Type: Mass
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Program: Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123
Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden
Choir: The Chorus of the Semperoper Dresden
Soloists: Rene Pape, Emily Magee, Petra Lang
Conductor: Fabio Luisi
Location: Frauenkirche, Dresden, Germany
Year: 2005

Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis remains one of the most monumental achievements in the choral repertoire. A work of extraordinary scale and profound spiritual intensity, Fabio Luisi leads this grand performance. Recorded as part of the historic reopening of the stunning Church of Our Lady in Dresden, the performance is shaped by its musical forces and by the space itself, whose rich, resonant acoustics create warmth and depth, enhancing the work’s grandeur and spiritual atmosphere.