by Marin Alsop, Jubilant Sykes, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra · Naxos Deutschland GmbH · CD · EAN 0636943962220
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«Mass» is the album by Leonard Bernstein with Jubilant Sykes, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Marin Alsop, released in 2009 by Naxos as a double CD.
Premiered in 1971 by commission of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis for the opening of the Kennedy Center, «Mass» is a theatrical piece for singers, instrumentalists and dancers. With texts from the Roman Mass and contributions by Stephen Schwartz and Bernstein, it combines various musical genres: political protest, existential crisis and lost and regained faith.
Recorded at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore in October 2008. Double CD of 1:44:01 with libretto of sung texts; Naxos American Classics reference 8.559622-23.
For fans of contemporary classical music, Leonard Bernstein and large choral and orchestral ensembles.
