Beethoven - Missa Solemnis (D-Dur, opus 123) Credo I

Credo I
Edda Moser - Sopran
Hanna Schwarz - Mezzosopran
Rene Kollo - Tenor
Kurt Moll - Bass
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Conductor, Leonard Bernsrein

Category:

Music

Tags:

• beethoven
• missa
• solemnis

[rcc400]

Since I am an atheist I've kept myself away from this ,but it is impossible.

[rometube]

Not very sure of yoru argumentation here. There are clear references to Christ, the Holy Spirit, God not seen from a pantheistic point of view but from what Christianity was at the period when he wrote the piece. However, he was a genious and his music transcends all human concepts and takes to a very otherwordely state of mind

[Beadwindow2020]

@rcc400 It's just good music, eh?

[manouchehr7]

Thanks for posting.

Let just enjoy Beethoven's great music.

[eugenecoreno]

Beethoven's aim in the Missa was to inspire the most profound feelings possible. The text of the Roman Catholic Mass is used like a dramatic libretto. You could be an atheist, but during the Missa, you're a believer. (That is, if it hits you loke it hits me.)

[WestHavenBob]

Music affects everyone differently; and great music has the power to touch one in a major way. Bach or Beethoven, Lennon/McCartney or Cobain: it is the melody and the lyrics which will get behind one's strongest defenses and tug at the heart of one's very being. It can be, at strategic times, a "life-changer".

As a devout Christian, I hope this (like Schiller's "Ode to Joy") is close to what God hears. But I understand why non-believers can enjoy this without the spiritual aspect.

[berscheida]

@rcc400 I dont understand why people feel the need to say this...Music is music...I dont care who wrote it, what the text is, or the story. If its emotional, beautiful, and powerful to you then that is all that matters, not what your religion is or is not.

[radatridean]

the best mezzo in Missa solemnis is Ruza Baldani

[camapeque]

This is GOD MUSIC !! composed for the eternity !!

O. Camahue

[camapeque]

This is GOD MUSIC !!

[billy12080]

I have studied the Missa Solemnis for nearly 40 years, ever since I was a soldier stationed in Korea back in the early 1970s. Have sung the Missa one time, years ago. Like Beethoven's other choral works, it presents monumental challenges to the singers. I think Beethoven had not very clear ideas about the limitations of the human voice, especially in the range of soprano and tenor. But apart from all that, this music is gorgeous.

[zioband]

grazie.....GREETINGS FROM ITALY