In the petite messe solennelle, rossini likes to subvert expectations. Petite messe solennelle gloria domine deus andrea bocelli orchestra dellaccademia nazionale di santa cecilia. The petite messe solennelle is the finest work of rossinis late years. Rossini spent a considerable amount of time and care in writing in what he called his final sin of my old age, his petite messe solennelle. Gioacchino rossini petite messe solennelle youtube. Uitgevoerd op zondag 18 mei 2014 het koor wordt begeleid door een harmonium en een vleugel en het geheel staat onder leiding van onze dirigent henk. Petite messe solennelle gioacchino rossini 1792 1868 rossini is remembered primarily for his immense contribution to the italian operatic repertoire, but he also produced two important pieces of sacred music that are notable, amongst other things, for their overtly operatic style. He follows tradition in ending both the gloria and the credo with choral fugues but the quoniam is outright jaunty, while the sprightly et vitam venturi is a joyous affirmation. Next to the stabat mater, the petite messe solennelle of 1863 is rossinis second extensive sacred composition.
Gioachino rossini 17921868 petite messe solennelle for soloists, choir, harmonium and piano the composer rossini is remembered primarily for his immense contribution to the italian operatic repertoire, but he also produced two important pieces of sacred music that are notable, amongst other things, for their overtly operatic style. Choir midi learning files rossino petite messe solennelle. Click on the button to go to the page where you can download the music at the end of each line you find more information about the music of that specific performer. Gioachino rossini 17921868 referred to his petite messe solennelle as the last mortal sin of my old age. Requiem for piano solo by claudio colombo on amazon music. Gioacchino rossini petite messe solennelle messa di milano focile mentzer gimenez bostridge alaimo academy and chorus of st martin in the fields sir neville marriner.
May 03, 20 rossini, as he once maintained, was born for opera buffa, and there is no doubt that his operatic instincts, if by no means always buffa ones, guided him in his petite messe solennelle. Rossini s petite messe solennelle door het groot omroepkoor o. Petite messe solennelle concert program notes by rick phillips. Mariangela sicilia sopraansoprano diana haller mezzosopraan. Rossini, gioacchino petite messe solennelle musescore. There is an excellent double pianoharmonium performance of this work by the groot omroepkoor, under leonardo garcia alarcon, on youtube starting here. Mar 19, 2011 the petite messe solennelle was written in 1863 to inaugurate the private chapel of the count and countess pilletwill and had its first performance on 14 march 1864. Petite messe solennelle gioacchino rossini soprano, charlotte corwin mezzosoprano. Written in 1863 for the countess louise pilletwill and first performed on 14 march 1864 at the consecration of the countess private chapel, the mass is one of rossini s finest achievements and the outstanding work of his retirement.
Petite messe solennelle accademia nazionale di santa cecilia. Complete your rossini, lucia popp brigitte fassbaender nicolai gedda dimitri kavrakos. About a dozen young singers participate each year in sixtoeight weeks of intensive training in vocal technique and specialized study of the ornamentation that characterizes bel canto singing. Choir midi learning files for works by gioacchino rossini. The petite messe solennelle, the last of rossinis compositions, was written almost 30 years after his last opera. Rossini petite messe solennelle marriner download buy now. The use of the word solenelle is deliberate in order to distinguish the setting from a messe basse. Petite messe solennelle gioachino rossini, nancy fleming. Rossini petite messe solennelle programme notes the.
Premiered publicly after his death, it drew the comment supposedly from napoleon iii that it was neither small, nor solemn, not really liturgical. Petite messe solennelle by gioachino rossini from amazons classical music store. Petite messe solennelle classical music album play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest and. Petite messe solennelle gioacchino rossini 1792 1868 phillip gossett, the american musicologist and authority on rossini wrote about the composer. Here are the available midi files for this work they are numbered according to the ricordi second edition vocal score. Gioacchino rossini s petite messe solennelle was composed in 1863 and orchestrated by the composer before his death so that no one else would do it.
Rossini, gioachino petite messe solennelle barenreiter verlag. After the rousing success of his recordings of rossinis stabat mater and william tell, antonio pappano continues to explore the pesaro composers universe with a recording of his last work, the petite messe solennelle, in the version for large orchestra and mixed chorus. Rossini petite messe solenelle 1960, gatefold, vinyl. Scored for chorus, soloists, piano and harmonium, rossini described it as the last of his sins of old age. Rossini, petite messe solennelle new emi classics disc santa cecilia live.
He composed it between 1863 and 1864 at the age of 71 as a commission for countess louise pillet will for the consecration of her private chapel, where the work received its first performance in march 1864. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Petite messe solennelle, in four parts with accompaniment of two pianos and. Ostensibly, the work was an occasional piece, written for the dedication of a private chapel for the once welltodo parisian nobility. The rather cheesy title page of the ditson edition of rossinis petite messe solennelle this pilletwill presentation score, brauner and gossett go on to argue persuasively, likely preserves the work as it was originally performed.
During the decades of the early 19th century, gioachino rossini 17921868 dominated the world of italian opera in both the comic and serious categories. Teatro comunale claudio abbado ferrara 9 dicembre 2015 g. Gioachino rossini edited by nancy fleming petite messe solennelle. Toronto mendelssohn choir petite messe solennelle feb. Petite messe solennelle by rossini bel canto at caramoor. Petite messe solennelle ubersetzung babylon software. Petite messe solennelle, in four parts with accompaniment of two pianos and harmonium, composed during my country vacation at passy. Rossini composed the petite messe solennelle in 1863, 34 years after his last opera, in passy, where he spent the last decades of his life. Rossini petite messe solennelle per soli, coro, due pianoforti e armonium accademia corale vittore veneziani. Provided to youtube by universal music group rossini. The differences between the two versions are not huge, but they are still. This brings us to 1863, when rossini, for reasons unknown, sat down and wrote his longest sacred work, the petite messe solennelle.
View the wikipedia article on gioachino rossini list of choral works sacred works. While rossini may perhaps have planted his tongue in his cheek when using the word petite the scale, if not the length, was modest in the original version for which a vocal ensemble of just twelve singers, including the four soloists. I t has frequently been noted that rossinis petite messe solennelle small solemn mass is neither small nor particularly solemn, and it would have been. By clicking any link on this page you are giving your consent for us to set cookies.
Soprano 1a kyrie 1b christe 1c kyrie 2 gloria soprano i 2 gloria soprano ii 7 cum sanctu spiritu soprano i 7 cum sanctu spiritu soprano ii 8 credo 10 et resurrexit soprano i 10 et resurrexit soprano ii 12 sanctus 14 agnus dei alto 1a kyrie. Composed for the dedication of a friends private chapel, rossini wrote the following on the autograph page. Petite messe solennelle by various from amazons classical music store. Mar 12, 2015 i t was once commonplace to quip that rossinis petite messe solennelle is misnamed on the grounds that it is neither little nor solemn a quip that certainly seems to have the ring of truth.
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