Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific … Read Full Bio ↴Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition resulted in more than 800 works of virtually every Western classical genre of his time. Many of these compositions are acknowledged as pinnacles of the symphonic, concertante, chamber, operatic, and choral repertoire. Mozart is widely regarded as among the greatest composers in the history of Western music, with his music admired for its "melodic beauty, its formal elegance and its richness of harmony and texture".
Born in Salzburg, then in the Holy Roman Empire and currently in Austria, Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty. His father took him on a grand tour of Europe and then three trips to Italy. At 17, he was a musician at the Salzburg court but grew restless and traveled in search of a better position.
While visiting Vienna in 1781, Mozart was dismissed from his Salzburg position. He stayed in Vienna, where he achieved fame but little financial security. During his final years there, he composed many of his best-known symphonies, concertos, and operas. His Requiem was largely unfinished by the time of his death at the age of 35, the circumstances of which are uncertain and much mythologized.
Born in Salzburg, then in the Holy Roman Empire and currently in Austria, Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty. His father took him on a grand tour of Europe and then three trips to Italy. At 17, he was a musician at the Salzburg court but grew restless and traveled in search of a better position.
While visiting Vienna in 1781, Mozart was dismissed from his Salzburg position. He stayed in Vienna, where he achieved fame but little financial security. During his final years there, he composed many of his best-known symphonies, concertos, and operas. His Requiem was largely unfinished by the time of his death at the age of 35, the circumstances of which are uncertain and much mythologized.
Davidde Penitente K. 469: X. Coro. Chi in dio sol spera
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Confutatis Confutatis maledictis, flammis acribus addictis, voca me c…
Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen Tod und Verzweiflung…
Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja Stets lustig heissa hopsasa! Ic…
Die Zauberflöte K. 620 Act 2: Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen, Tod und Verzweiflung…
Die Zauberflöte: Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen, Hells Revenge cooks …
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Domine Jesu Domine, Jesu Christe, Rex gloriae, libera animas omnium fid…
Domine Jesu Christe DOMINE Jesu Christie, Rex Gloriaee, libera …
Hostias Hostias et preces tibi, Domine laudis offerimus tu suscipe…
I Introitus : Requiem Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine; et lux perpetua luceat ei…
III CHORUS Rex tremende majestatis, Qui salvandos salvas gratis …
III. Dies Irae CHORUS Dies irae, dies illa Solvet saeclum in favilla, Teste…
III. Sequentia: / Rex Tremendae Majestatis CHORUS Rex tremende majestatis, Qui salvandos salvas gratis …
Introitus Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, Et lux perpetua luceat ei…
Introitus Requiem Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine; et lux perpetua luceat ei…
iv HOSTIAS et preces tibi, Domine, laudis…
IV. Offertorium: / Domine Jesu Christe DOMINE Jesu Christie, Rex Gloriaee, libera …
Kyrie Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison. Kyrie eleison.…
La' ci darem la mano (Don Giovanni): Là ci darem la mano, Là mi dirai di sì, Vedi…
Lacrimosa Lacrymosa dies illa, qua resurget ex favilla judicandus ho…
Laudate Laudate Dominum omnes gentes Laudate eum, omnes populi Quon…
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Le nozze di Figaro: Cinque... dieci... venti... trenta... Cinque... dieci... venti... trenta... Trentasei... quarantat…
Lux aeterna SOPRANO SOLO AND CHORUS LUX eterna …
O Fortuna O Fortuna, velut Luna statu variabilis, semper crescis a…
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Queen Of The Night Aria Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem herzen Tot und verzweiflung …
