Beethoven - Missa Solemnis - Szell, live 1967

After Mozart's Requiem / Bruckner's Te Deum
and Verdi's Requiem
this Missa Solemnis concludes an ideal CD triptych
dedicated to great choral works
never recorded in studio by Szell.

As in the previous cases,
a very personal reading of absolute importance.
The fast tempos (tt 76 minutes) give the Gloria and the Credo
a bump and a momentum of great impact,
but also the Sanctus succeeds magnificently
(with a very good violin solo in the Benedictus).

Last but not least,
Robert Shaw's imprint on the choir is crystal clear.
Fortunately, the sound quality is also very good.




BEETHOVEN

Missa Solemnis in D major, op.123

Sara Mae Endich, sopran
Florence Kopleff, alto
Ernst Haefliger, tenor
Ezio Flagello, bass

Robert Shaw, Chorus Master
Cleveland Orchestra & Chorus
GEORGE SZELL


February 2-4, 1967
Severance Hall, Cleveland (live)


FLAC
(separated tracks)