Mozart - Davide Penitente | Naxos 8570231

Mozart - Davide Penitente

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Label: Naxos

Cat No: 8570231

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 2nd January 2008

Contents

Artists

Trine Wilsberg Lund (soprano)
Kristina Wahlin (soprano)
Lothar Odinius (tenor)
Immortal Bach Ensemble
Leipziger Kammerorchester

Conductor

Morten Schuldt-Jensen

Works

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Davide penitente, K469

Artists

Trine Wilsberg Lund (soprano)
Kristina Wahlin (soprano)
Lothar Odinius (tenor)
Immortal Bach Ensemble
Leipziger Kammerorchester

Conductor

Morten Schuldt-Jensen

About

In 1785, at the height of his career in Vienna, Mozart was commissioned by the Viennese Society of Musicians to write a work for a Lenten benefit concert.

Short of time, he recycled the Kyrie and Gloria from his earlier, unfinished Mass in C Minor to form part of the oratorio Davide penitente. Drawing upon the psalms of David, both penitential and joyful, this is a work of great beauty, notable for its memorable choruses, exquisite writing for woodwind and, in particular, the two new solo arias, 'A te, fra tanti affanni' (From you, amid such troubles) and 'Tra l’oscure ombre funeste' (Amid the dark grievous shadows), both of which begin with a long expressive opening followed by a virtuoso second section.

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