Recordare Recordare Jesu pie, quod sum causa tuae viae, ne me perdas…
Requiem 1. Requiem Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux…
Requiem Dies irae CHORUS Dies irae, dies illa Solvet saeclum in favilla, Teste…
Requiem in D minor K 626: 3. Sequentia: "Recordare" Recordare, Jesu pie, Quod sum causa tuae viae, Ne me perdas …
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Requiem in D minor K.626 Dies iræ, dies illa Solvet sæclum in favilla Teste David cum…
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Requiem in D Minor K.626: 4. Offertorium: Domine Jesu Domine, Jesu Christe, Rex gloriae, rex gloriae Libera animas…
Requiem in D Minor K.626: 4. Offertorium: Hostias Hostias et preces, tibi, Domine, Laudis offerimus: Tu suscip…
Requiem Introitus Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine; et lux perpetua luceat ei…
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Requiem: Agnus Dei CHORUS AGNUS DEI, qui tollis peccata …
Requiem: Dies irae Dies iræ, dies illa Solvet sæclum en favilla Teste davidcum …
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Requiem: Introitus: Requiem Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine; et lux perpetua luceat ei…
Requiem: IV. Offertorium: Domine Jesu Christe DOMINE Jesu Christie, Rex Gloriaee, libera …
Requiem: Lacrimosa Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat ei…
Requiem: Requiem Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine; et lux perpetua luceat ei…
Requiem: Rex tremendae CHORUS Rex tremende majestatis, Qui salvandos salvas gratis …
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Requiem: VIII. Communio: Lux aeterna SOPRANO SOLO AND CHORUS LUX eterna …
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Rex Tremendae Majestatis CHORUS Rex tremende majestatis, Qui salvandos salvas gratis …
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Elias
I recognize some of these parts from the Great Mass in C minor!
I. Coro "Alzai le flebili voci" = Kyrie
III. Aria "Lungi le cure" = Gloria: Laudamus te
II. Coro "Cantiamo" = Gloria: Gloria in excelsis Deo
IV. Coro "Sii pur sempre" = Gloria: Gratias agimus
VII. Coro "Se vuoi" = Gloria: Qui tollis
IX. Terzetto "Tutte le mie" = Gloria: Quoniam
X. Coro "Chi in Dio" = Gloria: Jesu Christe
This is 7 movements from what we have of the Great Mass.
The other three (V, VI, VIII)... They could be something made for the remainder of the Credo!
So we know two parts of the Credo from the mass:
1. "Credo in unum Deum" until "Et incarnatus est"
2. "Et incarnatus est" until "Crucifixus".
So the Crucifixus is the next movement.
In a Classical era mass setting, the Crucifixus is a dramatic choral section.
The remaining movements (V - 2 soprano duet, VI - tenor aria, VIII - soprano aria) have no chorus. So now we're looking for a dramatic section overall.
One I found fitting is the 8th movement, the soprano aria. The slow Andante section fits for the dramatic nature of the "Crucifixus", and the faster Allegro section is a nice "Et resurrexit" part played attacca.
So now we have:
1. "Credo in unum Deum"
2. "Et incarnatus est"
3. "Crucifixus" (attacca)
4. "Et resurrexit"
So the next movement, what is it? I think it's "Et in Spiritum Sanctum". Why so? The fast section of the soprano aria I talked about above is long enough to fit in the text "Et resurrexit" through "Et in Spiritum Sanctum". Mozart also added a separate "Et in Spiritum Sanctum" movement in most of his masses, so I think it fits.
And the candidate for that section is movement VI - the tenor aria in B-flat major. I chose this aria because it uses 4 wind obbligatos (6 if you count the horns, but they're more accompanimental), and such instruments were used by Mozart in some of his masses (the Dominicus Mass is an undying example) in the "Et in Spiritum Sanctum" movements.
The faster part of this aria was, perhaps, the "Et unam sanctam" part as it goes right after the "Et in Spiritum".
Now, the Credo looks like this:
1. "Credo in unum Deum"
2. "Et incarnatus est"
3. "Crucifixus" (attacca)
4. "Et resurrexit"
5. "Et in Spiritum Sanctum" (attacca)
6. "Et unam sanctam"
Thus, we've built almost the entire Credo!
