Jordi Savall

Heinrich Biber’s Missa Salisburgensis is one of the most extensive religious musical compositions of the Baroque period. It was composed for a great event then: the 1100th anniversary of the Salzburg archbishopric in 1682. 53 singers and instrumentalists were divided into 7 groups across Salzburg’s cathedral, which must have had an impressive effect.

The composition has rarely been performed or recorded since then because of this set-up and the efforts required. Jordi Savall recorded it for the first time in 17 years.

Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704)
– Missa Salisburgensis
La Capella Reial de Catalunya & Le Concert des Nations & Hespèrion XXI conducted by Jordi Savall
[Alia Vox AVSA9912, 2015]

Thanks to Muziekweb Rotterdam.