Johann Michael Haydn (1737-1806), younger brother of Joseph, was born in Rohrau Austria, on 14th September 1737. Aged eight, he joined Joseph among the choirboys at St. Stephen's in Vienna, while he studied singing, violin and organ. Aged twenty-five, Michael was appointed court composer and Konzertmeister in Salzburg, having already completed more than a dozen masses, fifteen symphonies and other works. In 1781 he became the organist of Salzburg Cathedral. He stayed the rest of his long and productive life in Salzburg.
Although nowadays Michael Haydn is overshadowed by the fame of his brother Joseph, during his lifetime he was highly respected and praised by Leopold and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and notably by his brother Joseph.
Joseph Haydn considered his brother Michael’s vocal works even better than his own. For sure their sacred works are different: Joseph opts for a theatrical, sometime operatic vocal style, whereas Michael’s works breath a deeply pious, devotional atmosphere.
This new recording presents three large scale liturgical works: the Missa sub titulo Sancti Leopoldi MH 837, the Missa Sancti Aloysii MH 257 and the Vesper in F MH 548.
Performed by the Genova Vocal Ensemble – Accademia Vocale di Genova and an instrumental ensemble, directed by Roberta Paraninfo.
曲目列表:
01 – Missa sub titulo Sancti Leopoldi, MH 837_ I. Kyrie
02 – Missa sub titulo Sancti Leopoldi, MH 837_ II. Gloria
03 – Missa sub titulo Sancti Leopoldi, MH 837_ III. Credo
04 – Missa sub titulo Sancti Leopoldi, MH 837_ IV. Sanctus
05 – Missa sub titulo Sancti Leopoldi, MH 837_ V. Benedictus
06 – Missa sub titulo Sancti Leopoldi, MH 837_ VI. Agnus dei. Agnus dei qui Tollis
07 – Missa sub titulo Sancti Leopoldi, MH 837_ VII. Agnus dei. Dona Nobis
08 – Vesper in F Major, MH 548_ I. Dixit Dominus
09 – Vesper in F Major, MH 548_ II. Confitebor
10 – Vesper in F Major, MH 548_ III. Beatus Vir
11 – Vesper in F Major, MH 548_ IV. De Profundis
12 – Vesper in F Major, MH 548_ V. Memento
13 – Vesper in F Major, MH 548_ VI. Hymnus
14 – Vesper in F Major, MH 548_ VII. Magnificat
15 – Missa sancti aloysii, MH 257_ I. Kyrie
16 – Missa sancti aloysii, MH 257_ II. Gloria
17 – Missa sancti aloysii, MH 257_ III. Credo. Credo in unum Deum
18 – Missa sancti aloysii, MH 257_ IV. Credo. Et incarnatus Est
19 – Missa sancti aloysii, MH 257_ V. Credo. Et Resurrexit
20 – Missa sancti aloysii, MH 257_ VI. Sanctus
21 – Missa sancti aloysii, MH 257_ VII. Benedictus
22 – Missa sancti aloysii, MH 257_ VIII. Agnus dei. Agnus dei, qui Tollis
23 – Missa sancti aloysii, MH 257_ IX. Agnus dei. Dona Nobis