Dvořák: Mass in D Major, Op. 86, B. 153 & Te Deum, Op. 103, B. 176 Orquesta Sinfonica de Navarra & Antoni Wit

• Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904): Mass in D Major, Op. 86, B. 175:
• 1 Kyrie 06:53
• 2 Gloria 08:53
• 3 Credo 12:04
• 4 Sanctus 02:28
• 5 Benedictus 06:57
• 6 Agnus Dei 04:55
• Te Deum, Op. 103, B. 176:
• 7 Te Deum laudamus 06:24
• 8 Tu Rex gloriae, Christe 04:54
• 9 Aeterna fac cum sanctis 03:17
• 10 Benedicamus Patrem 05:46
• Total Runtime 01:02:31

Info for Dvořák: Mass in D Major, Op. 86, B. 153 & Te Deum, Op. 103, B. 176

A native of Bohemia, Antonín Dvorák contributed much to the re-establishment of Czech national musical identity in the 19th century. It was the popularity of his choral music in England, however, that led to the development of the Mass in D from its smaller-scale original into a movingly dramatic and jubilant masterpiece with full orchestra. Dvorák's celebratory Te Deum is comparable in form to a four-movement symphony. Antoni Wit is considered by ClassicsToday.com to be "the best conductor around these days for big choral works". His acclaimed recording of Dvorák's Requiem is available on Naxos 8572874-75.

Antoni Wit has made over 200 records, including an acclaimed release for Naxos of the piano concertos of Prokofiev, awarded the Diapason d’Or and Grand Prix du Disque de la Nouvelle Academie du Disque. In January 2002 his recording of the Turangalîla Symphony by Olivier Messiaen (8.554478-79) was awarded the Cannes Classical Award at MIDEM Classic 2002. He has completed for Naxos a CD series of Szymanowski’s symphonic and large-scale vocalinstrumental works, each rated among ‘discs of the month’ by CD magazines (Gramophone, BBC Music Magazine). He also received the Record Academy Award 2005 of Japanese music magazine Record Geijutsu for Penderecki’s Polish Requiem (Naxos), and four Fryderyk Awards of the Polish Phonographic Academy. In 2012 he received a GRAMMY® Award for Penderecki’s Fonogrammi, Horn Concerto and Partita (8.572482). In 2010 Antoni Wit won the annual award of the Karol Szymanowski Foundation for his promotion of the music of Szymanowski in his Naxos recordings.

Ewa Biegas, soprano
Marina Rodríguez-Cusí, mezzo-soprano
Javier Tomé, tenor
José Antonio López, baritone
Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra
Antoni Wit, conductor

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