American-born soprano Barbara Bonney provides the sparkle in this ebullient account of Mozart's gem of a cantata, Exsultate jubilate (K. 165). Harnoncourt and his charges do a lovely job with the orchestral pages of the setting, originally written to accompany the singing of the castrato Venanzio Rauzzini. Equally well done is the youthful C Minor Missa solemnis (K. 139), which in many ways looks forward to the great C Minor Mass (K. 427) and to the operas of Mozart's mature years in Vienna. -Ted Libbey
Tracks: 1.1 Exsultate, Jubilate; K. 165 1.2 Missa K. 257: Gloria 1.3 Great Mass K. 427: Laudamus Te 1.4 Regina Coeli K. 276 1.5 Great Mass K. 427: Hosanna 1.6 Missa Solemnis K. 139: Quoniam to Solus 1.7 Missa Solemnis K. 139: Gloria 1.8 Litaniae de Venerabili Altaris Sacramento K. 243: Hostia Sancta 1.9 Missa K. 66 'Dominicus': Laudamus Te 1.10 Missa K. 317 'Coronation': Gloria 1.11 Missa K. 257 'Credo': Benedictus 1.12 Requiem K. 626: Benedictus
