Description
Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle – José Carreras, Katia Ricciarelli, Samuel Ramey, Margarita Zimmermann 2xCD
UPC: 8718247710591
MPN: 8802059
Brand Name: Newton Classics
Overview
This distinguished 2-CD Newton Classics edition presents Gioachino Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle—the composer’s final great sacred masterpiece—conducted by Claudio Scimone, with a world-class ensemble of soloists: Katia Ricciarelli (soprano), Margarita Zimmermann (mezzo-soprano), José Carreras (tenor), and Samuel Ramey (baritone).
Recorded in 1983 and 1987 at Watford Town Hall, this performance captures the extraordinary intimacy and spiritual radiance of Rossini’s unconventional late work, scored not for orchestra but for two pianos and harmonium. The collection also includes the exquisite Preghiera “Dal tuo stellato soglio” from Mosè in Egitto, featuring Ruggero Raimondi and June Anderson.
Product Features
- Format: 2 Compact Discs (DDD Stereo)
- Total Duration: 84′32″
- Recording Dates: October 1983 & August 1987
- Recording Location: Watford Town Hall, England
- Producer: Universal International Music B.V.
- Sound Engineering: Watford Studios, UK
- Genre: Classical / Sacred Choral
- Style: Romantic Sacred Music
- Label: Newton Classics B.V. / STEMRA
- Country of Manufacture: Netherlands
- Art Direction & Design: Jan Martin Wilschut, Amsterdam Hotsprings (2011)
- Cover Image: Jan Martin Wilschut ©2011
Interesting Facts
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Rossini’s Spiritual Farewell Written in 1863, Petite Messe Solennelle was Rossini’s final major composition—a heartfelt reflection on faith and mortality from the once-“retired” master of Italian opera.
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Unique Instrumentation Rather than a symphonic mass, Rossini scored the work for two pianos and harmonium, achieving an extraordinary balance between grandeur and intimacy.
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Star-Studded Cast This performance unites some of the greatest voices of their era—Carreras’ lyric radiance, Ricciarelli’s purity, Zimmermann’s warmth, and Ramey’s resonant authority—under Scimone’s elegant, devotional direction.
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Bonus Track from Mosè in Egitto The addition of the Preghiera: “Dal tuo stellato soglio” provides a touching link between Rossini’s operatic and sacred worlds.
Track Listing
CD 1 – 39′35″
Petite Messe Solennelle
- Kyrie – 7′02″
- Gloria – 32′33″
CD 2 – 44′55″
- Credo – 16′00″
- Prélude religieux pendant l’Offertoire – 7′20″
- Ritournelle pour le Sanctus – Sanctus – 3′16″
- O salutaris hostia – 5′12″
- Agnus Dei – 8′00″
Soloists: Katia Ricciarelli – Soprano Margarita Zimmermann – Mezzo-soprano José Carreras – Tenor Samuel Ramey – Baritone
Piano duet: Craig Sheppard & Paul Berkowitz Harmonium: Richard Nunn Chorus: The Ambrosian Singers Conductor: Claudio Scimone
Bonus: Preghiera – “Dal tuo stellato soglio” (Mosè in Egitto, Act 3) – 5′07″ Ruggero Raimondi (bass) · June Anderson (soprano) · Sandra Browne (mezzo) · Salvatore Fisichella (tenor) · Ambrosian Opera Chorus · Philharmonia Orchestra · Claudio Scimone
Publishers
© 1984, Universal International Music B.V. © 2011 Newton Classics B.V. under license to STEMRA. Manufactured and printed in the Netherlands. All rights reserved.
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