Unquestionably a great work, representing Beethoven at the height of hispowers and is generally considered to be one of the composer’s supremeworks, Written around the same time as his ninth symphony, it is Beethoven’ssecond setting of the mass after his Mass in C. This new recording under thedirection of Gustav Kuhn brings out the glory of this momentus work.
Release advertised in half page ad in the October edition of Gramophone. |
