Composer: Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini
Performer: Roberto Alagna, Thomas Hampson, London Symphony Chorus
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Warner
Catalogue: 4333012
Release: 2013
Size: 256 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Preludio Sinfonico
02. Messa di Gloria, Op.posth.: Kyrie: Kyrie eleison, Christe eleison
Messa di Gloria, Op.posth., Gloria
03. Gloria in excelsis Deo – In terra pax – Laudamus te
04. Gratias agimus tibi
05. Gloria in excelsis Deo – Dominus Deus, rex coelestis
06. Qui tollis peccata mundi –
07. Quoniam tu solus Sanctus
08. Cum Sancto Spiritu in gloria Dei Patris – Gloria in excelsis Deo
Messa di Gloria, Op.posth., Credo
09. Credo in unum Deum
10. Et incarnatus est
11. Crucifuxus etiam pro nobis
12. Et resurrexit tertia die – Et in Spiritum Sanctum
13. Et unam sanctam catholicam –
14. Et expecto resurrectionem – Et vitam venturi saeculi
Messa di Gloria, Op.posth., Sanctus & Benedictus
15. Sanctus Dominus Deus sabaoth
16. Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini
17. Agnus Dei – Agnus Dei tollis peccata mundi
18. Crisantemi for string orchestra
In the Mass, Antonio Pappano easily outshines his rivals on disc, enhancing the operatic element in the score. He has ideal soloists in Alagna and Hampson, and the London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra are in incandescent form. The couplings are welcome, aptly chosen and very well played.