Track Listing

1. Mass for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in D minor ('Lord Nelson'), H. 22/11: Kyrie
2. Mass for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in D minor ('Lord Nelson'), H. 22/11: Gloria In Excelsis Deo.
3. Mass for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in D minor ('Lord Nelson'), H. 22/11: Qui Tollis Peccata Mundi,
4. Mass for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in D minor ('Lord Nelson'), H. 22/11: Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus
5. Mass for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in D minor ('Lord Nelson'), H. 22/11: Credo: Credo In Unum Deum
6. Mass for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in D minor ('Lord Nelson'), H. 22/11: Et Incarnatus Est
7. Mass for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in D minor ('Lord Nelson'), H. 22/11: Et Resurrexit
8. Mass for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in D minor ('Lord Nelson'), H. 22/11: Sanctus
9. Mass for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in D minor ('Lord Nelson'), H. 22/11: Benedictus Qui Venit
10. Mass for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in D minor ('Lord Nelson'), H. 22/11: Angus Dei
11. Mass for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in D minor ('Lord Nelson'), H. 22/11: Dona Nobis Pacem
12. Gloria, for 3 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, oboe, violin (ad lib), 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 589: Gloria
13. Gloria, for 3 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, oboe, violin (ad lib), 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 589: Et In T
14. Gloria, for 3 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, oboe, violin (ad lib), 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 589: Laudamu
15. Gloria, for 3 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, oboe, violin (ad lib), 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 589: Gratias
16. Gloria, for 3 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, oboe, violin (ad lib), 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 589: Propter
17. Gloria, for 3 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, oboe, violin (ad lib), 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 589: Domine
18. Gloria, for 3 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, oboe, violin (ad lib), 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 589: Domine
19. Gloria, for 3 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, oboe, violin (ad lib), 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 589: Domine
20. Gloria, for 3 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, oboe, violin (ad lib), 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 589: Qui Tol
21. Gloria, for 3 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, oboe, violin (ad lib), 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 589: Qui Sed
22. Gloria, for 3 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, oboe, violin (ad lib), 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 589: Quoniam
23. Gloria, for 3 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, oboe, violin (ad lib), 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 589: Cum San
24. Zadok the Priest, coronation anthem No. 1 for chorus & orchestra, HWV 258

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #14404 in Music
• Released on: 2000-03-14
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Dimensions: .23 pounds

Customer Reviews

A Great Performance of the Nelson Mass
This is a very powerful performance of the Nelson Mass, and the soprano does a beautiful job. The acoustics inside the cathedral are good, and the CD booklet has lots of historical information and plenty of photos. If you're not familiar with Haydn's choral music, many of them have a powerful, thunderous tone very different from much of his instrumental pieces. If you like this mass, you will love the opening and finale of Haydn's Seven Last Words of Christ. And, of course, the great oratorio, the Creation.

I love Vivaldi's Gloria, but the first movement of this performance of the Gloria, however, goes way too slow and feels so heavy. Buy this CD for the performance of the Nelson Mass and consider buying another performance of Vivaldi's Gloria.

Four decades of excellence
This magnificent Haydn mass was recorded when period performance was still a glint in the eye of authenticists, a half-dozen years before Harnoncourt's original embarassment with Bach's Brandenburg concertos. David Willcocks was among a handful of conductors who exhibited temperament, moderation and drama to record the Haydn masses in the 1950s and 1960s in recordings that still have not been surpassed.

Haydn was a great old man, full of fun and humor, not above poking fun at himself, his employers and his society. But one thing he did not poke fun at was God and his relationship with the Almighty. While this mass is technically about Nelson's victory at the Nile, it is clear the driving force behind the drama was Father Superior.

For this reason, the ultra-dramatic, almost cinematic, approach used by Bernstein and Pinnock, while effective, is inappropriate. They overflow with drama but lack dignity. Christian faith is nowhere to be found, neither is self-denial in the face of glory.

Willcocks' singers are wonderful. I have some quibbles with the Latin pronunciation but his singers are miles ahead of the competitors including more recent recordings by Gardiner and Hickox.

The period performance crowd has generally done a nice job with Haydn but none project his temperament as well as Wilcocks, Simon Preston and George Guest, who together recorded all the great Haydn masses in a 10-disk set London 448518). Some of the better performances -- the Nelson, Harmony, Kettledrum and little organ masses, among others -- are in a London twofer you can buy for a very modest cost (ASIN: B0000041MA).

Beautiful Classic Recording
Having been conducted by Sir David Willcocks several times, it is fun to listen to a recording he conducted in the 1960's! The singing, especially the blissful Janet Baker, is truly beautiful.