Franz Schubert: Late Masses
Sep 13th, 2012 by dcronin
“Schubert’s last great masses – No.5 in A flat and No.6 in E flat – are his greatest achievements in this genre…. They are much more substantial than the composer’s earlier masses, which still lie firmly within the classical tradition of Haydn and Mozart…. Wolfgang Sawallisch is renowned for his performances of Schubert’s church music, and these glorious recordings from 1971, made with the Staatskapelle Dresden and the Rundfunkchor Leipzig, were released to great acclaim.” –Presto Classical