Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm

Haydn: Missa Cellensis; Paukenmesse; Schöpfungsmesse

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AllMusic Review by James Leonard

Bach wrote a mass at the end of his life, and everybody knows it's one of the supreme sacred works in all western music. Mozart wrote a requiem at the end of his life, and everybody knows it's one of the supreme sacred works in all western music. So how come Haydn, who wrote six -- count 'em, six -- masses at the end of his life, and how many people know them, much less know that they are among the supreme sacred works in all western music? Not many: although they were composed after his last 12 great symphonies, after his last eight great string quartets, and alongside his two great oratorios, for most listeners, Haydn's masses are musical terra incognito.

Part of the reason, of course, is a distinct lack of great recordings. Aside from the superlative series by David Willcocks and George Guest from the '60s, recordings of Haydn's masses have been rarer than recordings of Havergal Brian's symphonies. In the early days of digital, EMI hired Neville Marriner -- he of the elegant Mozart and the graceful Vivaldi -- to record Haydn's masses. As this reissue of the Paukenmesse and the Schopfungsmesse shows, the results were serviceable but not much more. While Marriner and his forces -- the Staatskapelle Dresden, the Rundfunkchor Leipzig, and eight A-list soloists -- acquit themselves with skill and conviction, neither he nor they seem especially convinced by the works so they cannot hope to convince the listener. The addition to the program of Gerhard Wilhelm's more than serviceable and far more convincing 1969 recording of the Missa Cellensis with the Instrumentalensemble Werner Keltsch, the Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben, and four B-list soloists -- merely serves to make Marriner look drab. EMI's late stereo sound is more real than its early digital sound.

Track Listing - Disc 1

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time
Missa Cellensis, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in C major ("Cantata Mass"), H. 22/5
1	Kyrie. Kyrie eleison Franz Joseph Haydn	Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm	03:33
2	Kyrie. Christe eleison Franz Joseph Haydn	Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm	04:15
3	Kyrie. Kyrie eleison Franz Joseph Haydn	Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm	03:57
4	Gloria. Gloria in excelsis Deo Franz Joseph Haydn	Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm	03:12
5	Gloria. Laudamus te Franz Joseph Haydn	Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm	04:21
6	Gloria. Gratias agimus tibi Franz Joseph Haydn	Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm	04:02
7	Gloria. Domine Deus Franz Joseph Haydn	Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm	05:56
8	Gloria. Qui tollis peccata mundi Franz Joseph Haydn	Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm	06:28
9	Gloria. Quoniam tu solus Sanctus Franz Joseph Haydn	Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm	04:14
10	Gloria. Cum Sancto Spiritu Franz Joseph Haydn	Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm	04:01
11	Credo. Credo in unum Deum Franz Joseph Haydn	Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm	04:13
12	Credo. Et incarnatus est Franz Joseph Haydn	Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm	04:33
13	Credo. Crucifixus Franz Joseph Haydn	Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm	02:49
14	Credo. Et resurrexit Franz Joseph Haydn	Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm	05:22
15	Sanctus Franz Joseph Haydn	Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm	01:31
16	Benedictus Franz Joseph Haydn	Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm	06:07
17	Agnus Dei. Agnus Dei Franz Joseph Haydn	Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm	02:37
18	Agnus Dei. Dona nobis pacem Franz Joseph Haydn	Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm	02:42
Missa in Tempore belli, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in C major ("Paukenmesse"), H. 22/9
19	Kyrie Franz Joseph Haydn	Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm	04:51

Track Listing - Disc 2

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time
Missa in Tempore belli, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in C major ("Paukenmesse"), H. 22/9
1	Gloria. Gloria in excelsis Deo Franz Joseph Haydn	Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm	02:49
2	Gloria. Qui tollis peccata mundi Franz Joseph Haydn	Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm	05:41
3	Gloria. Quoniam tu solus Sanctus Franz Joseph Haydn	Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm	02:19
4	Credo. Credo in unum Deum Franz Joseph Haydn	Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm	01:12
5	Credo. Et incarnatus est Franz Joseph Haydn	Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm	03:53
6	Credo. Et resurrexit Franz Joseph Haydn	Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm	01:59
7	Credo. Et vitam venturi saeculi Franz Joseph Haydn	Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm	02:17
8	Sanctus Franz Joseph Haydn	Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm	02:42
9	Benedictus Franz Joseph Haydn	Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm	06:24
10	Agnus Dei. Agnus Dei Franz Joseph Haydn	Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm	03:31
11	Agnus Dei. Dona nobis pacem Franz Joseph Haydn	Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm	02:34
Mass for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in B flat major ("Schöpfungsmesse"), H. 22/13
12	Kyrie Franz Joseph Haydn	Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm	06:04
13	Gloria. Gloria in excelsis Deo Franz Joseph Haydn	Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm	07:01
14	Gloria. Quoniam tu solus Sanctus Franz Joseph Haydn	Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm	03:17
15	Credo. Credo in unum Deum Franz Joseph Haydn	Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm	01:59
16	Credo. Et incarnatus est Franz Joseph Haydn	Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm	03:06
17	Credo. Et resurrexit Franz Joseph Haydn	Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm	04:16
18	Sanctus Franz Joseph Haydn	Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm	02:59
19	Benedictus Franz Joseph Haydn	Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm	06:57
20	Agnus Dei. Agnus Dei Franz Joseph Haydn	Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm	02:58
21	Agnus Dei. Dona nobis pacem Franz Joseph Haydn	Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm	03:17

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Neville Marriner / Gerhard Wilhelm

Haydn: Missa Cellensis; Paukenmesse; Schöpfungsmesse

AllMusic Review by James Leonard

Track Listing - Disc 1

Track Listing - Disc 2