Kritiken zu klassischen Konzerten, Opern, Ballett und Tanz finden | Messe in D-Dur "Missa solemnis”, Op.123

Christian Thielemann und die Berliner Philharmoniker wussten bei Beethovens Missa solemnis ganz im Sinne des Komponisten Frieden in der Musik herzustellen.

La Orquestra de Cadaqués ofrece su último concierto en el Auditorio Nacional acompañada por Martin Fröst y el Coro Estatal de Letonia.

La Semana de Música Religiosa de Cuenca es el marco ideal para ofrecer grandes obras de la música clásica concebidas siguiendo el sentir religioso y la *Missa solemnis* de Beethoven es una de estas grandes obras. Hemos tenido ocasión de escucharla en el insuperable enclave del Teatro Auditorio de Cuenca.

Fine orchestral sound and outstanding solo singing from Sarah Connolly and Steve Davislim aren't enough to compensate for poor balance and timing in Beethoven's great choral work.

The conductor favours measured tempi and unfussy direction, allowing the work to stand mountain-like as an expression of its own intrinsic magnificence.

In “five large symphonic movements”, the performance had a celebratory air, poised somewhere between Mahler's “Resurrection” Symphony and Mozart's Requiem.

These two Manchester-based choirs formed a formidable partnership for one of the most gruelling choral works in the repertoire. The four soloists, however distinguished as individuals, produced mixed results.

Philippe Herreweghe deftly coordinated the four vocalists, the Rotterdam Philharmonic, and his Collegium Vocale Gent through Beethoven’s challenging score.

Leaving little to chance, Donal Runnicles attends to every detail in a powerful performance of the Missa solemnis in Atlanta. 

The NSO, Philharmonic Chorus under the baton of Macelaru give a riveting account of Beethoven's Missa solemnis.

There aren’t too many more ambitious pieces of music one could choose to celebrate a birthday than Beethoven's Missa solemnis.

Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique and the Monteverdi Choir in a late night performance of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis at the BBC Proms.

Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis is an odd piece. Despite having a rich recorded legacy, it is not a piece that one encounters often in the concert hall. The technical challenges of this music are up there with virtually any other piece of combined music for choir and orchestra.

Whether intentionally or not, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment has done Christianity’s street cred a great service this week. As the St Paul’s protest furore continues to grow, the orchestra’s performance of Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis was a reminder that for the composer and countless others, religion is first and foremost about the comfort of spirituality.

The last of this season’s Proms Choral Sundays featured one of the most complex of all choral works, Beethoven’s massive Missa Solemnis, written around the time of his 9th symphony. Sir Colin Davis likened performing it to “Failing to reach the top of Mount Everest”, and Sara Mohr-Pietsch (in her excellent Proms Plus talk) mentioned the description of “the most famous work you have never heard”.