Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate

This performance of Mozart's Great Mass in C minor, which remained an unfinished torso, is reverent and highly dramatic. It was filmed 4-6 April 1990 in the beautiful Baroque Basilica of Waldsassen in Bavaria: a few kilometers from the Czech border. It was filmed just a few months after the Iron Curtain had fallen, a mere 6 months before Bernstein's death on 14 October 1990. His painful, labored breathing is evident during this performance. It is a sad reminder of what is to come and it makes this performance, so other-worldly in many ways, particularly poignant. Bernstein conducts the splendid Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks.

Genre:

Music

Duration:

87 min

Cast:

Leonard Bernstein, Arleen Augér, Frank Lopardo

Quality:

HD

Director:

Humphrey Burton

Release:

2006

Country:

Germany

Rating:

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