J.D Zelenka - Missa Circumcisionis, ZWV 11. Perf: Dresdner Kapellknaben.

A very large and incredible masterpiece by Jan Dismas Zelenka, his, in full Latin title "Missa Circumcisionis Domini Nostri Jesu Christi" - a Mass composed for the Circumcision of the Lord Jesus Christ, which falls on New Years day, and was composed in 1728, and performed on the following year, and given the timeframe of the celebrations, the music displays a joyous pastoral beauty, especially in the XV (15th) movement, with the 3 Oboes imitating shepherds calls. I: Kyrie (Chorus) - 00:00 II: Gloria (Chorus) - 4:39 III: Qui tollis peccata mundi (Soprano, Alto) - 7:07 IV: Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, miserere nobis (Chorus) - 9:37 V: Quoniam tu solus sanctus (Tenor, Bass) - 10:58 VI: Cum Sancto Spiritu: in Gloria Dei Patris, Amen! (Chorus, Fugue) - 13:29 VII: Credo in unum Deum (Chorus) - 16:21 VIII: Et incarnatus est - (SAT) 19:07 IX: Crucifixus (SATB) - 20:05 X: Et resurrexit (Chorus) - 21:41 XI: Sanctus, Pleni sunt coeli (Chorus) - 26:37 XII: Benedictus (Soprano, Alto) - 28:37 XIII: Ossana in excelsis (Chorus) - 30:46 XIV: Agnus Dei I (Chorus) - 32:01 XV: Qui tollis (Tenor) - 33:18 XVI: Agnus Dei II (Chorus) - 35:12 XVII: Dona nobis pacem (Chorus) - 35:41 Recording: Konrad Wagner, Staatskapelle Dresden, Dresdner Kathedralchor, Dresdner Kapellknaben, Soprano: Andrea Ihle, Alto: Brigitte Pfretzschner, Tenor: Ekkehard Wagner, Bass: Matthias Henneberg