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Isn't it amazing? I came to it late, was listening as background music, got caught up in it.

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In Reply to: RE: Spinning Beethoven's Mass in C posted by TGR on September 07, 2014 at 10:41:15

Still grappling with the Missa Solemnis--so thick and densely scored/composed.

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Still grappling with the Solemnis, as well - Jay Buridan 14:32:31 09/07/14 (6)
Can't get to the point of liking it even a little.
- OK, seriously? - TGR 21:29:27 09/07/14 (1)
  So what Beethoven do you listen to? I would think that anyone who responds to works like the 9th, Fidelio, the string quartets, Consecration of the House, etc, would respond positively to the Missa Solemnis. While the Missa Solemnis might be a long stretch from the Eroica or the 5th symphony, still....
  - OK, yes. Just listened to it again - jdaniel@jps.net 18:36:08 09/08/14 (0)
    I like (and apparently can follow what's going on in the balmy Sanctus), but otherwise can't seem to grab on to the rest.
    
    I remember not "getting" the first mov't of Mahler's 8th but then everything snapped into place and I get a big adrenaline rush out it; esp. the Coda and build up to the "Veni" theme again.
    
    I listened to the Beethoven Credo as if I were listening to the Mahler mov't above, but still no luck.
- Try the Collegium Aureum on DHM, as they at least make pretty sounds.... - jdaniel@jps.net 15:30:53 09/07/14 (3)
  My favorite "HIP" group from the analog era and they always get recorded in a flattering acoustic. (Favorite HIP group after Savall, that is.) No Beethoven Mass, AFAIK unfortunately.
  
  They turned in my favorite Bach Brandenburgs/Overtures and Christmas Oratorio as well.
  - Yes!!!! I had their Christmas Oratorio on that cheap re-issue label - Timbo in Oz 18:19:22 09/08/14 (2)
    and now have it on CD thanks to a passionate positive side-review in Gramophone.
    
    with the Tolz Knabenchor, part of the appeal to me is that I was a boy cathedral chorister once. When girls were not recruited.
    
    The sound is classic 2-mike coincident / near-coincident stereo and the recordings made in the Schloss (Kircheim?) are a good way to reveal how clear your system (which includes the room and where you sit) really are.
    
    If someone finds these recordings over-reverberant then it's their system.
    
    AARP is the American Association of Retired People?
    
    Warmest
    
    Tim Bailey
    
    Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger
    - Re AARP, yes. Glad you like the Aureum productions too. nt - jdaniel@jps.net 18:32:57 09/08/14 (1)
      .
      - I record in simple 2-mike \---/ stereo for a local community FM station, too! - Timbo in Oz 18:39:41 09/08/14 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Re AARP, yes. Glad you like the Aureum productions too. nt posted by jdaniel@jps.net on September 08, 2014 at 18:32:57
        
        or /\ when I can or feel like it.
        
        most instructive.
        
        Warmest
        
        Tim Bailey
        
        Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger
The Missa Solemnis - TGR 13:25:29 09/07/14 (0)
Wonderful work - completely different from the more contemplative Mass in C. I have heard it live 3 times - Blomstedt, N. Jarvi, and MTT. I can't tell you right now which is my favorite recording. I have two Karajans (the DG and the earlier EMI, on original Columbia discs, unfortunately marred by rumble), the Klemperer, Jochum, and several others.

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