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Schumann's Missa Sacra, Op. 147, was one of the last things he wrote, and it wasn't published until after his death. Brahms and Clara Schumann covered it up (Clara later changed her mind about it), fearing that it would show evidence of Schumann's mental decline. The work also took criticism from those who felt that the Catholic mass setting by the Protestant Schumann was not sufficiently reverent. Perhaps for these reasons, the work has never been very popular; its last recording before this 2023 release came in 2013. As it happens, it is marvelous, and it was probably just waiting for a top-notch reading of the sort that it receives here from the Swedish Radio Choir under its new conductor, Kaspars Putnins. The work resembles another ecumenical mass, Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45, in some ways: hear the warm tone of the Kyrie. However, there is more. Schumann attempts to merge the rather conservative structure of the Classical mass with Romantic stylistic ideas, and the work is really not like anything else he (or Brahms) ever wrote. Hear the Gloria, where a fugue is placed not at the end but toward the beginning, as a spontaneous expression of joy. The Incarnatus and Crucifixus are not set off from the rest of the music and have a real sense of narrative. The Four Songs for Double Choir, Op. 141, close out the program; written slightly earlier, they are rare and quite persuasive. Yet it is the mass that may rewrite the choral repertory lists a bit; in this lovely performance, it is a gem.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Robert Schumann, Composer - Anonymous, Lyricist - Swedish Radio Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Kaspars Putnins, Conductor, MainArtist - Johan Hammarstrom, MainArtist - Marion Schwebel, Producer, SoundEngineer
2023 BIS Records AB 2023 BIS Records AB
Robert Schumann, Composer - Anonymous, Lyricist - Swedish Radio Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Kaspars Putnins, Conductor, MainArtist - Johan Hammarstrom, MainArtist - Kathrin Lorenzen, MainArtist - Marion Schwebel, Producer, SoundEngineer
2023 BIS Records AB 2023 BIS Records AB
Robert Schumann, Composer - Anonymous, Lyricist - Swedish Radio Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Kaspars Putnins, Conductor, MainArtist - Johan Hammarstrom, MainArtist - Marion Schwebel, Producer, SoundEngineer
2023 BIS Records AB 2023 BIS Records AB
Robert Schumann, Composer - Anonymous, Lyricist - Swedish Radio Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Kaspars Putnins, Conductor, MainArtist - Johan Hammarstrom, MainArtist - Marion Schwebel, Producer, SoundEngineer - Jennie Eriksson Nordin, MainArtist
2023 BIS Records AB 2023 BIS Records AB
Robert Schumann, Composer - Anonymous, Lyricist - Swedish Radio Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Kaspars Putnins, Conductor, MainArtist - Mats Carlsson, MainArtist - Johan Hammarstrom, MainArtist - Lars Johansson Brissman, MainArtist - Marion Schwebel, Producer, SoundEngineer - Lisa Carlioth, MainArtist
2023 BIS Records AB 2023 BIS Records AB
Robert Schumann, Composer - Anonymous, Lyricist - Swedish Radio Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Kaspars Putnins, Conductor, MainArtist - Johan Hammarstrom, MainArtist - Marion Schwebel, Producer, SoundEngineer
2023 BIS Records AB 2023 BIS Records AB
Robert Schumann, Composer - Friedrich Rückert, Lyricist - Swedish Radio Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Kaspars Putnins, Conductor, MainArtist - Marion Schwebel, Producer, SoundEngineer
2023 BIS Records AB 2023 BIS Records AB
Robert Schumann, Composer - Swedish Radio Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Kaspars Putnins, Conductor, MainArtist - Joseph Christian von Zedlitz, Lyricist - Marion Schwebel, Producer, SoundEngineer
2023 BIS Records AB 2023 BIS Records AB
Robert Schumann, Composer - Swedish Radio Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Kaspars Putnins, Conductor, MainArtist - Joseph Christian von Zedlitz, Lyricist - Marion Schwebel, Producer, SoundEngineer
2023 BIS Records AB 2023 BIS Records AB
Robert Schumann, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Lyricist - Swedish Radio Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Kaspars Putnins, Conductor, MainArtist - Marion Schwebel, Producer, SoundEngineer
2023 BIS Records AB 2023 BIS Records AB
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Schumann's Missa Sacra, Op. 147, was one of the last things he wrote, and it wasn't published until after his death. Brahms and Clara Schumann covered it up (Clara later changed her mind about it), fearing that it would show evidence of Schumann's mental decline. The work also took criticism from those who felt that the Catholic mass setting by the Protestant Schumann was not sufficiently reverent. Perhaps for these reasons, the work has never been very popular; its last recording before this 2023 release came in 2013. As it happens, it is marvelous, and it was probably just waiting for a top-notch reading of the sort that it receives here from the Swedish Radio Choir under its new conductor, Kaspars Putnins. The work resembles another ecumenical mass, Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45, in some ways: hear the warm tone of the Kyrie. However, there is more. Schumann attempts to merge the rather conservative structure of the Classical mass with Romantic stylistic ideas, and the work is really not like anything else he (or Brahms) ever wrote. Hear the Gloria, where a fugue is placed not at the end but toward the beginning, as a spontaneous expression of joy. The Incarnatus and Crucifixus are not set off from the rest of the music and have a real sense of narrative. The Four Songs for Double Choir, Op. 141, close out the program; written slightly earlier, they are rare and quite persuasive. Yet it is the mass that may rewrite the choral repertory lists a bit; in this lovely performance, it is a gem.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:58:15
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Swedish Radio Choir Kaspars Putnins Johan Hammarstrom
- Composer: Robert Schumann
- Label: BIS
- Genre: Klassiek Vocale muziek (wereldlijk en religieus) Koormuziek
2023 BIS Records AB 2023 BIS Records AB
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