Rossini: Messa di Gloria

Featuring

Antonio Pappano
Eleonora Buratto
Teresa Iervolino
Lawrence Brownlee
Michael Spyres
Carlo Lepore

Maria Irsara
Alessandro Carbonare
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Gioachino Rossini

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Antonio Pappano, the conductor of this recording, believes Rossini's use of operatic elements and self-quotations in the Messa di Gloria is part of his true style and should be celebrated.

Compositional Technique

The final fugue in the Cum Sancto Spiritu movement of the Messa di Gloria was likely written, at least largely, by Pietro Raimondi, an expert fugue writer, as Rossini may have lacked the expertise or inclination.

Compositional Technique

The Messa di Gloria is a 'mass of light' that does not include the darker elements of the Credo or Crucifixus, unlike a Requiem Mass.

Composition History

The Messa di Gloria is Rossini's only work on liturgical texts written during his active career as an opera composer, unlike his later Stabat Mater and Petite Messe solenelle.

Critical Reception

At its 1820 premiere, critics were put off by the Messa di Gloria's overtly operatic characteristics and Rossini's self-quotations from previous operatic works.

Composition History

Gioachino Rossini, a composer known for his operas, wrote his Messa di Gloria in 1820 on very short notice for the Arciconfraternita di San Luigi in Naples.

Recording & Production

This recording was made live in concert with a distanced orchestra and chorus due to Covid pandemic restrictions, which contributed to a sense of grandeur and space in the music.