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American-born soprano Barbara Bonney provides the sparkle in this ebullient account of Mozart's gem of a cantata, Exsultate jubilate (K. 165). Harnoncourt and his charges do a lovely job with the orchestral pages of the setting, originally written to accompany the singing of the castrato Venanzio Rauzzini. Equally well done is the youthful C Minor Missa solemnis (K. 139), which in many ways looks forward to the great C Minor Mass (K. 427) and to the operas of Mozart's mature years in Vienna. -Ted Libbey Album Tracks 1. Exsultate, Jubilate; K. 165 2. Missa K. 257 Gloria 3. Great Mass K. 427 Laudamus Te 4. Regina Coeli K. 276 5. Great Mass K. 427 Hosanna 6. Missa Solemnis K. 139 Quoniam to Solus 7. Missa Solemnis K. 139 Gloria 8. Litaniae de Venerabili Altaris Sacramento K. 243 Hostia Sancta 9. Missa K. 66 'Dominicus' Laudamus Te 10. Missa K. 317 'Coronation' Gloria 11. Missa K. 257 'Credo' Benedictus 12. Requiem K. 626 Benedictus
