Luigi Cherubini
Italian Classical and Romantic composer
Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore Cherubini ( KERR-uu-BEE-nee; Italian: [luˈiːdʒi keruˈbiːni]; 8 or 14 September 1760 – 15 March 1842) was an Italian Classical and Romantic composer. His most significant compositions are operas and sacred music. Beethoven regarded Cherubini as the greatest living composer of his era. Cherubini's operas were heavily praised and interpreted by Rossini.
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Works
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- 13 Contredanses
- 2 Sonatas for Horn and String Orchestra
- 6 Pas Redoublés et 2 Marches pour la Musique du Régiment des Chasseurs de la Garde du Roi de Prusse
- Ali Baba
- Anacréon
- Chant sur la mort de Joseph Haydn
- Démophoon
- La prisonnière
- Les Abencérages
- Les Deux Journées
- Lodoïska, Act I
- Lodoïska, Act II
- Lodoïska, Act III
- Medea
- Mesenzio, re d'Etruria
- Messa in fa maggiore “Di Chimay”
- Messa solenne in D minor
- Missa solemnis in E major
- Médée: Opera Stage
- Requiem Mass no. 1 in C minor Vocal
- Requiem in C minor
- Requiem in D minor
- Sciant gentes
- Sei sonate per cimbalo
- String Quartet no. 1 in E-flat major
- String Quartet no. 2 in C major
- String Quartet no. 3 in D minor
- String Quartet no. 4 in E major
- String Quartet no. 5 in F major
- String Quartet no. 6 in A minor
- String Quintet
- Symphony in D major
Box sets & recent recordings
- Cherubini: Masses, Overtures & Motets — Luigi Cherubini, Riccardo Muti (2026) box set · 65 tracks Spotify
- Cherubini: Requiem Mass in C Minor (Remastered) — Luigi Cherubini, Carlo Maria Giulini, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (2026) Spotify
- Cherubini: Complete Harpsichord Sonatas — Luigi Cherubini, Simone Stella (2022) Spotify
Box sets & recent releases via Spotify — surfaced automatically, not editorial picks.