Rossini - Petite Messe solennelle | Harmonia Mundi - HM Gold HMG501724

Rossini - Petite Messe solennelle

Label: Harmonia Mundi - HM Gold

Cat No: HMG501724

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 25th May 2018

Contents

Artists

Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano)
Birgit Remmert (alto)
Steve Davislim (tenor)
Hanno Muller-Brachmann (bass)
RIAS Kammerchor

Conductor

Marcus Creed

Works

Rossini, Gioachino

Petite Messe solennelle

Artists

Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano)
Birgit Remmert (alto)
Steve Davislim (tenor)
Hanno Muller-Brachmann (bass)
RIAS Kammerchor

Conductor

Marcus Creed

About

After the celebrated Stabat Mater, already recorded to great acclaim by the RIAS Kammerchor, here is Rossini's other masterpiece in the domain of sacred music, the last of his 'sins of old age'. This Petite Messe solennelle is indeed small in terms of the forces deployed – the instrumental accompanbiment is limited to two pianos and harmonium – but it also well deserves the adjective "solemn" for its ample scale and its formidable dramatic power. In many respects, this work may be seem as its composer's musical testament. Dazzled, like all his critical colleagues, Filippo Filippi wrote after the first performance in March 1864: 'This time, Rossini has surpassed himself, for no-one can tell what is the more impressive, his learning or his inspiration.'

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