The King'S Consort, Robert King - Rossini: Petite messe solennelle (2006)
BAND/ARTIST: The King'S Consort, Robert King
- Title: Rossini: Petite messe solennelle
- Year Of Release: 2006
- Label: Hyperion
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks) +Booklet
- Total Time: 01:19:38
- Total Size: 293 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Petite messe solennelle: I. Kyrie: a. Kyrie eleison
02. Petite messe solennelle: I. Kyrie: b. Christe eleison
03. Petite messe solennelle: I. Kyrie: c. Kyrie eleison
04. Petite messe solennelle: II. Gloria: a. Gloria in excelsis Deo
05. Petite messe solennelle: II. Gloria: b. Et in terra pax
06. Petite messe solennelle: II. Gloria. c. Gratias agimus
07. Petite messe solennelle: II. Gloria: d. Domine Deus
08. Petite messe solennelle: II. Gloria: e. Qui tollis
09. Petite messe solennelle: II. Gloria: f. Quoniam tu solus sanctus
10. Petite messe solennelle: II. Gloria: g. Cum Sancto Spiritu
11. Petite messe solennelle: III. Credo: a. Credo in unum Deum
12. Petite messe solennelle: III. Credo: b. Crucifixus
13. Petite messe solennelle: III. Credo: c. Et resurrexit
14. Petite messe solennelle: III. Credo: d. Et vitam venturi saeculi
15. Petite messe solennelle: IV. Prélude religieux, pendant l'Offertoire
16. Petite messe solennelle: V. Ritournelle
17. Petite messe solennelle: VI. Sanctus
18. Petite messe solennelle: VII. O salutaris
19. Petite messe solennelle: VIII. Agnus Dei
Full of drama, pathos, colour and intensity, Rossini’s Petite Messe was written not for a church, but for performance to a select audience assembled in the lavishly furnished salon of a Parisian Countess’s newly built town house. This heartfelt religious work was Rossini’s last serious work—with it he sincerely hoped to gain admittance to the next world—and shows the extraordinary capabilities of this astonishing man of the theatre. The sheer variety of movements is extraordinary, ranging from a desolate ‘Crucifixus’, ecstatic solos, sublime duets and dramatic trios, a hair-raising ‘Et resurrexit’, as powerful an ‘Agnus Dei’ as any of the era, through to two examples of the form of which Rossini was the undisputed master, the fugue: both are utterly compelling.
Robert King restores this remarkable ‘old master’ to its original state, stripping the Petite Messe back to its original scoring (and employing ‘Parisian French’ Latin pronunciation of the period). Instead of the inflated forces to which this work has often been treated in the past, he returns it to performance with the twelve voices for which Rossini scored it in 1864, together with an accompaniment of two original pianos and a French harmonium of exactly the correct period. The results are stunning.
With an outstanding line-up of soloists led by Carolyn Sampson and Hilary Summers, The King’s Consort’s entry into mid-nineteenth century repertoire on CD could not be more original, nor more distinguished. A new sound world is brought to glorious music.
01. Petite messe solennelle: I. Kyrie: a. Kyrie eleison
02. Petite messe solennelle: I. Kyrie: b. Christe eleison
03. Petite messe solennelle: I. Kyrie: c. Kyrie eleison
04. Petite messe solennelle: II. Gloria: a. Gloria in excelsis Deo
05. Petite messe solennelle: II. Gloria: b. Et in terra pax
06. Petite messe solennelle: II. Gloria. c. Gratias agimus
07. Petite messe solennelle: II. Gloria: d. Domine Deus
08. Petite messe solennelle: II. Gloria: e. Qui tollis
09. Petite messe solennelle: II. Gloria: f. Quoniam tu solus sanctus
10. Petite messe solennelle: II. Gloria: g. Cum Sancto Spiritu
11. Petite messe solennelle: III. Credo: a. Credo in unum Deum
12. Petite messe solennelle: III. Credo: b. Crucifixus
13. Petite messe solennelle: III. Credo: c. Et resurrexit
14. Petite messe solennelle: III. Credo: d. Et vitam venturi saeculi
15. Petite messe solennelle: IV. Prélude religieux, pendant l'Offertoire
16. Petite messe solennelle: V. Ritournelle
17. Petite messe solennelle: VI. Sanctus
18. Petite messe solennelle: VII. O salutaris
19. Petite messe solennelle: VIII. Agnus Dei
Full of drama, pathos, colour and intensity, Rossini’s Petite Messe was written not for a church, but for performance to a select audience assembled in the lavishly furnished salon of a Parisian Countess’s newly built town house. This heartfelt religious work was Rossini’s last serious work—with it he sincerely hoped to gain admittance to the next world—and shows the extraordinary capabilities of this astonishing man of the theatre. The sheer variety of movements is extraordinary, ranging from a desolate ‘Crucifixus’, ecstatic solos, sublime duets and dramatic trios, a hair-raising ‘Et resurrexit’, as powerful an ‘Agnus Dei’ as any of the era, through to two examples of the form of which Rossini was the undisputed master, the fugue: both are utterly compelling.
Robert King restores this remarkable ‘old master’ to its original state, stripping the Petite Messe back to its original scoring (and employing ‘Parisian French’ Latin pronunciation of the period). Instead of the inflated forces to which this work has often been treated in the past, he returns it to performance with the twelve voices for which Rossini scored it in 1864, together with an accompaniment of two original pianos and a French harmonium of exactly the correct period. The results are stunning.
With an outstanding line-up of soloists led by Carolyn Sampson and Hilary Summers, The King’s Consort’s entry into mid-nineteenth century repertoire on CD could not be more original, nor more distinguished. A new sound world is brought to glorious music.
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