Petite messe solennelle
For choir, soloists, 2 pianos and harmonium
Gioachino Rossini's Petite messe solennelle (Little Solemn Mass) was written in 1863, possibly at the request of Count Alexis Pillet-Will for his wife Louise, to whom it is dedicated. The composer, who had retired from composing operas more than 30 years before, described it as "the last of my péchés de vieillesse" (sins of old age).
Movements
- Kyrie
- Gloria: Gloria in excelsis Deo
- Gloria: Gratias agimus tibi
- Gloria: Domine Deus
- Gloria: Qui tollis peccata mundi
- Gloria: Quoniam tu solus Sanctus
- Gloria: Cum Sancto Spiritu
- Credo: Credo in unum Deum
- Credo: Crucifixus
- Credo: Et resurrexit
- Preludio religioso
- Sanctus
- O salutaris hostia
- Agnus Dei
Recommended recordings
- Choeurs et Orchestre YouTubeSpotify (subscription)
- King's College Cambridge · Stephen Cleobury YouTubeSpotify (subscription)