Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339: Laudate Dominum
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Recording
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis
- Album
- Mozart: Exsultate, Jubilate; Vesperae Solennes De Confessore, Kyrie in D Minor & Ave Verum Corpus
- Year
- 1971
- Length
- Period
- Classical era
- Listen
Painting
Unknown
Single Leaf Excised from a Choir Psalter: Initial E[xultate Deo] with King David Playing the Lute (Psalm 80), c. 1408
The piece
Mozart wrote the Vesperae solennes de confessore in Salzburg in 1780 for use at the cathedral there. The fifth of its six movements sets Psalm 117 (116 in the Vulgate) for solo soprano and orchestra, with the choir entering for the closing Gloria Patri.
The recording
Kiri Te Kanawa recorded it with the London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra under Colin Davis at Walthamstow Assembly Hall on 6 April 1971. Philips issued it in 1972 on an album of Mozart's sacred music that also includes Exsultate, jubilate and Ave verum corpus.
Other recordings
Nikolaus Harnoncourt's period-instrument recording with the Concentus Musicus Wien, and Te Kanawa's own later version with St Paul's Cathedral Choir under Barry Rose.