Mercadante - Messa solenne | Dynamic CDS7986

Mercadante - Messa solenne

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Label: Dynamic

Cat No: CDS7986

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 19th May 2023

Contents

Artists

Francesco Meli (tenor)
Matteo Lippi (tenor)
Mario Cassi (baritone)
Nicola Ulivieri (bass-baritone)
Francesco Biraga (cor anglais)
Giovanni Battista Fabris (violin)
Orchestra e Coro dell’Opera Carlo Felice Genova

Conductor

Fabrizio Callai

Works

Mercadante, Saverio

Messa solenne

Artists

Francesco Meli (tenor)
Matteo Lippi (tenor)
Mario Cassi (baritone)
Nicola Ulivieri (bass-baritone)
Francesco Biraga (cor anglais)
Giovanni Battista Fabris (violin)
Orchestra e Coro dell’Opera Carlo Felice Genova

Conductor

Fabrizio Callai

About

In the last decade, research in the Genoa archives has revealed a series of important manuscripts, one of which is Saverio Mercadante’s Messa solenne. This magnificent score requires four vocal soloists, a male choir – women were then forbidden to sing in church – and a large orchestra with extensive concertante roles for cor anglais and violin. It was premiered in January 1868, two years before Mercadante’s death, and shows the composer’s artistic maturity at its peak: opulent orchestration, extensive counterpoint, intricate instrumental textures, rich lyricism and fugal mastery. This world-première recording amplifies the significance of the Genoese musical tradition.

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