Release date: 04-05-1998 (originally recored in 1967)

1998 German Speakers Corner limited LP edition  pressed on 180gram Virgin VINYL, originally recored in 1967- The Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra with Ferenc Fricsay conducting performing Mozart Mass No. 18 in C Minor. - Stickered & Sealed in picture sleeve. DGG SLPM 138124

Tracks:
Mozart: Mass in C minor (K. 427) – Maria Stader, Hertha Töpper, Ernst Haefliger, Ivan Sardi, Chorus and the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ferenc Fricsay

It is not often that incomplete works enjoy great popularity. And it is even rarer that a torso should exercise such great importance in music history, but this is the case with Mozart’s Great Mass, K. 427. The C minor Mass is always spoken of as if it were complete: it is spoken of with reverence, eyes looking towards Heaven, lost in the beauty of the music, transported to celestial heights. Mozart combines the compositional style of the Baroque masters with the more modern style of the Viennese Classic. Lofty arioso sections alternate with tremendous choral sections for up to eight parts whose splendid and spectacular timbre broke the bounds of tradition and set new standards for the genre.
This Mass is, of course, not merely performed but celebrated, as the Berlin RSO under its Principal Conductor Ferenc Fricsay has so admirably demonstrated in this recording. Precise entries, strict tempi, a polished orchestral timbre and vocal soloists so brilliant one might think they were standing in one’s own front room lend this recording top marks for musical quality and repertoire value.

Recording: September/ October 1967 at the Haus des Rundfunks, Berlin by Werner Wolf / Production:Otto Gerdes