Symphony. He could think of no more fitting music for his farewell to life itself than the humbly pleading six-four chord sequences of his days in Linz. Selected discography The discography of Mass No. 1 is less abundant than that of the following Masses No. 2 and No. 3. Except for a partial recording (Gloria only) performed by Pius Kalt in around 1925, the first recording was taped by F. Charles Adler for his SPA label in 1954 and issued the following year. In this recording, which used Gross first edition, the "Miserere nobis" from the Gloria is sung by the bass soloist instead of by the choir. The intermezzo of the Credo is performed by the woodwind instruments. About twenty years later, in 1972, Eugen Jochum recorded the Mass on LP (DG 2530 314). It was reissued in an LP-box together the two other Masses, Psalm 150 and several motets. The box has been later transferred to CD. According to Hans Roelofs this recording with organ intermezzo in the Credo remains the reference. Among the about fifteen other recordings, of which one third was not brought to the commercial market, Matthew Best's and Froschauer's recordings with organ intermezzo, and Gardiner's, Matt's and Ortner's recordings with woodwind intermezzo are, according to Roelofs, also good performances.Frieberger's live performance, recorded in the rood-screen of the Alter Dom of Linz during the Brucknerfest 2008, provides the listener with a whiff of authenticity. As Roelofs writes "(translated) The ambience of the premiere is offered here. ... a lively and transparent interpretation. The music gets here a huge shattering power due to the historical playing style, and the difference to recordings with the 'smoothly polished' modern instruments is striking." Records with organ intermezzo Eugen Jochum, Chor und Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Elmar Schloter (organ). LP: DG 2530 314, 1972 – CD: DG 423 127-2 (box of 4 CDs) Matthew Best, Corydon Singers & Orchestra, James O'Donnell (organ). CD: Hyperion CDA66650, 1993 (with the Te Deum) Rupert Gottfried Frieberger, Hard-Chor Linz, Ars Antiqua Austria. CD: Fabian Records CD 5116, 2008 Helmuth Froschauer, WDR Rundfunkchor and Rundfunkorchester, Cologne. CD: Crystal Classics N 67 085, 2010 Records with woodwind intermezzo F. Charles Adler, Choir of the Wiener Rundfunk and Wiener Symphoniker, LP: SPA 72, Lumen AMS 7, 1954 (Johann Gross edition). This historical recording has been remastered to CD: CRQ Editions CRQ CD 44, 2012. John Eliot Gardiner,