I've been engrossed in the Missa lately. I just wondered if there has ever been a recording of it with the singing in English? Not sure how possible this would be - but I had heard somewhere that there is a German version
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missa on youtube...
This does not answer the question originally asked... but if you can forgive the sound quality and concentrate instead on the interpretation of the work under Arturo Toscanini's baton you should have an absolutely exciting historical moment... the Gloria is found at this link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6v557bqtdk
Must it be? It must be!
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Originally posted by Hofrat View PostDear DavidO;
Try G. Schirmer Editions of Masses and Vespers, New York/London, Edition number 602. This is a vocal score with piano accompaniment that includes an English translation too. 141 pages.
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DavidO;
The purpose of the piano-vocal score is rehearsal of the vocal soloists and the choirs. They were not intended for performances, although your idea has merit. Beethoven had Ignaz Moscheles arrange a piano-vocal score for "Fidelio.""Is it not strange that sheep guts should hale souls out of men's bodies?"
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Originally posted by Phil Leeds View PostSeeing the posts about the definitive 32 piano sonatas, I was wondering what is recommended for the Missa?
I have a Tonhalle Orchestra, conducted by David Zinman recording of 2002'Man know thyself'
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Originally posted by Peter View PostMaybe because it was the first recording I had of it I recommend Klemperer. This is odd for me because generally I don't like the ponderous tempi of his recordings, but in the Missa I think he captures the grandeur of the work like no other.
I have not heard the Zinman recording. I didn't even know he made one. But his Beethoven symphonies are fantastic, so I may have to check it out.
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Thanks for the replies
Haven't listened to the Davis' set but I think my local music library has a copy I could borrow.
I would be very interested to hear the Klemperer version, although I am aware that people have criticised as you say his ponderous tempi but I very much like his version of the Eroica (especially the funeral march)
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Klemperer's version is also the one I play most often and the tempi are not noticeable very slow except at the end of the "Gloria". I quite like Leonard Berstein's version, too. The recording by Colin Davis is good but has never made much of an impression on me.Last edited by Michael; 10-31-2009, 05:38 PM.
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