Haydn: Mass No. 14 (Mariss Jansons) (Hybrid SACD, Br-Klassik)

… A wonderful mass with wonderful new music by the famous Haydn and conducted by himself … incomparably beautiful and excellently executed. (Count Ludwig Starnhemberg after the first performance of the harmony mass in the Eisenstädter Bergkirche on September 8, 1802) Haydn, who was over 60 years old, continued his work under the fourth Esterházy prince, even if Nicholas II no longer expected him to do regular work. But one mass per year on the name day of Princess Maria Josepha, that should be. Thus, between 1796 and 1802, six masses were created in which Haydn skillfully incorporated the achievements of his symphonic art. The present CD with the harmony mass, which owes its name to the large wind instrumentation, was produced in October 2008 in the splendid monastery basilica in Waldsassen and offers not only the incomparably beautiful and excellent execution but also an impression of the fantastic acoustics of this church.