"MISSA SOLEMNIS"
Sir-On Sunday evening, May 9, according to The Listener, 1YX promised a recording of Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis. It was duly announced as such from the station, and twice during the presentation we were assured that we were listening to Beethoven’s Missa
Solemnis. No reference was made to the fact that the presentation (sic) consisted of only half the Gloria; none of the Credo; less than half the Sanctus; and the Agnus Dei. The selections were apparently made at random; the part of the Sanctus we were given began abruptly at the fourth movement; the climax of the whole section. I do not complain about the poorness of the re-cords-that is probably unavoidablebut it is surely misleading to announce a masterpiece and then to put on disconnected fragments without comment. A similar method was adopted when half the St. Matthew Passion was given last Easter without any indication that it was not the whole work. It is true that these works are very long; no doubt division or even selection is necessary; but at least the selecting should be done by someone who knows what he is about.
NORTH SHORE
LISTENER
(Auckland).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 469, 18 June 1948, Page 16
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193"MISSA SOLEMNIS" New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 469, 18 June 1948, Page 16
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