Beethoven - Mass in C major, Op. 86

Soprano: Charlotte Margiono
Mezzo-soprano: Catherine Robbin
Tenor: William Kendall
Bass tenor: Alastair Miles
Monteverdi Choir
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
John Eliot Gardiner

Ludwig van Beethoven composed the Mass in C major, Op. 86, to a commission from Prince Nikolaus Esterházy II in 1807. The mass, scored for four vocal soloists, choir and orchestra was premiered the same year by the Prince's musical forces in Eisenstadt. Beethoven performed parts of it in his 1808 concert featuring the premieres of four major works including his Fifth Symphony. The mass was published in 1812 by Breitkopf & Härtel.

While the Prince who commissioned the mass was not pleased, contemporary critic E. T. A. Hoffmann appreciates the "expression of a childlike serene mind", while Michael Moore notes the music's "directness and an emotional content".

Beethoven's Mass in C is in five movements:

0:00 I: Kyrie
5:35 II: Gloria
14:26 III: Credo
24:56 IV: Sanctus
35:43 V: Agnus Dei

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