Gioachino Rossini is particularly famous for his operas – from the »Barber of Seville« to »Wilhelm Tell« and »La Cenerentola«. However, the Italian composer claimed his extremely successful opera career had ended before he was 40 years old. There followed numerous short works and, in a sense as the culmination, the »Petite Messe Solennelle«. Thomas Hengelbrock and the Balthasar Neumann ensembles, equally excellent in opera and sacred music, are the perfect line-up for this mass setting described as »small« in the composer’s typical self-mockery.
PERFORMERS
Balthasar-Neumann-Chor und -Solisten choir
Emy Gazeilles soprano
Eva Zaïcik alto
Moritz Kallenberg tenor
Guilhem Worms bass baritone
Andreas Küppers piano
Christophe Henry harmonium
Thomas Hengelbrock conductor
PROGRAM
Gioachino Rossini
Petite messe solennelle (original version)
