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Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
RecommendedMarina Rebeka (soprano), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Francesco Meli (tenor), Alex Esposito (bass)
Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Sir Antonio Pappano
Pappano opts for a strong-limbed, purposeful approach that has the music sounding neither trite nor portentous, pleasingly bringing together its charm and expansiveness...The four high-quality... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd April 2013
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Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
RecommendedDaniela Dessi (soprano), Gloria Scalchi (mezzo), Giuseppe Sabbatini (tenor), Michele Pertusi (bass-baritone)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Riccardo Chailly
A proper representative of the orchestrated version of the Petite messe has been long overdue.
Chailly's performance is a glorious heartwarming affair. Not that you're likely to be convinced... —Awards:
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Building a Library, May 2001, Recommended Orchestral Version
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Eleonora Buratto (soprano), Sara Mingardo (mezzo), Kenneth Tarver (tenor)
Luca Pisaroni (bass)
Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Gustavo Gimeno
Rossini’s late masterpiece for scaled-down forces is a palatable, varied work that is heard here in its fully orchestrated form. The recorded sound slightly muffles the chorus sound though,... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Choral
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Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle
Joanna Zawartko (soprano), Agnieszka Rehlis (mezzo-soprano), Andrzej Lampert (tenor), Lukasz Golinski (baritone), Ewa Wilczynska (piano), Agnieszka Kopacka-Aleksandrowicz (piano), Piotr Wilczynski (harmonium), Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Bartosz Michalowski
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Choral
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Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
RecommendedSimon Bucher (piano), Andreas Grasle (harmonium)
Kirchheimer Vokal-Consort, Tonu Kaljuste
Kaljuste's forward-pressing tempi provide an element of urgency that acts both viscerally and spiritually. The Rossinian sense of joy is palpable yet the performance also etches in that undertow... —
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Building a Library, November 2018, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Rossini: Petite messe solennelle
Giulio Prandi, Coro Ghislieri, Francesco Corti, Sandrine Piau, José Maria Lo Monaco, Cristiano Gaudio, Edgardo Rocha, Deniel Perer, Christian Senn
Alongside their impressive dynamic range, Coro Ghislieri bring Rossini’s fugal passages to life...Most impressive is the approach to recording; there is no bombast, but a close-miked evocation... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Winner - Choral
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Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
RecommendedCarolyn Sampson (soprano), Hilary Summers (alto), Andrew Tortise (tenor), Andrew Foster-Williams (bass), Gary Cooper (19th-century piano), Matthew Halls (19th-century piano) & Mark Williams (harmonium)
The Choir of The King’s Consort, Robert King
I like the fact that the overall effect isn't operatic, and that every attempt seems to have been made to be faithful to Rossini's original intentions. That includes the acoustic, which sounds... —
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Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
RecommendedMireille Capelle (soprano), Catherine Patriasz (alto), Joseph Cornwell (tenor), Jelle Draijer (bass), Wyneke Jordans (piano), Leo van Doeselaar (harmonium)
Nederlands Kamerkoor, Jos van Immerseel (piano & direction)
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Building a Library, May 2001, First Choice
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Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
RecommendedKrassimira Stoyanova (soprano), Birgit Remmert (alto), Steve Davislim (tenor), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (bass)
RIAS Kammerchor, Marcus Creed
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Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
Martina Musacchio (soprano), Claudia Bandera (alto), Guillermo Domínguez (tenor) & Johannes Mannov (bass)
Basel Madrigal Choir (Basel Madrigalisten), Fritz Näf
Petite Messe solenelle must be one of the most genial contributions to the church liturgy in the history of music. ‘Petite’ does not refer to size, which is comparable in length to Verdi’s Requiem....but... —
