NAXOS 8.572114
	Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Messe Nr. 5 in As-Dur, D. 678 Magnificat in C-Dur, D. 486 (DDD, 48`51") CD des Monats - NAXOS 1/2011
Trine Wilsberg Lund, Sopran Bettina Ranch, Alt Min Woo Lim, Tenor Dominik Königer, Bass Immortal Bach Ensemble Leipziger Kammerorchester Morten Schuldt-Jensen Composed and revised over a seven-year period (1819-26) Schubert’s fifth Mass setting is arguably his most songful and inventive. His integration of the soloists and chorus, mastery of fluid harmonies, and idiomatic treatment of the orchestra’s woodwind section give the Mass in A flat major a symphonic quality which would later inspire Bruckner. Schubert regarded it as the finest of his six Latin Mass settings. Schubert’s C major setting of selected versicles from the Magnificat is a more Haydnesque piece, recalling the joyfully expressive music of the earlier composer’s famous oratorio ›The Seasons‹. "... this Naxos series, which includes all six Masses and other church works, promises consistently fine performances as good or better than the catalog competition, very well recorded in the complementary acoustics of a Leipzig church.. " ClassicsToday.com 1/2011