HAYDN: COMPLETE MASSES, STABAT MATER - GARDINER, GUEST, PRESTON (8 CDS)

Iconic performances of Haydn’s glorious setting of the Mass from three pre-eminent choral conductors brought together for the first time, spanning the lifetime of a profoundly devout composer.

Haydn: Mass, Hob. XXII: 3 in G major 'Missa rorate coeli desuper'
Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, Academy of Ancient Music
Simon Preston

Haydn: Mass, Hob. XXII: 8 in C major - Missa Cellensis 'Mariazellermesse'
Martyn Hill (tenor), Judith Nelson (soprano), Margaret Cable (contralto), David Thomas (bass)
Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, Academy of Ancient Music
Simon Preston


Haydn: Mass, Hob. XXII: 1 in F major 'Missa brevis'
Judith Nelson (soprano), Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Academy of Ancient Music, Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford
Simon Preston


Haydn: Mass, Hob. XXII:13 in B flat major 'Schöpfungmesse'
April Cantelo (soprano), Stephen Cleobury (organ), Forbes Robinson (bass), Helen Watts (contralto), Robert Tear (tenor)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Choir of St John's College Cambridge
George Guest


Haydn: Missa in Honorem Beatissimae Virginis Mariae
Judith Nelson (soprano), David Thomas (bass), Carolyn Watkinson (contralto), Martyn Hill (tenor)
Academy of Ancient Music, Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford
Simon Preston


Haydn: Mass, Hob. XXII:10 in B flat major 'Heiligmesse'
Joanne Lunn (soprano), Julian Clarkson (bass), Brindley Sherratt (bass), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Topi Lehtipuu (tenor), Angharad Gruffydd Jones (soprano), Elinor Carter (contralto)
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner


Haydn: Mass, Hob. XXII: 6 in G major 'Nicolaimesse'
Judith Nelson (soprano), David Thomas (bass), Shirley Minty (contralto), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor)
Academy of Ancient Music, Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford
Simon Preston


Haydn: Mass, Hob. XXII:12 in B flat major 'Theresienmesse'
Gerald Finley (bass), Sally Bruce-Payne (mezzo-soprano), Peter Butterfield (tenor), Donna Brown (soprano)
English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Sir John Eliot Gardiner


Haydn: Mass, Hob. XXII: 7 in B flat major 'Kleine Orgelmesse'
Jennifer Smith (soprano), John Scott (organ)
Choir of St John's College Cambridge, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
George Guest


Haydn: Mass, Hob. XXII:14 in B flat major 'Harmoniemesse'
Erna Spoorenberg (soprano), Brian Runnett (organ), Joseph Rouleau (bass), Helen Watts (contralto), Alexander Young (tenor)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Choir of St John's College Cambridge
George Guest

Haydn: Mass, Hob. XXII: 8 in C major - Missa Cellensis 'Mariazellermesse'
Jennifer Smith (soprano), Robert Tear (tenor), John Scott (organ), Benjamin Luxon (baritone), Helen Watts (contralto)
Choir of St John's College Cambridge, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
George Guest


Haydn: Mass, Hob. XXII: 9 in C major 'Paukenmesse'
Joanne Lunn (soprano), Brindley Sherratt (bass), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Topi Lehtipuu (tenor)
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner


Haydn: Insanae et vanae curae (1809) [spurious]
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Haydn: Mass, Hob. XXII:11 in D minor 'Nelsonmesse'
Gerald Finley (bass), Sally Bruce-Payne (mezzo-soprano), Peter Butterfield (tenor), Donna Brown (soprano)
English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Sir John Eliot Gardiner


Haydn: Te Deum in C major - Hob.XXIIIc:2 - Ed. H.C.Robbins Landon
English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Haydn: Stabat Mater
Alfreda Hodgson (mezzo-soprano), Arleen Auger (soprano), Gwynne Howell (bass), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
The Argo Chamber Orchestra, The London Chamber Choir
Laszlo Heltay


Haydn: Stabat Mater, Hob.XXa:1
Arleen Auger (soprano), Gwynne Howell (bass), Alfreda Hodgson (mezzo-soprano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
The Argo Chamber Orchestra, The London Chamber Choir
Laszlo Heltay