Schubert: Mass No. 6 in E-Flat Major Cleveland Orchestra & Franz Welser-Möst

• Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828): Mass No. 6 in E-Flat Major, D. 950:
• 1 Schubert: Mass No. 6 in E-Flat Major, D. 950: I. Kyrie 05:29
• 2 Schubert: Mass No. 6 in E-Flat Major, D. 950: IIa. Gloria. Gloria in excelsis Deo 04:19
• 3 Schubert: Mass No. 6 in E-Flat Major, D. 950: IIb. Gloria. Domine Deus 03:37
• 4 Schubert: Mass No. 6 in E-Flat Major, D. 950: IIc. Gloria. Quoniam tu solus sanctus 00:55
• 5 Schubert: Mass No. 6 in E-Flat Major, D. 950: IId. Gloria. Cum Sancto Spiritu 03:34
• 6 Schubert: Mass No. 6 in E-Flat Major, D. 950: IIIa. Credo. Credo in unum Deum 02:20
• 7 Schubert: Mass No. 6 in E-Flat Major, D. 950: IIIb. Credo. Et incarnatus est 05:12
• 8 Schubert: Mass No. 6 in E-Flat Major, D. 950: IIIc. Credo. Et resurrexit 05:52
• 9 Schubert: Mass No. 6 in E-Flat Major, D. 950: IVa. Sanctus. Sanctus Dominus Deus 02:11
• 10 Schubert: Mass No. 6 in E-Flat Major, D. 950: IVb. Sanctus. Osanna in excelsis 01:06
• 11 Schubert: Mass No. 6 in E-Flat Major, D. 950: Va. Benedictus. Benedictus qui venit 03:40
• 12 Schubert: Mass No. 6 in E-Flat Major, D. 950: Vb. Benedictus. Osanna in excelsis 01:07
• 13 Schubert: Mass No. 6 in E-Flat Major, D. 950: VIa. Agnus Dei. Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi 03:41
• 14 Schubert: Mass No. 6 in E-Flat Major, D. 950: VIb. Agnus Dei. Dona nobis pacem 02:11
• 15 Schubert: Mass No. 6 in E-Flat Major, D. 950: VIc. Agnus Dei. Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi 00:47
• 16 Schubert: Mass No. 6 in E-Flat Major, D. 950: VId. Agnus Dei. Dona nobis pacem 01:19
• Total Runtime 47:20

Info for Schubert: Mass No. 6 in E-Flat Major

Written in the final year of his life, Schubert’s Mass No. 6 in E-flat major is often regarded as the composer’s own requiem. In this recording, The Cleveland Orchestra is joined by soprano Joélle Harvey, mezzo-soprano Daryl Freedman, tenors Julian Prégardien and Martin Mitterrutzner, bass-baritone Dashon Burton, and The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus.

Franz Schubert’s Mass in E-flat major, written in the last year of his life, offers keen insight into this composer’s musical world. Just as we find in many of his late works, the music of this Mass expands to “heavenly lengths,” which is how Robert Schumann described Schubert’s extraordinary ability to make time seem to stand still.

In many respects, Schubert’s final Mass reflects on the social, religious, and philosophical upheavals ignited during the Age of Enlightenment.

In it, Schubert seems to have taken the liturgical Mass off of its high pedestal and placed it squarely on earth, focusing on human emotion and our personal relationship with the divine. Schubert did not live to see the first performances of the Mass in E-flat major, led by his older brother Ferdinand in Vienna’s Alserkirche. As a result, some have suggested that this work, completed four months prior to his death at age 31, serves as the composer’s own requiem. Indeed, one can find melancholy resignation in this work, but also a deep understanding of the human condition. A concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic once told me: “This piece cannot last long enough! For me, it could last forever.” How very true. ...

Joélle Harvey, soprano
Daryl Freedman, mezzo-soprano
Julian Prégardien, tenor
Martin Mitterrutzner, tenor
Dashon Burton, bass-baritone
The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
Lisa Wong, Director of Choruses
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor

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