In Reply to: The Missa Solemnis posted by TGR on September 14, 2014 at 11:44:38:
I found myself a little exhausted by the end.
Hopefully I'll go back to the EMI--considering the decades of raves--but the clarity of the HIP performance I own at the moment has really helped me "decode" the piece better.
The Kyrie and Santus are indeed beautiful; some of Beethoven's most balmy music.
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Follow Ups
- Klemperer was my first outing, and yes, the recording really turns B's counterpoint into a thicket - jdaniel@jps.net 11:52:33 09/14/14 (2)
- To cut one's way through the contrapuntal thickets. . . - Chris from Lafayette 14:11:32 09/14/14 (1)
- ...or a little vinegar. : ) - jdaniel@jps.net 14:43:30 09/14/14 (0)