On this album the Beethoven Hall Orchestra turns to one of the most important compositions of the oratorio literature: Beethoven's Missa solemnis. This recording conducted by Marc Soustrot with his...
Beethoven repeatedly described the Missa solemnis as his greatest work, intended to affect and move people. His labor on the composition was long and intense; the work is not regarded as the most...
Herbert von Karajan's iconic 1966 recording of the Missa Solemnis with the Berliner Philharmoniker & a quartet of stunning soloists - Gundula Janowitz, Christa Ludwig, Fritz Wunderlich &...