Beethoven: Missa Solemnis; Mass in C major; Christus am Ölberge

If you believe that Beethoven was a conventional Austrian Catholic in his religious views, then Carlo Maria Giulini recordings of Beethoven's two settings of the ordinary of the Catholic mass, the Missa Solemnis and the Mass in C major, will seem ideal. Leading the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the New Philharmonia Chorus, and two distinctly different but equally excellent sets of soloists, Giulini's conception of the works is quintessentially reverential, worshipping the Almighty with downcast eyes and a humble heart. His ... Read More

If you believe that Beethoven was a conventional Austrian Catholic in his religious views, then Carlo Maria Giulini recordings of Beethoven's two settings of the ordinary of the Catholic mass, the Missa Solemnis and the Mass in C major, will seem ideal. Leading the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the New Philharmonia Chorus, and two distinctly different but equally excellent sets of soloists, Giulini's conception of the works is quintessentially reverential, worshipping the Almighty with downcast eyes and a humble heart. His forces give him exactly what he wants from the intense tone of the LPO to the full weight of the NPC to the sincerely devotional singing of both sets of soloists -- Heather Harper, Janet Baker, Robert Tear, and Hans Sotin in the Missa Solemnis and Elly Ameling, Janet Baker, Theo Altmeyer, and Marius Rintzler in the C major Mass. For listeners to whom the idea of a conventional Austrian Catholic Beethoven with downcast eyes and a humble heart is inconceivable, Giulini's... Read Less

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