Scoring: Soli SATTB, Coro SSATTBB, 2 Ob, 2 Clt, 2 Fg, 2 Cor, 2 Tr, 3 Trb, Timp, 2 Vl, Va, Vc, Cb

The Mass in E flat major is the last of Schubert’s six settings of the Ordinarium Missae and it is also his most significant work in this form. It is full of varied dramatic gestures and fervent expression and because of some essential omissions of text, it was described by some contemporaries as “unsuitable for liturgical use”.

For the new editions of the "great" Schubert Masses the editors ha...