Messa di Gloria
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PIETRO MASCAGNI
Messa di Gloria
Iorio Zennaro, Pietro Spagnoli, Alberto Galletti / Ensemble Seicentonovecento, Flavio Colusso
[ Brilliant Classics / CD ]
Release Date: Thursday 20 August 2015
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Pietro Mascagni went into musical history as a one‐compositioncomposer, the famous opera Cavalleria Rusticana. However, he wrote an extensive oeuvre of fine works, both instrumental and vocal.
The Messa di Gloria was written in the same period as Cavalleria Rusticana. It was very popular in its time, and one wonders why it is not performed more widely nowadays. It is an unashamedly romantic and popular work, devoid of the usual religious features, such as fugues, chorales or chant. It sounds like grand opera in its jubilant arias and ariosos, orchestral pomp and circumstance, and feeling for atmosphere and drama: hugely enjoyable!
Excellent performance by leading Italian soloists, and the Ensembel Seicentonovecento conducted by Flavio Colusso, a specialist in Early Music, but with a soft spot for this gem in the sacred repertoire.
"From the same period as Cavalleria Rusticana, and just as lusty in places, Mascagni's mass is certainly worth hearing. Playing and singing are idiomatic, if fuzzily executed in places." (BBC Music)
Tracks:
Fandanguillo, Op. 36
Ráfaga, Op. 53
Sevillana, Op. 29
Sonata for Guitar, Op. 61
Homenaje a Tárrega, Op. 69
