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Special offer. Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
Lina Johnson (soprano), Olivia Vermeulen (mezzo-soprano), Martin Platz (tenor), Manuel Walser (bass), La Capella Nacional de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2023, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Choral
Vibrato and coloration of voices, solo and choral, are especially well matched with each other and with the instrumental resources.
Special offer. Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
Lina Johnson (soprano), Olivia Vermeulen (mezzo-soprano), Martin Platz (tenor), Manuel Walser (bass), La Capella Nacional de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2023, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Choral
Vibrato and coloration of voices, solo and choral, are especially well matched with each other and with the instrumental resources.
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Following the huge success of the Symphonies boxsets, and considering Jordi Savall's expertise in sacred music it was invevitable that he should record the Missa Solemnis ! As in his previous Beethoven, Schubert and Mendelssohn recordings, the Catalan maestro delivers a recording freed from the weight of past traditions to underline the dynamics, the section balance and the timbres that are required in this repertoire. He ignites the Promethean fire as imagined by Beethoven's demiurgic mind..
Contents and tracklist
- Jordi Savall, Lina Johnson (soprano), Olivia Vermeulen (mezzo-soprano), Martin Platz (tenor), Manuel Walser (baritone)
- Le Concert des Nations, La Capella Nacional de Catalunya
Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineDecember 2023Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards2025Nominated - Choral
December 2023
Vibrato and coloration of voices, solo and choral, are especially well matched with each other and with the instrumental resources.
23rd November 2023
As well as a period orchestra he uses a chorus of just 36 voices, which may rob the great surging climaxes of some of their sonic grandeur, but does allow the more contrapuntal passages to move with easy athleticism.
