Kyriale Romanum III – Ordinarium Missae XIV-XVIII und Cantus Ad Libitum im Gregorianischen Choral
Schola Gregoriana Monacensis. Johannes B. Göschl
(2023, EOS Audio)
The Genius that Lies Within: Schubert's Mass in E Flat Major
One of Schubert's final compositions was his remarkable Mass in E Flat Major. The Church declared it to be unfit for liturgical purposes, but was Schubert deliberately rejecting Christian faith? The genius lies within.
Beethoven’s funeral took place in 1827 at the Dreifaltigkeitskirche in Vienna and Schubert was one of his torchbearers. Despite living his entire life in the same city, this is perhaps the closest the two great composers had ever been. Following the service, the Dreifaltigkeitskirche’s Society for the Cultivation of Church Music approached Schubert to compose a mass. This commission would result…