Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Missa brevis in G major K. 140 (App. C 1.12)

If « serveral music lovers and music directors consider this Mass authentic and truly Mozartian » (the words of Sir Ludwig von Köchel), then we are also willing to accept it as such. With the publication of the charming « Pastoral Mass » K. 140, all of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s masses were now completely available from Breitkopf & Härtel. In addition to the standard features (piano reduction, organ part, choral score, completely purchasable orchestral material), this Mass has a special « extra », namely a supplementary organ part, prepared from the sources, with which one can reconstruct the original performance circumstances in Salzburg (with two organs!) .