Beethoven "Missa Solemnis" DVD
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BEETHOVEN
Missa Solemnis
Tamara Wilson, soprano
Elizabeth DeShong, alto
Nikolai Schukoff, tenor
Brindley Sherratt, bass
Gulbenkian Choir
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
John Nelson, conductor
Filmed live in the Grand Auditorium of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation,
Lisbon, Portugal, February 2010. Directed by Rhodri Huw.
"A MONUMENTAL VISION
Michael Tanner hails a magnificent Beethoven Missa Solemnis"
"The most impressive I have ever heard ...
It seems unlikely that Beethoven's vision in this work
will ever be more completely captured."
—Michael Tanner, Music DVD Choice, BBC Music Magazine
"If you're after a fine Missa on screen, look no further."
—Bob Cowan, Gramophone
Beethoven wrote that “music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks & invents,” and this DVD of his rarely performed choral masterpiece, Missa Solemnis, beautifully brings to life the composer’s spiritual intent "to awaken and permanently instill religious feelings, not only in the singers, but also in the listeners."
John Nelson conducting
the Missa Solemnis
(Photo: Felipe Ferreira)
DVD bonus features offer more than 1 hour of video extras:
- interviews with conductor John Nelson and Peter Readman (chairman of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe)
- an introductory video about Soli Deo Gloria
- previews of other DVDs in The Soli Deo Gloria Collection
Run time, 80 minutes plus 65 minutes of bonus features. Subtitles in English, French and German.
THE SOLI DEO GLORIA COLLECTION / IDÉALE AUDIENCE
“Everything about the creation of the Missa Solemnis DVD was thrilling. We professionals who spend our lives making music are blessed to do what we do. But it is not every day that we experience everything coming together in a kind of perfection. This was that day.”—John Nelson
John Nelson with the Gulbenkian Choir,
Chamber Orchestra of Europe and soloists
(Photo: Felipe Ferreira)
$24
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