Atheist - Your Lifes Retribution

“The effect produced by this music on the public cannot be described, and for my part, without fear of exaggeration, I can say that I have never heard anything more beautiful; I do not exclude even Mozart’s masterpieces, which, for all their infinite beauties, could not give rise to such sensations in me that you, my gracious sovereign, aroused through Kyrie and Gloria from your Mass. The artful harmony and touching melody of Benedictus takes the soul truly to a happy land. Finally, the entire composition is a treasury of beauty, and we can say that your genius is ahead of the ages and that perhaps there are no so enlightened listeners who could fully enjoy the beauty of your music, but posterity will honor you and bless your memory in much more than your contemporaries are able to do. Prince Radziwill who,as you know, he is a passionate lover of music, he came from Berlin a few days ago and attended the premiere of your Mass, which he still did not know: he was as shocked by it as I and all other listeners. ”