This performance of Mozart's Great Mass in C minor, which remained an unfinished torso, is reverent and highly dramatic. It was filmed 4-6 April 1990 in the beautiful Baroque Basilica of Waldsassen in Bavaria: a few kilometers from the Czech border. It was filmed just a few months after the Iron Curtain had fallen, a mere 6 months before Bernstein's death on 14 October 1990. His painful, labored breathing is evident during this performance. It is a sad reminder of what is to come and it makes this performance, so other-worldly in many ways, particularly poignant. Bernstein conducts the splendid Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks.
Genre: Music
Stars: Leonard Bernstein, Arleen Augér, Frank Lopardo, Frederica von Stade, Cornelius Hauptmann
Crew: Humphrey Burton (Director)
Country: Germany
Language: Latin
Studio: Deutsche Grammophon
Runtime: 87 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jun 03, 2006
IMDb: 10
Keywords:masses
