Utwory na płycie:

• Kyrie
• Gloria in excelsis
• Gratias agimus tibi
• Qui tollis
• Quoniam tu solus sanctus
• Cum Sancto Spiritu
• Credo in unum Deum
• Et incarnatus est
• Et resurrexit
• Sanctus
• Benedictus
• Agnus Dei

Kyrie
Gloria in excelsis
Gratias agimus tibi
Qui tollis
Quoniam tu solus sanctus
Cum Sancto Spiritu
Credo in unum Deum
Et incarnatus est
Et resurrexit
Sanctus
Benedictus
Agnus Dei

The audience of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival experienced a great musical event when the Kammerchor Stuttgart, conducted by its founder Frieder Bernius, performed Luigi Cherubini's Messe Solennelle No. 2 in D minor. The soloists of the evening were Ruth Ziesak, soprano, Christa Mayer, contralto, Christoph Genz, tenor, and Thomas E. Bauer, bass. The recording of this truly extraordinary work is now available on CD.

After a beginning which seems familiar, unforeseen, imaginative and witty turns lead melodic progressions and harmonic developments into entirely new directions. The harmonic variety is impressive, and chromaticism plays no less important a role. Subtle instrumentation lends many sections an exquisite sonority. And last but not least, the deeply felt interpretation of the text by means of melodic, rhythmic or harmonic figures, as well as by dynamics and tempo is one of the outstanding features of the work, highlighting the performers' brilliance.

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Recorded at Deutsches Haus, Flensburg, 21.07.2001. Live recording of a public concert at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival 2001.