Michael Haydn, W. A. Mozart & Leopold Mozart: Sacred Works

Contents:

W. A. Mozart:

Herr, konnt ich reden

Du wirst uns immer lieben

God is our Refuge, K20

2 German sacred songs, K. 343, No. 1, O Gottes Lamm (Arr. For choir)

Sancta Maria, mater Dei, K273

Kyrie in F major, K33

Haydn, M:

Lauft ihr Hirten allzugleich

Heiligste Nacht

Stern auf diesem Lebensmeere, MH 686

Sei, Mutter der Barmherzigkeit

Salve Regina

Stella caeli, MH 306

In sabbato sancto, MH 278, O vos omnes, qui transitis per viam

Tenebrae in E-Flat Major, MH 162

Alleluia! Confitemini quoniam, MH 696

Deinem Heiland

Deutsches Te Deum, MH 672, Herr, grosser Gott

Mozart, L: Miss brevis in C Major: Kyrie & Gloria

Haydn, M: German Mass, MH 560

After Mozart left for Vienna, it was Michael Haydn who wrote important sacred music in Salzburg. Unfortunately, his work fell into oblivion in the 19th century, although it was highly appreciated by Mozart, for example. The central piece on this CD is Haydn’s Deutsches Hochamt MH 560, which can be considered the epitome of southern German-Austrian Catholicism turned into music. In addition, the Wiener Kammerchor draws attention to other hitherto little-noticed early church music works by Mozart, including his very first setting of a sacred text, the motet “God is our refuge” K. 20, which he wrote in London at the age of nine.