The bad news: we're missing at least two parts. One of them is "Confiteor unum baptisma" and the other is "Et vitam venturi saeculi". All I can say is that the "Et vitam venturi saeculi" part may be a fugue: in Classical era masses the texts, "Cum Sancto Spiritu: in gloria Dei Patris, amen" and "Et vitam venturi saeculi, amen" (sometimes also "Hosanna in excelsis", which Mozart has in this mass) were set as fugues. We already have a "Cum Sancto Spiritu" fugue in the Gloria and a "Hosanna" fugue in the Sanctus, so why not a concluding fugue in the Credo? Unfortunately, in this oratorio/cantata we have no material that looks like something fitting for these parts of the Credo.
The last movement of this oratorio we're gonna talk about is movement V - a 2-soprano duet. I think it sounds very fitting to be the Agnus Dei, IDK why really tho, but a nice Agnus Dei can also be an exact repeat of the opening Kyrie chorus with the text of the Agnus Dei.
This stupid theory belongs to
ME
Sorry for my bad English.
S.P.'s score videos
I. Chorus: "Alzai le flebili voci al Signor" [0:00]
II. Chorus: "Cantiamo le glorie e le lodi" [6:47]
III. Soprano II: "Lungi le cure ingrate" [09:05]
IV. Chorus: "Sii pur sempre benigno" [13:35]
V. Sopranos I-II: "Sorgi, o Signore, e spargi i tuoi nemici" [15:05]
VI. Tenor: "A te, fra tanti affanni" [17:36] – Udisti i voti miei" [22:03]
VII. Chorus: "Se vuoi, puniscimi" [24:23]
VIII. Soprano: "Fra l'oscure ombre funeste" [29:48] – "Alme belle" [32:08]
IX. Sopranos I-II, Tenor: "Tutte le mie speranze" [35:59]
X. Chorus: "Chi in Dio sol spera" [40:08] – "Di tal pericoli non ho timor" [40:46]
jdj830
It’s interesting to contemplate that if we didn’t happen to know of the existence of the Mass in C minor - and it’s actually something of a miracle that we do, since it was performed once if at all and only survived as an incomplete manuscript - Davide Penitente would be a household name, known as one of Mozart’s supreme masterpieces and a standard work of choral literature. But somehow we made the collective decision that we’d rather listen to the incomplete Mass than this complete oratorio. I don’t disagree - it sounds better and feels more powerful as a mass setting, and the two extra arias here are beautiful but they don’t hold a candle to the Et incarnatus est aria or the Benedictus quartet. But it’s too bad that loving the Mass in C minor means that Davide is very rarely performed, because it’s a masterpiece on its own terms.
Renan Valcácio
Magnífico!!!
Bravoooo!!!
Eric Haas
Thanks for uploading. Quite beautiful the voices of the solists!
Anybody 10cts for who are the performing singers?
S.P.'s score videos
We can't know. The only name linked to this recording is Gunther Hasselmann, which is a fake made up by a publisher: https://artmusiclounge.wordpress.com/2020/11/16/who-is-gunther-hasselmann/
Elias
I recognize some of these parts from the Great Mass in C minor!
I. Coro "Alzai le flebili voci" = Kyrie
III. Aria "Lungi le cure" = Gloria: Laudamus te
II. Coro "Cantiamo" = Gloria: Gloria in excelsis Deo
IV. Coro "Sii pur sempre" = Gloria: Gratias agimus
VII. Coro "Se vuoi" = Gloria: Qui tollis
IX. Terzetto "Tutte le mie" = Gloria: Quoniam
X. Coro "Chi in Dio" = Gloria: Jesu Christe
This is 7 movements from what we have of the Great Mass.
The other three (V, VI, VIII)... They could be something made for the remainder of the Credo!
So we know two parts of the Credo from the mass:
1. "Credo in unum Deum" until "Et incarnatus est"
2. "Et incarnatus est" until "Crucifixus".
So the Crucifixus is the next movement.
In a Classical era mass setting, the Crucifixus is a dramatic choral section.
The remaining movements (V - 2 soprano duet, VI - tenor aria, VIII - soprano aria) have no chorus. So now we're looking for a dramatic section overall.
One I found fitting is the 8th movement, the soprano aria. The slow Andante section fits for the dramatic nature of the "Crucifixus", and the faster Allegro section is a nice "Et resurrexit" part played attacca.
