Mozart: Oratorios, Cantatas, Masonic Music

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