Cologne Radio Choir; Cologne Chamber Orchestra - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Complete Masses, Vol. 2 - Mass No. 18 'Great'; Missa brevis 'Spaur'

This second album of Mozart�s complete Masses (Volume 1 is on 8.574370) pairs one work of exceptional dimensions and ambition with a miniature example. The �Great� Mass in C minor is one of Mozart�s most spectacular and cast on such a scale that it embraces every human and spiritual emotion, reconciling the Salzburg tradition with that of Italian opera. The Mass was left incomplete by Mozart � it is heard here in a performing version made by the German musicologist and Mozart specialist Franz Beyer. By comparison the Missa brevis in C major exudes a spirit of festive concision.