So now we have:
1. "Credo in unum Deum"
2. "Et incarnatus est"
3. "Crucifixus" (attacca)
4. "Et resurrexit"
So the next movement, what is it? I think it's "Et in Spiritum Sanctum". Why so? The fast section of the soprano aria I talked about above is long enough to fit in the text "Et resurrexit" through "Et in Spiritum Sanctum". Mozart also added a separate "Et in Spiritum Sanctum" movement in most of his masses, so I think it fits.
And the candidate for that section is movement VI - the tenor aria in B-flat major. I chose this aria because it uses 4 wind obbligatos (6 if you count the horns, but they're more accompanimental), and such instruments were used by Mozart in some of his masses (the Dominicus Mass is an undying example) in the "Et in Spiritum Sanctum" movements.
The faster part of this aria was, perhaps, the "Et unam sanctam" part as it goes right after the "Et in Spiritum".
Now, the Credo looks like this:
1. "Credo in unum Deum"
2. "Et incarnatus est"
3. "Crucifixus" (attacca)
4. "Et resurrexit"
5. "Et in Spiritum Sanctum" (attacca)
6. "Et unam sanctam"
Thus, we've built almost the entire Credo!
The bad news: we're missing at least two parts. One of them is "Confiteor unum baptisma" and the other is "Et vitam venturi saeculi". All I can say is that the "Et vitam venturi saeculi" part may be a fugue: in Classical era masses the texts, "Cum Sancto Spiritu: in gloria Dei Patris, amen" and "Et vitam venturi saeculi, amen" (sometimes also "Hosanna in excelsis", which Mozart has in this mass) were set as fugues. We already have a "Cum Sancto Spiritu" fugue in the Gloria and a "Hosanna" fugue in the Sanctus, so why not a concluding fugue in the Credo? Unfortunately, in this oratorio/cantata we have no material that looks like something fitting for these parts of the Credo.
The last movement of this oratorio we're gonna talk about is movement V - a 2-soprano duet. I think it sounds very fitting to be the Agnus Dei, IDK why really tho, but a nice Agnus Dei can also be an exact repeat of the opening Kyrie chorus with the text of the Agnus Dei.
This stupid theory belongs to
ME
Sorry for my bad English.
Marco Giusti
Dr Johnson ! Non vi sono dubbi che Ella sia una autorita' nel campo della letteratura, e pure di eccezionale rilievo Per quanto riguarda la musica direi invece che abbia bisogno di informarsi Saro' ben lieto di offrire un umile contibuto allo scopo Ai primi di marzo del 1785 Mozart venne invitato dalla Tonkünstler-Sozietät di Vienna a comporre un brano per un imminente concerto di beneficenza presso il Burgtheater
Mozart che aveva poco tempo per comporre (e forse anche poca voglia) uso' in gran parte la musica della Messa KV 427 (del 1782-1783) Di nuovo vi sono solo due arie "A te, fra tanti affanni" e "Fra l'oscure ombre funeste"
La Grande Messa in do minore era sconosciuta al pubblico viennese, il testo latino della Messa venne sostituito con uno nuovo di salmi (in italiano!) originariamente attribuito a Lorenzo Da Ponte: successivamente invece si scopri' provenire dalle traduzioni in italiano dei salmi biblici di Saverio Mattei
Aaron He
Also, V. Sopranos I-II: "Sorgi, o Signore, e spargi i tuoi nemici" = Domine deus
Elias
@S.P.'s score videos Thank you!
Yes, the Great Mass is much more mysterious than the Requiem to me. Most of the Requiem was written by Mozart already. The mass, however...
S.P.'s score videos
This is a very useful comment!
There have been a lot of theories about which movement is which, if it's true that the extra movements in this Oratorio are missing parts from the Mass, and if the MAss would be really complete with those or will still miss something.
Sadly, unless some manuscript comes out (but there's no evidence Mozart finished this Mass), we will never know the thruth. :(
Simon Kawasaki
32:09 How refreshing this is! This truly is the voice of the angels and seraphs!