Wiener Phil./Muti - Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis

Since the death of Herbert von Karajan in 1989, the prestigious Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra�s concerts around Ascension Day (15 August) have firmly been in the hands of Riccardo Muti. Always sold out, they are among the highlights of every festival summer. For this year�s concert and on occasion of his 80th birthday, the maestro was acclaimed for his interpretation of Beethoven�s Missa solemnis, a piece he has never conducted before. �Muti is a master in conveying extremes: monumentality, where it is compositionally intended, and highest internalization alternate with each other in a dense interplay.� (FAZ) // �Muti mastered the work and presented it as stringently as perhaps no one else can do it today.� (Die Presse)