Search - Walton Grönroos, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Marcus Creed :: A Little Night Music, Missa Solemnis (Ultimate Mozart Collection)

Mature beyond its years

Larry VanDeSande | Mason, Michigan United States | 05/22/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The K. 139 "Waisenhausemesse", here called a Missa Solemnis, is a mature work of the young Mozart, you might say. It is not fully developed to the point of Coronation Mass or the great C Minor Mass, but it can bear witness, and comparison, to better-known works including the K. 337 Missa Solemnis. This performance by the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra with Walton Gronroos, Werner Hollweg, Celina Lindsley, Gabriele Schreckenbach and conducted by Marcus Creed is much better than versions led by Cleobury and Harnoncourt. The recording belies its ultra-cheap price tag by sounding wonderfully. It is literally worth 10 times the price. For less than a cup of expensive coffee you can have a satisfying Mozart Mass led by a young stud on a recording that sounds great. What's stopping you?"