Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala & Riccardo Chailly – Messa per Rossini (2018) [FLAC 24bit/48kHz]

Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala & Riccardo Chailly – Messa per Rossini (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:40:36 minutes | 977 MB | Genre: Classical
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2018 also marks 250 years since Gioachino Rossini’s death in 1868. ‘Messa per Rossini’ was composed in his memory by Verdi and 12 other notable Italian composers Verdi himself composed the concluding Libera me, which he later used in his own ‘Messa da Requiem’

This rare recording represents the work’s triumphant return to the spiritual home of Verdi and Rossini: the Teatro alla Scala in Milan.

“To honour the memory of Rossini I would like the most distinguished Italian composers to compose a Requiem Mass to be performed on the anniversary of his death.” (Giuseppe Verdi)

Messa per Rossini is a Requiem Mass resulting from the assembly of thirteen parts written by thirteen different composers. Shortly after Rossini’s death in 1868, Verdi addressed Ricordi: “To honour the memory of Rossini I would wish the most distinguished Italian composers to compose a Requiem Mass to be performed on the anniversary of his death. I would like no foreign hand, no hand alien to art, no matter how powerful, to lend his assistance. In that case, I would withdraw at once from the association. If I were in the good graces of the Holy Father, I would beg him to allow, at least this once, women to take part in the performance of this music, but since I am not, it would be best to find a person more suitable than I to achieve this end.” The composition was completed in the summer of 1869, but the hearing was cancelled… due to sinister political disputes. Verdi resumed his own contribution, the Libera me conclusive, in a revised form for his own Requiem; the comparison of the two movements, the original for Rossini and the definitive for Verdi’s Requiem, is a fascinating exploration of the Verdian laboratory and evolution. The other twelve composers have hardly passed the test of posterity, but it is extremely interesting to see what was then being done in the Italian sacred domain. The Mass for Rossini, which had fallen into oblivion, was only rediscovered in the 1970s and (re)created in 1988. Here we find Riccardo Chailly at the helm with the La Scala of Milan orchestra and choir as well as four leading Italian soloists.

Tracklist:
1 Buzzolla: Messa per Rossini: 1. Requiem – Kyrie 09:03
2 Bazzini: Messa per Rossini: 2. Dies irae 05:21
3 Pedrotti: Messa per Rossini: 3. Tuba mirum 05:15
4 Cagnoni: Messa per Rossini: 4. Quid sum miser 05:35
5 Ricci: Messa per Rossini: 5. Recordare Jesu pie 07:15
6 Nini: Messa per Rossini: 6. Ingemisco 10:48
7 Boucheron: Messa per Rossini: 7. Confutatis 09:24
8 Coccia: Messa per Rossini: 8. Lacrimosa – Amen 07:01
9 Gaspari: Messa per Rossini: 9. Offertorio 08:14
10 Platania: Messa per Rossini: 10. Sanctus 07:27
11 Rossi: Messa per Rossini: 11. Agnus Dei 05:01
12 Mabellini: Messa per Rossini: 12. Lux aeterna 07:38
13 Verdi: Messa per Rossini: 13. Libera me, Domine 12:34

Personnel:
Maria José Siri, soprano
Veronica Simeoni, mezzosoprano
Giorgio Berrugi, tenor
Simone Piazzola, baritone
Riccardo Zanellato, bass
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Riccardo Chailly, conductor

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