Vesperae, K321, was the second of the composer's three settings of the Vespers. The instrumentation is typical of that used in Salzburg Cathedral at the time with neither horns nor oboes in use. The eminent Mozart scholar Dr Stanley Sadie suggests the Litaniae Lauretanae was written in 1774. With choruses in a free homophonic style and much expressive melody and bravura writing for the soloists, its scale indicates that it too may have been written for Salzburg Cathedral.
Recorded in Dorchester Abbey, Oxfordshire
July 1992 Playing time : 57'09" DDD
Review
"In this recording the Hanover Band, period instrument specialists, are joined by the choir of New College Oxford whose director, Edward Higginbottom, brings good control and rhythmic vitality to the proceedings.
This is a welcome issue—given the dearth of recordings of this repertoire particularly on period instruments."
Robert J Farr
