Missa Salisburgensis

Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber Missa Salisburgensis concert. Václav Luks conducts the Missa Salisburgensis with the Collegium 1704 and Collegium Vocale 1704 at the Salzburg Cathedral.

The concert also includes seven short sacred works by Monteverdi:

Sonata Sopra ‘Sancta Maria Ora Pro Nobis’, SV 206:11
Vespro della Beata Vergine (portion), SV 206
Dixit Dominus Secondo (Psalm 110), SV 264
Beatus Vir Primo (Psalm 112), SV 268
Laudate Pueri Primo (Psalm 113), SV 270
Gloria in Excelsis Deo, SV 258

Directed for TV by Sébastian Glas. Released 2017, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: NA

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