Tomášek - Missa Solemnis, Op.81

Václav Jan Tomášek, (1774–1850, Prague) was a Czech composer and music teacher of classicist period. He was an autodidact, becoming one of the most important piano teachers of Prague for a century. Tomášek exclusively wrote for the piano and became a forerunner of the lyric piece of piano, which later found its completion in Franz Schubert. At first he created compositions rather in the classical style, later was influenced by the newly born Romanticism. He wrote lyric pieces for piano, songs, symphonies and masses. This recording of his Missa Solemnis, op.81, was performed by Prague Chamber Orchestra, Kuhn mixed choir and soloists.

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