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Background: For more than four years, from 1819 until 1823, Beethoven struggled with the Missa solemnis and could not bring it to a satisfying conclusion. The final three piano sonatas, opp.109-111, were also completed during this span, along with much work on the Ninth Symphony and the Diabelli Variations; but the Missa solemnis was the composition that demanded more of Beethoven's time and thought than any other at any time in his career.

Beethoven was never a regular churchgoer. But the man who later left us this extraordinary account of faith - the Missa solemnis - could only have been, in the truest sense, a profoundly religious man. Perhaps only a man who doubted and regularly questioned, would ultimately come to a statement of personal belief as powerful as this.

CATALOGUE NR: 2564611722
RECORD LABEL: Elatus
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 19-Apr-2004

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven
TRACKS: Missa solemnis op.123.
ORCHESTRA: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Daniel Barenboim
ARTISTS: Tina Kiberg   Waltraud Meier   John Aler   Robert Holl

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