Composer: Saverio Mercadante
Performer: Francesco Meli, Matteo Lippi, Mario Cassi, Nicola Ulivieri
Orchestra: Orchestra dell’Opera Carlo Felice Genova
Conductor: Fabrizio Callai
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Dynamic
Catalogue: CDS7986
Release: 2023
Size: 725 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Messa Solenne
01. Kyrie
02. Gloria
03. Et in terra pax
04. Laudamus Te
05. Gratias
06. Domine Deus
07. Qui tollis
08. Quoniam
09. Cum Sancto Spiritu
10. Credo
11. Sanctus / Benedictus
12. Agnus Dei
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.