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Jeremy Summerly joins Andrew live to survey recordings of Haydn's Missa in Angustiis (Nelson Mass) and makes a personal recommendation.

The piece was written in 1798 as Napoleon's victories threatened stability across Europe but was performed just after his defeat in the Battle of the Nile led by Admiral Nelson, a chance of timing which earned it its nickname. One of six masses written near the end of his life it's recognised as a masterwork in Haydn's liturgical compositional output.

Top recommendation CD:

HAYDN: Mass, Hob. XXII:11 in D minor 'Nelsonmesse'; Mass, Hob. XXII:13 in B flat major 'Schopfungmesse'

Lothar Odinius (Tenor), Roxana Constantinescu (Alto), Markus Eiche (Bass), Letizia Scherrer (Soprano), Michael Nagy (Bass), Maximilian Schmitt (Tenor), Oregon Bach Festival Chorus, Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra, Stuttgart Bach Collegium, Gachinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Helmuth Rilling (conductor)

HANSSLER HAEN98279 (CD mid-price)