The Missa Dominicalis is quite unassuming at first hearing, but the impression of fine craftsmanship deepens on repeated listening, and the same is true of the selection of four Mass Propers. The writing is accomplished enough often to give the impression that there are more than four voices involved. This is indicative of Finck’s skill, certainly, but also of Stimmwerk’s admirable qualities of ensemble: balance, vocal blend, secure intonation and sensitivity to the shaping of phrases are all there. 

The individual voices are all very pleasing, the countertenor Franz Vitzthum’s ability to scale the heights of his range deserving special mention. The programme is not exclusively sacred: Deo dicamus regi potenti, though a Latin canticum for Christmastide, has a decidedly secular lilt to it, and the selection of German love-songs presented as a miniature cycle shows off a vein of lyrical inspiration that rounds off a remarkably well rounded portrait of an unjustly neglected musician. FABRICE FITCH

Missa Dominicalis
HEINRICH FINCK
Stimmwerck
Franz Vitzthum, Klaus Wenk, Gerhard Hölzle, Marcus Schmidl
Cavalli Records CCD 325
2005 - 65:06 min.

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