Haydn - Theresienmesse - Heiligmesse / Carol Vaness, Doris Soffel, Keith Lewis, Petteri Salomaa, Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Staatskapelle Dresden, Neville Marriner / EMI Digital Audio CD 1989 Stereo / CDZ 4 79525 2 UPC 724347952524 Theresienmesse (H. XXII/12) is a mass in B-flat major written by Joseph Haydn and named after Maria Theresa of the Two Sicilies, empress consort of Francis II. The empress herself was the soprano soloist at private performances of both The Creation and The Seasons in May 1801 at the Viennese Court. The title does not appear on the autograph score, which is labeled simply with the Latin word "Missa". Between 1796 and 1802, Haydn composed six masses to celebrate the name-day of Princess Maria Josepha Hermenegilde [de] (1768-1845), who was the wife of his patron Prince Nikolaus Esterhazy II. The Theresienmesse, written in 1799, belongs in this series. The work is thought to have been premiered on 8 September 1799. The location was the Bergkirche, near the Esterházy family seat in Eisenstadt, Austria. The mass is scored for solo quartet, chorus, strings, two clarinets, two trumpets, timpani and organ continuo. Concerning the paucity of winds (no oboes, bassoons, horns, or flutes) John W. Ehrlich has written: The drastic reduction of the wind choir ... is unusual. We are indebted to [Haydn scholar Carl Maria] Brand for an explanation: a shortage of wind players at Eisenstadt in 1798 and 1799. This is why the Nelsonmesse, in its original version, also lacks winds. But Haydn has turned this lack into a virtue, the ensemble in each case imparting to the work a unique aura or personality that sets it off from its neighbors: in the Nelsonmesse the hard, metallic, fiery brilliance of D trumpets and solo organ; in the Theresienmesse the mellow glow and at times darkish hues of the B-flat instruments. While probably not as frequently performed as its companions the Nelson Mass or the Missa in tempore belli, the Theresienmesse has attracted critical admiration; Ehrlich for instance refers to it as an "extraordinary work." Another commentator writes, "Haydn's choral writing has all the variety, rhythmic energy and contrapuntal skill of a composer at the height of his powers." Label: EMI Digital – CDZ 4 79525 2 Format: CD, Album Country: Europe Released: 1989 Genre: Classical Style: Classical Tracklist: Missa ("Theresienmesse"), Hob. 22: Messe Nr. 12 , B-dur 1 Kyrie - Gloria 5:19 2 Gloria In Excelsis Deo 2:40 3 Gratias Agimus Tibi 5:54 4 Quaniam Tu Solus Sanctus - Credo 2:55 5 Credo In Unum Deum 2:00 6 Et Incarnatus Est 3:38 7 Et Resurrexit 4:36 8 Sanctus 2:20 9 Benedictus - Agnus Dei 5:20 10 Agnus Dei 2:58 11 Dona Nobis Pacem 3:49 Missa Sancti Bernardi Von Offida ("Heiligmesse") Hob. 22 Messe Nr. 10, B-dur 12 Kyrie - Gloria 4:16 13 Gloria In Excesis Deo 2:06 14 Gratias Agimus Tibi 4:09 15 Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus - Credo 2:37 16 Credo In Unum Deum 1:23 17 Et Incarnatus Est Bass Vocals – Hermann Christian Polster Soprano Vocals – Dagmar Schellenberger 4:51 18 Et Resurrexit 2:03 19 Et Vitam Venturi Saeculi 1:46 20 Sanctus 1:50 21 Benedictus - Agnus Dei 5:36 22 Agnus Dei 3:40 23 Dona Nobis Pacem 2:36 Alto Vocals [Solo] – Doris Soffel Bass Vocals [Solo] – Hermann Christian Polster, Petteri Salomaa Choir – Rundfunkchor Leipzig Chorus Master – Jörg-Peter Weigle Composed By – Joseph Haydn Conductor – Sir Neville Marriner Engineer [Balance] – Claus Strüben Executive-Producer – Bernd Runge, John Fraser Liner Notes [English] – Richard Wigmore Liner Notes [French] – Carl De Nys Liner Notes [German] – Karl Ludwig Nicol Orchestra – Staatskapelle Dresden Organ [Continuo] – Hansjürgen Scholze Photography By – Matthias Creutziger Soprano Vocals, Soloist – Carol Vaness, Dagmar Schelle
