Iconic performances of Haydn’s glorious setting of the Mass from three pre-eminent choral conductors, brought together for the first time, spanning the lifetime of a profoundly devout composer.

Contents:
CD 1
Judith Nelson • Margaret Cable • Martyn Hill • David Thomas
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford • The Academy of Ancient Music / Simon Preston
- Missa rorate coeli desuper, Hob. XXII:3
- Missa Sancta Caecilia (Missa cellensis), Hob.XXV:5

CD 2
Judith Nelson • Emma Kirkby • April Cantelo • Helen Watts • Robert Tear • Forbes Robinson
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford • Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge
The Academy of Ancient Music • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Simon Preston / George Guest
- Missa Brevis in F Major, Hob.XXII:1
- Mass in B flat – “Schöpfungsmesse”, Hob.XXII:13

CD 3
Joanne Lunn • Judith Nelson • Sara Mingardo • Carolyn Watkinson • Martyn Hill • Topi Lehtipuu • Brindley Sherratt • David Thomas
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford • The Monteverdi Choir
The Academy of Ancient Music • English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner / Simon Preston
- Missa in Honorem Beatissimae Virginis Mariae – “Grosse Orgel”, Hob.XXII:4
- Mass in B Flat Major, “Missa Sancti Bernardi von Offida” (Heiligmesse), Hob.XXII:10

CD 4
Donna Brown • Judith Nelson • Sally Bruce-Payne •Shirley Minty • Peter Butterfield • Rogers Covey-Crump • Gerald Finley • David Thomas
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford • The Monteverdi Choir
The Academy of Ancient Music • English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner / Simon Preston
- Mass in G, “Missa Sancti Nicolai”, Hob.XXII:6
- Mass in B flat – “Theresienmesse”, Hob.XXII:12

CD 5
Jennifer Smith • Erna Spoorenberg • Helen Watts • Alexander Young • Joseph Rouleau • John Scott
Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge
Academy of St Martin in the Fields / George Guest
- Mass in B flat Major – Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo - “Kleine Orgelmesse”, Hob.XXII:7
- Mass in B flat – “Harmoniemesse”, Hob.XXII:14

CD 6
Joanne Lunn • Jennifer Smith • Sara Mingardo • Helen Watts • Topi Lehtipuu • Robert Tear • Benjamin Luxon • Brindley Sherratt • John Scott
St John’s College Choir, Cambridge • The Monteverdi Choir
The Academy of St Martin in the Fields • English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner / George Guest
- Mass in C Major – Missa Sancta Caeciliae (Missa cellensis), Hob.XXV:5
- Mass in C Major – Missa in tempore belli – “Paukenmesse”, Hob.XXII:9
- Insanae et vanae curae (1809)

CD 7
Donna Brown • Sally Bruce-Payne • Peter Butterfield • Gerald Finley
The Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner
- Mass in D minor – Missa in angustiis – “Nelson Mass”, Hob.XXII:11
- Te Deum in C major, Hob.XXIIIc:2

CD 8
Arleen Augér • Alfreda Hodgson • Anthony Rolfe Johnson • Gwynne Howell
The London Chamber Choir
The Argo Chamber Orchestra / Laszlo Heltay
- Stabat Mater Dolorosa, Hob.XXa:1