Bruckner: Masses Nos 1-3

Like Bruckner, Eugen Jochum came from a devout Catholic family and began his musical life as a church organist. He would have known the Mass texts more or less inside out, which explains why... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Release Date: 23rd Sep 2016
Catalogue No: 4796367
Label: DG
Length: 2 hours 28 minutes

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Bruckner: Mass No. 1 in D Minor

Work length46:36

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Edith Mathis (soprano), Marga Schiml (contralto), Wieslaw Ochman (tenor), Karl Ridderbusch (bass (vocal)), Elmar Schloter (organ), Josef Schmidhuber (chorus master)
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Eugen Jochum
Recorded: 1972-01
Recording Venue: Residenz, Herkulessaal, Munich

I. Kyrie

Track length7:43

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II. Gloria

Track length6:26

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III. Credo

Track length13:25

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IV. Sanctus

Track length1:57

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V. Benedictus

Track length7:35

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VI. Agnus Dei

Track length9:30

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Bruckner: Mass No. 2 in E minor

Work length43:39

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Josef Schmidhuber (chorus master)
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Eugen Jochum
Recorded: 1971-02
Recording Venue: Residenz, Herkulessaal, Munich

I. Kyrie

Track length9:01

$1.10

$1.40

$2.05

II. Gloria

Track length6:25

$1.10

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III. Credo

Track length11:01

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IV. Sanctus

Track length3:57

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V. Benedictus

Track length7:02

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VI. Agnus Dei

Track length6:13

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Bruckner: Mass No. 3 in F minor

Work length57:53

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Maria Stader (soprano), Claudia Hellmann (contralto), Ernst Haefliger (tenor), Kim Borg (bass (vocal)), Josef Schmidhuber (chorus master), Kurt Prestel (chorus master)
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Eugen Jochum
Recorded: 1962-07-06
Recording Venue: Herkules Saal, Munich

I. Kyrie

Track length9:17

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II. Gloria

Track length11:44

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III. Credo

Track length8:50

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IV. Credo (Cont.)

Track length10:21

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V. Sanctus

Track length2:13

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VI. Benedictus

Track length7:19

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VII. Agnus Dei

Track length8:09

$1.10

$1.40

$2.05

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2010

Like Bruckner, Eugen Jochum came from a devout Catholic family and began his musical life as a church organist. He would have known the Mass texts more or less inside out, which explains why his readings focus not on the sung parts – which, for the most part, present the text in a relatively four-square fashion – but on the orchestral writing which, given the gloriously full-bodied playing of the Bavarian orchestra, so lusciously illuminates familiar words. He approaches the Masses with many of the same ideas he so eloquently propounds in his recordings of the symphonies and the music unfolds with a measured, almost relaxed pace which creates a sense of vast spaciousness. This can have its drawbacks: you can be so entranced by the beautifully moulded orchestral introduction to the Benedictus from the D minor Mass that the entry of a rather full-throated Marga Schiml comes as a rude interruption. DG's transfers are extraordinarily good – they really seem to have produced a sound which combines the warmth of the original LP with the clarity of detail we expect from CD.

Judged to perfection, Jochum's mass series holds in exquisite balance the choral line, the perfect tempo and a keen feeling for the works' spiritual dimension

Bruckner: Masses Nos 1-3

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