Rossini: Messa di Gloria
Eleonora Buratto (soprano), Teresa Iervolino (contralto), Lawrence Brownlee (tenor), Michael Spyres (tenor), Carlo Lepore (bass), Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th October 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Winner - Choral Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Male Singer of the Year (Spyres)
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
Pappano and the combined choral and orchestral forces of the Accademia Nazionale de Santa Cecilia who exuberantly inhabit a work that seems determined to throw a wild, operatic flourish up to...
Rossini: Messa di Gloria
Eleonora Buratto (soprano), Teresa Iervolino (contralto), Lawrence Brownlee (tenor), Michael Spyres (tenor), Carlo Lepore (bass), Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
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Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th October 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Winner - Choral Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Male Singer of the Year (Spyres)
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
Pappano and the combined choral and orchestral forces of the Accademia Nazionale de Santa Cecilia who exuberantly inhabit a work that seems determined to throw a wild, operatic flourish up to...
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Expanding their notable Rossini discography, Sir Antonio Pappano and the Chorus and Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia perform the composer’s Messa di Gloria of 1820. They are joined by five virtuosic vocal soloists: three Italians – soprano Eleonora Buratto, mezzo-soprano Teresa Iervolino and bass Carlo Lepore – and two Americans, Lawrence Brownlee and Michael Spyres, who celebrated Rossini and the star tenors of his era with their thrilling recital album Amici e Rivali, released in 2020. “The Messa di Gloria is a mass of light,” says Pappano. “Rossini always connected vividly to his audience in his inimitable way. The soloists need to sing with great spiritual fervour and also powerful confidence as they convey the fearlessness of the composer’s relationship to God. The work is a celebration, praising God’s glory. … Rossini is just open eyes, open face, and open arms to God.”
Contents and tracklist
- Lawrence Brownlee (tenor), Michael Spyres (tenor), Carlo Lepore (bass), Eleonora Buratto (soprano), Teresa Iervolino (mezzo-soprano), Maria Irsara (cor anglais), Alessandro Carbonare (clarinet)
- Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia
- Antonio Pappano
Spotlight on this release
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Rossini's Messa di Gloria from Antonio Pappano
14th Oct 2022
The Cinderella of Rossini's sacred works goes to the ball in fine style, with stand-out performances from tenors Lawrence Brownlee and Michael Spyres, and some delectable obbligatos from the woodwind principals of Pappano's Roman orchestra.
Awards and reviews
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Presto Recording of the Week14th October 2022
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Presto Recordings of the YearFinalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards2023Winner - Choral Music
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Opus Klassik Awards2023Nominated - Male Singer of the Year (Spyres)
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Opus Klassik Awards2023Nominated - Conductor of the Year
December 2022
Pappano and the combined choral and orchestral forces of the Accademia Nazionale de Santa Cecilia who exuberantly inhabit a work that seems determined to throw a wild, operatic flourish up to the heavens...There is superb work from the excellent line-up of soloists, whether soprano Eleonora Burrato nimbly flitting over the coloratura of the ‘Laudamus te’, or the panache of the two American tenors, Lawrence Brownlee and Michael Spyres, and the sheer chutzpah of the bravura aria, ‘Qui tollis peccata mundi’.
Rarely performed and requiring five virtuoso soloists, it comes to teeming, idiomatic life in a new recording by the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia under the perceptive direction of Antonio Pappano...A mass of glory, Rossini’s masterpiece lifts the spirits in this radiant performance.
International Classical Music Awards 2023
An inspired Antonio Pappano and the superb choral and orchestral forces of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia give radiant operatic character to Rossini's Messa di Gloria. Outstandingly brilliant soloists and a well-balanced sound recording give this masterpiece the finishing touch.
