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BIBER: MISSA SALISBURGENSIS / SALZBURG CATHEDRAL

Biber’s polyphonic masterpiece, the Missa Salisburgensis, and sacred works by Monteverdi from Salzburg Cathedral / Salzburg Festival, 2016.

The full splendour of Baroque spatial and sonic drama is encountered in these performances of Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber’s polyphonic masterpiece, the Missa Salisburgensis, and the Venetian choral works of Claudio Monteverdi, from which it takes inspiration.

Composed in astonishing 53 parts in 1682, the Mass celebrated the acoustic possibilities of the newly completed Cathedral in Salzburg, the very building in which it is performed here by Collegium 1704, conductor Václav Luks. The authentic 360° surround sound sends the music ricocheting from platform and galleries in a dazzling display that exploits acoustics and architecture alike.


Heinrich Ignaz Franz von BIBER (1644–1704)

MISSA SALISBURGENSIS à 53 voci

Claudio MONTEVERDI (1567–1643)

Dixit Dominus secondo à 8 voci concertato (Psalm 110), SV 264
from Selva morale e spirituale, SV 252–288

Beatus vir primo à 6 voci concertato (Psalm 112), SV 268
from Selva morale e spirituale, SV 252–288

Sonata sopra ‘Sancta Maria ora pro nobis’, SV 206:11
from Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206

Laudate pueri primo à 5 concertato (Psalm 113), SV 270
from Selva morale e spirituale, SV 252–288

Gloria in excelsis Deo à 7 voci concertata, SV 258
from Selva morale e spirituale, SV 252–288

Collegium Vocale 1704 - Collegium 1704
Conducted by Václav Luks


Released in November 2017.

2.110394 / NDB0066V

Original title Missa Salisburgensis
Genre Concert
Recording location Salzburg Cathedral, Austria, during the Salzburg Festival
Recording date 27 July, 2016
Duration 01:33:10
Production Company A co-production of Ozango, Collegium 1704 and Unitel
Director Sébastien Glas