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Beethoven - Missa Solemnis / Margiono Robbin Kendall Miles (Archiv)
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0028942977921
Format: Import
Label: Archiv
Manufacturer: Archiv
MPN: 429779
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Archiv
Release Date: February 08, 1991
Studio: Archiv
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Editorial Review:
John Eliot Gardiner's interpretation of the Missa Solemnis stands as one of the crowning accomplishments of his career and one of the most impressive achievements of the period-instrument movement. The concept is grand and powerful, lively though not unduly brisk. The execution is simply electrifying: Gardiner has the orchestra on the edge of their seats, the chorus going all-out, and sparks flying everywhere. Excellent singing from the soloists and a vivid recording complete the triumph, and it's all on a single disc. --Ted Libbey
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Beethoven for kids
For a serious classical listener this version should not be considered at all. This is a light and bland Beethoven and I think this version don't do justice to this great masterpiece. This is an easy Beethoven, a version that you may hear with you ipod in the gym, in the car or as a background music a very low volume. The problem is not the use of period instruments, which I have to admit, deliver transparency and clarity to the music. Actually you can hear some details that you cannot hear with ... Read More
Rating:  - high-octane
This is one heck of a high-octane performance if ever there was one.
Before I bought this Gardiner version, I had the Solti reading which did very little to further my opinion of Beethoven's great Mass. When I first listened to the Gardiner though, it changed my mind immediately. So much energy...the propelling power of the music moved me...whereas Solti has only been loud. The difference was a revelation.
So if you have yet to encounter a Missa Solemnis that convinces you, this should ... Read More
Rating:  - Brassy
I have enjoyed many Gardiner recordings over the years, beginning over twenty years ago with his excellent Handel Hercules. I admit I am not a fanatic of period instruments, but I recogize how they have contributed wonderfully to many performances of baroque music, and have even served well for some later works. An example of this is Gardiner's recording of Schumann's Paradise and the Peri. (Do yourself a favor and check out the Nachtlied on that CD. It's magical.)
But I find this recording ... Read More
Rating: - Exquisite!
I'm not typically a big period instruments fan, but this recording was fabulous. With the singing and excitement at such a high level, I really didn't even notice the period instrumentation.
I have not listened to all of the other versions, so I have no basis for comparisons, but I have a hard time believing that ANYONE would be disappointed with this recording. This is far superior to the recording I used to own of this piece (Robert Shaw, maybe?). Now, I can truly see what all of the fuss ... Read More
Rating: - Hairs on End
When I was in college I had the incredible experience of singing in the chorus for the Beethoven 9th with Kurt Masur and the Leipzig Gewanthaus. I floated on air for days after the performance. During rehearsal, Maestro Masur gave a talk about his thoughts on the 9th in relation to the Missa. He said that the Missa was Beethoven arguing with God with that argument being be resolved in the 9th. From a musical, but not textual standpoint, I could see his point of view.
Gardiner seems to subscribe ... Read More
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