Gioacchino Rossini: Partituras medio

Die Petite Messe solennelle von 1863 ist neben dem Stabat Mater Rossinis zweite umfangreiche sakrale Komposition. Die Messe ist ein Gelegenheitswerk, geschrieben für die Einweihung der Privatkapelle e...

This well-known overture to Rossini's opera has been a long-time favorite in King's Singers concerts. From the subdued opening theme in the strings to the rousing full-orchestra close, this instrument...

Tancredi, composed in 1813, is rarely performed in today's opera houses, however its overture, or Sinfonia, as it was called at the time, is well-liked and has received regular performances over the y...

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Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) referred to his Petite Messe Solennelle as the 'last moral sin of my old age'. Written in 1863 for the Countess Louise Pillet-Will and first performed on 14th March 1864...