Mass No, 5, Magnificat : Schuldt-Jensen / Leipzig Chamber Orchestra, Immortal Bach Ensemble

FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
Mass No. 5 in A flat major, D. 678
Magnificat in C major, D. 486

Trine Wilsberg Lund (Soprano)
Bettina Ranch (Alto)
Min Woo Lim (Tenor)
Dominik Koniger (Bass)
Immortal Bach Ensemble
Leipziger Kammerorchester / Morten Schuldt-Jensen, conductor

Recorded in Paul-Gerhardtkirche, Leipzig, Germany from 12th to 13th August, 2009

Composed and revised over a seven-year period (1819-26) Schubert’s fifth Mass setting is arguably his most songful and inventive. His integration of the soloists and chorus, mastery of fluid harmonies, and idiomatic treatment of the orchestra’s woodwind section give the Mass in A flat major a symphonic quality which would later inspire Bruckner. Schubert regarded it as the finest of his six Latin Mass settings. Schubert’s C major setting of selected versicles from the Magnificat is a more Haydnesque piece, recalling the joyfully expressive music of the earlier composer’s famous oratorio The Seasons (available on 8.557600?01). ( NAXOS )