Pergolesi: Messa in Re Maggiore & Mottetto "Dignas laudes resonemus"
3/9/2018, 18 Tracks, 1:11:11
Featuring
Giulio Prandi
Marlis Petersen
Paola Valentina Molinari
Karin Selva
Marta Fumagalli
Luca Cervoni
Renato Dolcini
Ghislieri Consort
Ghislieri Choir
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
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Cultural Impact
Pergolesi's sacred music became an authoritative model for Viennese classicism, influencing composers like Bach (who adapted his Stabat Mater), Mozart, and Haydn.
Composition History
The music on this album, a world premiere recording, likely dates to the final years of Austrian rule over Naples, before it became an independent kingdom in 1734.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Pergolesi's sacred music aimed for a modern ideal of expression, contributing to a compositional style that resonated with the sensibilities of the Age of Enlightenment.
Recording & Production
The diminutions and cadenzas for the arias, duets, and the chorus 'Dignas laudes resonemus' were composed by Alessandro Ciccolini for this recording.
Recording & Production
This album features world premiere recordings of both the Messa in Re maggiore and the Mottetto 'Dignas laudes resonemus'.
Compositional Technique
Pergolesi's sacred works, including those on this album, feature a 'modern stile concertante' with dynamic interplay between soloists and chorus, often employing polychorality.
Critical Reception
In 1789, Charles Burney, a music historian, described Pergolesi as the 'principal polisher' of a compositional style for both church and stage that still reigned throughout Europe half a century after his brief career.
