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Liszt - Missa Choralis & Via Crucis

~ Leigh Melrose (Baritone), Franz Liszt (Composer), Matthew Best (Conductor), Thomas Trotter (Organ)
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  • Conductor: Matthew Best
  • Composer: Franz Liszt
  • Audio CD (1 Oct 2000)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Hyperion
  • ASIN: B00004YYQ6
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 104,796 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Missa Choralis
2. Via Crucis
3. Missa Choralis: Credo - Elizabeth Atherton/Harriet Webb/John Bowley/Leigh Melrose/Nicholas Warden/Thomas Trotter
4. Missa Choralis: Sanctus - Corydon Sgrs/Matthew Best/Thomas Trotter
5. Missa Choralis: Benedictus - Elizabeth Atherton/Jane Bovell/Harriet Webb/Jeanetter Ager/John Bowley/Andrew Peter King...
6. Missa Choralis: Agnus Dei - Elizabeth Atherton/Harriet Webb/John Bowley/Leigh Melrose/Thomas Trotter
7. Via Crucis: Einleitung - Elizabeth Atherton/Jeanetter Ager/John Bowley/Nicholas Warden/Thomas Trotter
8. Via Crucis: Station I - Nicholas Warden/Thomas Trotter
9. Via Crucis: Station II - Leigh Melrose/Thomas Trotter
10. Via Crucis: Station III - Elizabeth Atherton/Harriet Webb/Jeanetter Ager/Thomas Trotter
11. Via Crucis: Station IV - Corydon Sgrs/Matthew Best/Thomas Trotter
12. Via Crucis: Station V - Corydon Sgrs/Matthew Best/Thomas Trotter
13. Via Crucis: Station VI - Corydon Sgrs/Matthew Best/Thomas Trotter
14. Via Crucis: Station VII - Elizabeth Atherton/Harriet Webb/Jeanetter Ager/Thomas Trotter
15. Via Crucis: Station VIII - Leigh Melrose/Thomas Trotter
16. Via Crucis: Station IX - Elizabeth Atherton/Harriet Webb/Jeanetter Ager/Thomas Trotter
17. Via Crucis: Station X - Corydon Sgrs/Matthew Best/Thomas Trotter
18. Via Crucis: Station XI - Corydon Sgrs/Matthew Best/Thomas Trotter
19. Via Crucis: Station XII - Leigh Melrose/Elizabeth Atherton/Harriet Webb/Jeanetter Ager/Thomas Trotter
20. Via Crucis: Station XIII - Corydon Sgrs/Matthew Best/Thomas Trotter
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On this CD:
  1. Missa choralis
    Composed by Franz Liszt
    Performed by Corydon Singers
    with Thomas Trotter
    Conducted by Matthew Best

  2. Via crucis
    Composed by Franz Liszt
    Performed by Corydon Singers
    with Thomas Trotter
    Conducted by Matthew Best

Product Description

Amazon.co.uk Review
For those used to Lisztian fireworks, the two religious works on this disc show a whole different side to this composer. The Missa Choralis of 1865, Liszt's third setting of the Mass, is the more conservative piece of the two and is most notable for its overall impression of contemplative peace. The restful opening is the antithesis of Liszt the extrovert virtuoso. The Mass boasts a contained Miserere and beautifully pure solo contributions, particularly in the Benedictus. The Corydon Singers convey the various moods, from bright optimism to hushed reverence, with the utmost sensitivity. Via Crucis was written between 1866 and 1878, although it only received its first performance in 1929. Here is Liszt at his most experimental and also at his most religiously transported. The organ introduction to the first "station of the cross" exemplifies Liszt's harmony at its most progressive. Via Crucis is a mesmerising and unforgettable musical experience in which Liszt sets texts in both Latin and German. Matthew Best underlines the drama inherent in the sometimes almost operatic score, his choir responding magnificently to his direction. The booklet notes are exemplary, aiding comprehension of a difficult but also rewarding and uplifting score. --Colin Clarke

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4.0 out of 5 stars Liszt Anticipates Holy Minimalism, 31 Jan 2009
By PhilsterNo1 (England) - See all my reviews
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If Arvo Part had written Via Crucis, it would be lauded to the skies and Classic FM would be playing it round the clock. Fact is, Liszt wrote this remarkably devotional, unexpectedly humble work way back in the Nineteenth century. A work that makes varied use of an organ accompaniment to solo and choral singing - or rather, the singing accompanies the organ. The Fourteen Stations Of The Cross would have been a familiar subject on church paintings in Italy, and ideally, one would walk round the pictures for each of the musical numbers. This means Via Crucis is ideal for your walkman or ipod, on a trip to Italy; rather like listening to an audio commentary in an art gallery.

The Mass is also well worth hearing, but it is this, the best recording of Via Crucis, that makes Hyperion's disc a must have for your collection. Liszt is far more interesting than people often choose to imagine. If Mozart the Divine could be the most nauseating potty-mouth at one and the same time, why shouldn't this roving priapic pianist also be a devout, tender Christian, as spiritual as he was carnal?

If you like Arvo Part, start probing the background and hear where he got his ideas from. Not just early music, it seems.
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