Bert Bailey: >Hindemith: Mass for Mixed Choir a capella (26 mins); and 5-part Madrigals >after Texts by J. Weinberger (35 mins). Der Junge Chor Aachen, under >Fritz ter Wey (cpo 999 345-2) > >Anyone familiar with this music/recording care to englighten me with a >comment or two? Basically: Is it recommended? I'm not familiar with that particular recording, but I know the music well. They are late Hindemith (the Mass was his last complete composition) and they are tough as hell to perform well. The idiom bears only a slight resemblance to Hindemith's two hits - the Mathis der Maler Symphony and the Symphonic Metamorphoses on Weber. It's much thornier. I reviewed another performance (Danish Radio Choir led by Gronostay on Chandos 9413), and you can find it under ClassicalNet's Reviews and Articles at http://www.classical.net Steve Schwartz