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Beethoven composed his Opus 86 Mass in C MajorĀ in 1807, during the same period in which he composed the fourth, fifth and sixth symphonies and the āAppassionataā sonata for piano. Many of the works from his middle-period (1802-1812) are in a decidedly grand or āheroicā style. However, Beethovenās Mass in CĀ is more conservative and restrained, especially when compared to his gigantic and often explosive Missa Solemnis, composed over 15 years later.
While the Mass in CĀ is often serene and reserved, particularly in its opening Kyrie section, it also contains signature elements of Beethovenās more overt and unrestrained expressive style: sudden (even shocking) dynamic changes, intensely emotional harmonic excursions, and a detailed and idiosyncratic approach to articulation and phrasing. The result is a masterpiece of balanced emotional content and musical integrity. At the same time, its more conservative nature makes it accessible to a wider range of performers and performance situations than his later choral master-works, the Missa SolemnisĀ and the Ninth Symphony.
This new performance edition by Steven Paxton clarifies numerous dynamic, expression, articulation, and phrase markings, and ‘fine-tunes’ many phrase endings in the choral parts in order to facilitate the rehearsal process.
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