REBEL Baroque Orchestra

Haydn: Nelson Mass/Trinity Choir

David Hurwitz

These performances, taken from Naxos’ complete Haydn Mass edition (on balance the finest set available), are well-nigh ideal. Two quibbles: the male soloists aren’t quite

Haydn: Missa brevis; Theresienmesse/Trinity Choir

David Vernier

This recording, the last entry in Naxos’ excellent traversal of Haydn’s Masses with New York’s Trinity Choir and Rebel Baroque Orchestra, already has received just

Haydn: Missa brevis; Creation Mass/Trinity Choir

David Vernier

This is such attractive, pleasant music–I have to partly agree with some contemporary critics who apparently “complained” that Haydn’s late Masses (including these two) were

Haydn: Missa Cellensis/Burdick

David Hurwitz

This disc originally was released on Hänssler, but now it reappears as part of Naxos’ complete Haydn Mass Edition. There haven’t been many recordings of

Haydn: Missa Cellensis; Missa brevis

David Hurwitz

There haven’t been many recordings of Haydn’s brilliant and opulent Missa Cellensis. Simon Preston contributed a decent if somewhat soft-edged version for L’Oiseau Lyre, but

Haydn: Complete Masses

David Hurwitz

The Cäcilienmesse (Missa Cellensis in honorem BVM) appeared initially on Hänssler, at which time I welcomed it wholeheartedly. I’m very pleased to report that the