Mayr: Messa di gloria in E Minor & Messa di gloria in F Minor Simon Mayr Choir, Concerto de Bassus & Franz Hauk

• Johann Simon Mayr (1763 - 1845): Messa di gloria in E Minor:
• 1 Mayr: Messa di gloria in E Minor: I. Kyrie 12:42
• 2 Mayr: Messa di gloria in E Minor: II. Gloria in excelsis - Et in terra - Laudamus te 08:04
• 3 Mayr: Messa di gloria in E Minor: III. Gratias agimus 03:59
• 4 Mayr: Messa di gloria in E Minor: IV. Domine Deus 08:51
• 5 Mayr: Messa di gloria in E Minor: V. Qui tollis 08:22
• 6 Mayr: Messa di gloria in E Minor: VI. Qui sedes 10:06
• 7 Mayr: Messa di gloria in E Minor: VII. Cum sancto 06:02
• Messa di gloria in F Minor:
• 8 Mayr: Messa di gloria in F Minor: I. Kyrie 07:00
• 9 Mayr: Messa di gloria in F Minor: II. Gloria 04:15
• 10 Mayr: Messa di gloria in F Minor: III. Gratias 01:50
• 11 Mayr: Messa di gloria in F Minor: IV. Qui tollis 02:05
• 12 Mayr: Messa di gloria in F Minor: V. Suscipe 02:44
• 13 Mayr: Messa di gloria in F Minor: VI. Quoniam 03:51
• Total Runtime 01:19:51

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Mayr’s Masses were in demand across Europe, and their composition is rooted in the Italian tradition of the messa concertata which demands division into separate vocal numbers. The Mass in E minor has long been recognized as an outstanding example of Mayr’s late style, with its polyphonic mastery and dialogues between singers and concertante solo instruments being exceptionally convincing. The Mass in F minor evokes both joy and deep melancholy, though accompanied, as always, by Mayr’s notable gift for melodic beauty. Conductor Franz Hauk has been responsible for re-establishing the music of Johann Simon Mayr, one of the most significant operatic and vocal composers residing in Italy before the rise of Rossini. This latest album is another in the series of ground-breaking world premiere recordings of Mayr’s music by the same forces under Hauk.

Dorota Szczepanska, soprano
Anna Feith, soprano
Freya Apffelstaedt, alto
Maria Grazia Insam, alto
Markus Schäfer, tenor
Fanz Zhi, tenor
Thomas Stimmel, bass
Elia Merguet, bass
Simon Mayr Chorus
Concerto de Bassus
Franz Hauk, conductor

Dr. Franz Hauk
Born in Neuburg an der Donau in 1955, Franz Hauk studied church and school music, with piano and organ, at the Munich Musikhochschule and in Salzburg. In 1988 he took his doctorate with a thesis on church music in Munich at the beginning of the 19th century. Since 1982 he has served as organist at Ingolstadt Minster, and since 1995 also as choirmaster.

He has given concerts in Europe and the United States and made a number of recordings. Since October 2002 he has taught in the historical performance and church music department of the Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Munich. He founded the Simon Mayr Chorus in 2003.

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