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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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This Missa Solemnis was my introduction to Beethoven's choral music ten years ago when I was about to play in a performance of the piece, and I can honestly say that I haven't found another recording since which comes close.
The reletively small orchestra and chorus used mean that there is huge clarity throughout (for once you can hear the solo strings doubling the solo voices in the 'Et incarnatus est'), the tempi are never needlessly slow, it's an incredibly dramatic rendition (the strings and clarinets in the 'Crucifixus' actually sound like the hammering in of nails), and a few highlights for me have to be the flute solo in the 'Et incarnatus est' (again!), the prelude to the Benedictus on divisi violas and cellos (again such a clear sound that you can hear the flutes doubling the viola lines near the bottom of their register), and the wonderful quintet for soloists and solo violin that is the Benedictus itself.
Oh, just go and buy it and listen for yourself!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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I grew up on the grand and wonderful Klemperer version. This is quite different - and more thrilling. The faster tempi adopted by Gardiner are not adopted at the expense of the weightiness and typical Beethoven solidity of this mighty work. The soloists are excellent and the playing great. An outstanding achievement
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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Possibly the most profound piece of music ever written and so therefore no definitive performance can ever exist but all have have value. Gardiner's version, done with an ear towards someone's guess as to what period instruments sounded like, has moments of expected delight but compared with the inspirational Jochum version, it falls short and fails to completely inspire.
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Che delusione!
Non so se attribuire la mia delusione alle scelte esecutive di Gardiner - uno degli interpreti che preferisco - o, piuttosto, alla qualità della registrazione. Read more
Published on 2 Nov 2009 by pablot68
Efficient Beethoven - not a spiritual experience
A quick scan of the many reviews this disc has attracted reveals a clear split between those who worship at Gardiner's shrine and those like me who remain underwhelmed. Read more
Published on 28 May 2009 by Ralph Moore
What an incredible rush. So good, it should be banned.
This is a wonderful recording of what must rank as one of the most awesome pieces of music ever written. Read more
Published on 3 Dec 2007 by Jan W. H. Schnupp
Unpleasant disappointment
I bought the CD after reading the recommendations by other owners. I will not say that I regret it (how can one regret having a copy of any performance of Solemnis? Read more
Published on 2 Nov 2007 by Milan Rakic
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I had to look at the score of this piece at one time, and our library had this recording. It was the first time I had heard Sir John Eliot performing Beethoven, and I was blown... Read more
Published on 24 July 2006 by J. Hutchings
"Miraculous" recording of the greatest setting of the mass.
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