Crucifixus

SKU: CY.CC2598

Crucifixus by Antonio Lotti is part of his Credo in F. This motet of 8 voices is a wonderful example of polyphony with many suspensions thrown in for good measure. The music is sweet with a beautiful sadness, making it a work that touches most listeners in a very personal way.

Mr. Brink has transposed the work down a fifth into the key of F minor (resolving to F major at the conclusion), otherwise keeping the music true to its origins.

This 4 minute work has a range of up to high B-flat for the 1st part. The top four parts are in tenor clef.

The mp3 sound file is from a live performance of the Rundfunkchor conducted by Sir Simon Rattle from YouTube.

SKU: LM.27895

ISBN 9790230978958.

BACH : Recitatif - HAENDEL : Joshua, Air de Kaleb - HAYDN : Les Saisons, Cavatine - SCHUMANN : Resignation Op.83 n. 1 - ROSSINI : Mi lagnera tacendo - Petite messe solennelle, Crucifixus - BRAHMS : Ich legte mich unter den Iindenbaum - Ach wende diesen blick - BIZET : Absence - CHAUSSON : Serre d'ennui - DEBUSSY : Ariettes oubliees, C'est l'Extase - PUCCINI : La Boheme, Mi chiamano Mimi - BRITTEN : extrait de Rejoice in the Lamb - MACHAUT : Amours me fait desirer - MONTEVERDI - Lasciate mi morire (5e livre de madrigal) - HAYDN : Alles hat seine zeit - MENDELSSOHN : Aus der motette Op.39 n. 3 - SCHUMANN : Erste Begegnung Op.74 n. 1 - Liebesgram Op.74 n. 3 - LISZT : Ave verum corpus - BRAHMS : Phanomen Op.61 n. 3 - Am Strande Op.66 n. 3 - DEBUSSY : Il pleure dan mon coeur - L'Echelonnement des haies - POULENC : Ave verum corpus - STRAYHORN : Lush-life.

SKU: ST.9169

ISBN 9790220210082.

CONTENTS
AGOSTINI, Paolo: Adoramus te
CONSTANTINI, Alessandro: Confitemini Domino
CROCE: Et resurrexit
GABRIELI, Andrea: Crucifixus
LASSO, Orlando di: Adoramus te (1); Adoramus te (2); Agimus tibi gratias (1); Agimus tibi gratias (2); Alleluja laus et gloria; Benedictus qui venit; Expandi manus; Hodie apparuit in Israel; Ipsa te cogat pietas; In pace in idipsum dormiam; Oculus non vidit; Sanctimei
MOZART Alleluja; Ave Maria; Kyrie eleison
PALESTRINA, Giovanni: Adoramus te; Benedictus qui venit (1); Benedictus qui venit (2); Confitemini Domino; Crucifixus; Hodie Christus natus est; Jesu Rex admirabilis; Pleni sunt coeli; Salve regina; Tua Jesu dilectio
VICTORIA, T L a: Accende lumen sensibus; Christe eleison; Duo seraphim; O sacrum convivium; O vos omnes.

SKU: TM.03223SET

SKU: BR.OB-5329-16

ISBN 9790004333549. 10 x 12.5 inches.

According to the date inscribed in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's autograph score, the present mass was composed in March 1780. The instrumental setting (oboes, trumpets and timpani add color and festive splendor to the work) rightly suggests that the work was in all likelihood performed with the Church Sonata K. 336 at the Easter high mass in the Salzburg cathedral. Since Archbishop Hieronymus Count Colloredo wanted the mass text to be treated as succinctly as possible, Mozart offered him a richly orchestrated Missa solemnis in the terse form of a Missa brevis.The brilliant, festive character of the Mass K. 337 is abruptly interrupted by a powerful Benedictus in a harsh A minor, the most striking and revolutionary movement in all of Mozart's Masses, in the strictest contrapuntal style ... (Alfred Einstein). What could have inspired Mozart to such unexpected rigor? But there is another surprise yet: while the dark drama of the Holy Week seems to radiate from this Benedictus, the following Agnus Dei in the distant key of E flat major sounds, with its soprano solo and concertante oboe, bassoon and organ, like a song of thanksgiving filled with the warmth and light of Easter.Other features worth noting are the three unisons between the alto and bass heard at the Deus pater omnipotens in the Gloria (bars 22-32), the a cappella illumination of the words Jesu Christe found a little later (bar 62) and the descending chromaticism evocative of death at the Crucifixus in the Credo. (Incidentally, Mozart had initially planned a different movement for the Credo of this mass, superscribed Tempo di Chiaconna; he wrote out 136 bars but, for some unknown reason, never completed it.)While the Coronation Mass K. 317 of 1779 is one of Mozart's most well-known mass settings, its later composed frllow piece K. 337 - Mozart's last completed mass before the great C minor fragment K. 427 (417a) - has been paid less attention, even though it is an outstanding example of the Mozartian mass type and contains parallels to the Coronation Mass in its disposition and in the structure of its various movements. The score and piano reduction of this new edition were prepared on the basis of the autograph (Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek/Vienna, dass. no. Mus. Hs. 18 97512) and the Salzburg performance material (Staats- und Stadtbibliothek/Augsburg, dass. no. Hl. Kreuz 9). We wish to thank both libraries for putting the source material at our disposal.Franz Beyer, Munich, Spring 1998.

SKU: MN.56-0074

UPC: 688670220777. Latin.

This mass setting was commissioned by the Friends of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford and first performed on Ascension Sunday, 1994. Suitable for both church and concert use, the music is both lyrical and dramatic. The mood of the text is faithfully represented in the setting, yet with a lot of originality. The setting is sometimes declamatory, sometimes mysterious, with a “Crucifixus” which is hushed and reverent. Material from the “Kyrie” returns at “Et resurrexit.” Sections of this movement are in eight parts. Duration 7:16.

SKU: HL.14002872