Simply sublime ...
By "Worship Mozart!", March 5, 2005

I highly recommend this set. I have played the cantata 'Davide Penitante' countless times and love it every time. It is similar to the 'Mass in C Minor' (presented in the MISSAE/REQUIEM volume of the Complete Mozart Edition) but the coloraturas and tenors display more emotion, depth and ability to sustain in 'Davide Penitante'. 'La Betula Liberata' is also awesome but, since written by a younger Mozart, the music is rather remisnescent of his early operas. If you ever wondered what Masonic music is (as I did), each piece is nothing more than a short cantata. This is one my most-played volume out of my complete collection. Buy it; you will not regret it.

Works on This Recording

1. Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebotes, K 35 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Margaret Marshall (Soprano), Ann Murray (Mezzo Soprano), Hans-Peter Blochwitz (Tenor),
Inga Nielsen (Soprano)
Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1767; Salzburg, Austria

2. Kommet her, ihr frechen Sünder, K 146 (317b) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Ann Murray (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1779; Salzburg, Austria
Language: German

3. Grabmusik, K 42 (35a) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Ann Murray (Soprano), Stephen Varcoe (Bass)
Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart Radio Chorus
Period: Classical
Written: 1767; Salzburg, Austria
Language: German

4. La Betulia liberata, K 118 (74c) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Walter Berry (Bass Baritone), Margarita Zimmermann (Mezzo Soprano), Gabriele Fuchs (Soprano),
Ileana Cotrubas (Soprano), Peter Schreier (Tenor)
Conductor: Leopold Hager
Orchestra/Ensemble: Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra, Salzburg Chamber Choir
Period: Classical
Written: 1771; Salzburg, Austria
Language: Italian

5. Davidde penitente, K 469 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Iris Vermillion (Mezzo Soprano), Hans-Peter Blochwitz (Tenor), Margaret Marshall (Soprano)
Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart Radio Chorus
Period: Classical
Written: 1785; Vienna, Austria
Language: Italian

6. Laut verkünde unsre Freude, K 623 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Andreas Schmidt (Baritone), Peter Schreier (Tenor), Hans-Peter Blochwitz (Tenor)
Conductor: Peter Schreier
Orchestra/Ensemble: Leipzig Radio Chorus, Dresden Staatskapelle
Period: Classical
Written: 1791; Vienna, Austria
Language: German

7. Adagio and Fugue for Strings in C minor, K 546 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor: Peter Schreier
Orchestra/Ensemble: Dresden Staatskapelle
Period: Classical
Written: 1788; Vienna, Austria

8. Lied zur Gesellenreise, K 468 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Hans-Peter Blochwitz (Tenor), Rudolf Jansen (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1785; Vienna, Austria
Language: German

9. Lobegesang auf die feierliche Johannisloge, K 148 (125h) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Hans-Peter Blochwitz (Tenor), Rudolf Jansen (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: ?1775-76; Salzburg, Austria
Language: German

10. Dir Seele des Weltalls, K 429 (468a) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Peter Schreier (Tenor)
Conductor: Peter Schreier
Orchestra/Ensemble: Leipzig Radio Chorus, Dresden Staatskapelle
Period: Classical
Written: 1785; Vienna, Austria
Language: German

11. Masonic Funeral Music in C minor, K 477 (479a) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor: Peter Schreier
Orchestra/Ensemble: Dresden Staatskapelle
Period: Classical
Written: 1785; Vienna, Austria

12. Zerfliesset heut', geliebte Brüder, K 483 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Peter Schreier (Tenor), Raphael Alpermann (Organ)
Period: Classical
Written: 1785; Vienna, Austria
Language: German

13. Ihr unsre neuen Leiter, K 484 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Peter Schreier (Tenor), Raphael Alpermann (Organ)
Period: Classical
Written: 1785; Vienna, Austria
Language: German

14. Die Mauererfreude, K 471 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Peter Schreier (Tenor)
Conductor: Peter Schreier
Orchestra/Ensemble: Leipzig Radio Chorus, Dresden Staatskapelle
Period: Classical
Written: 1785; Vienna, Austria
Language: German

15. Die ihr des unermesslichen Weltalls Schöpfer ehrt, K 619 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Rudolf Jansen (Piano), Hans-Peter Blochwitz (Tenor)
Period: Classical
Written: 1791; Vienna, Austria
Language: German

16. Lasst uns mit geschlungenen Händen, K 623 (623a) [Fragment] by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Raphael Alpermann (Organ), Hans-Peter Blochwitz (Tenor)
Period: Classical
Written: 1791; Vienna, Austria
Language: German