Lemuel Francis Abbott: Horatio Nelson
after whom the Missa in angustiis is nicknamed



Click to read about Joseph Haydn in Wikipedia.

Click to read about Joseph Haydn, Missa in angustiis, Hob. XXII:11, (Mass in Troubled Times), nicknamed the Lord Nelson Mass, also in Wikipedia.

Click for the programme notes of the Aylesbury Choral Society.

Click to read the David Wyn Jones programme notes for the Chandos recording by Collegium Musicum 90. Go to page 23 (Compact Disc Five).



Click to listen to Joseph Haydn, Missa in angustiis, in its entirety, performed by Tamara Crout Matthews, soprano; Zoila Muñoz, mezzo-soprano; Benjamin Butterfield, tenor; David Arnold, baritone; Jonathan Dimmock, organ; American Bach Soloists, Pacific Mozart Ensemble, American Classical Soloists; Jeffrey Thomas conducting.

(Listen to the whole work or click on individual tracks [slide button on right]. The Missa in angustiis includes tracks 1-12. To avoid spoken announcement about the track or even one advertisement, click on the next track as soon as the previous one finishes.)



Click to listen to Joseph Haydn, Missa in angustiis, (Quoniam track only 30 seconds) performed by
Felicity Lott, soprano; Carolyn Watkinson, contralto; Maldwyn Davies, tenor; David Wilson-Johnson, bass; Nicholas Parle, organ; English Concert Choir; English Concert (with original instruments); Trevor Pinnock, conducting:

Kyrie - Gloria excelsis Deo - Qui tollis pecata mundi - Quoniam - Credo in unum Deum - Et incarnatus est - Et resurrexit - Sanctus - Benedictus - Agnus Dei qui tollis pecata mundi - Dona nobis pacem


Click to listen to Joseph Haydn, Missa in angustiis, performed by Ann Monoyios, soprano; Svetlana Serdar, alto; Wolfgang Bünten, tenor; Harry Van Der Kamp, bass; Tölzer Knabenchor (Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, chorus master); Tafelmusik (Jeanne Lamon); Bruno Weil conducting:

Kyrie - Gloria - Credo - Sanctus - Benedictus - Agnus Dei


Click to listen to Joseph Haydn, Missa in angustiis, (Quoniam track only 30 seconds) performed by
Sylvia Stahlman, soprano; Helen Watts, contralto; Wilfrid Brown, tenor; Tom Krause, baritone; Choir of King's College, Cambridge; London Symphony Orchestra; Sir David Willcocks conducting.

Kyrie - Gloria excelsis Deo - Qui tollis peccata mundi - Quoniam (Only 30 seconds available for online listening) - Credo in unum Deum - Et incarnatus est - Et resurrexit - Sanctus - Benedictus - Agnus Dei qui tollis pecata mundi - Dona nobis pacem



Click to listen to Joseph Haydn, Missa in angustiis, (Et resurrexit track only 30 seconds) performed by Christine Schellenberger, soprano;
Margaret Marshall, soprano; Carolyn Watkinson, contralto; Keith Lewis, tenor; Robert Holl, bass; Rundfunkchor Leipzig; Staatskapelle Dresden; Hansjurgen Scholze, organ; Sir Neville Marriner conducting.

Kyrie - Gloria excelsis Deo - Qui tollis peccata mundi - Quoniam - Credo in unum Deum - Et incarnatus est - Et resurrexit (Only 30 seconds available for online listening) - Sanctus - Benedictus - Osanna - Agnus Dei qui tollis pecata mundi - Dona nobis pacem



For those with online access to the Naxos Music Library and the Classical Music Library (
info) there are a number of other musical selections available: [NML] [CML].