communio. Cum sanctis tuis
09. 7: Requiem aeternam. Requiem aeternam – Cum sanctis tuis
CD2:
Missa in honorem Sanctae Ursulae 'Chiemsee-Messe'
01. 1 Kyrie
02. 2 Gloria
03. 3 Part 1: Credo. Credo in unum Deum
04. 3 Part 2: Credo. Et incarnatus est
05. 3 Part 3: Credo. Et resurrexit tertia die
06. 4 Sanctus
07. 5 Benedictus
08. 6 Part 1: Agnus Dei. Agnus Dei
09. 6 Part 2: Agnus Dei. Dona nobis pacem

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