Lyricist(s): Mass Text
Label: Naxos
Genre: Choral - Sacred; Orchestral
Period: Classical
Catalogue No: 8.554750-51
Barcode: 0636943475027
Release Date: 01/2001

GOSSEC: Grande Messe des Morts / Symphonie a 17 parties

A composer of importance in the development of the symphony in France, Gossec subsequently provided music for the French revolutionary régimes. With its novel instrumental effects, Gossec’s Requiem, written in 1760 and published twenty years later, was an influential precursor of the later Requiem by Berlioz. The seventeen-part Symphonie was completed in 1809, but reflects the tendencies of the 1790s.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Gossec, François-Joseph
Mass Text - Lyricist
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
Radio Svizzera Choir, Lugano (Choir)
Arruabarrena, Maite (mezzo-soprano)
Invernizzi, Roberta (soprano)
Darbellay, Claude (bass-baritone)
Crook, Howard (tenor)
1Introduzione: Grave05:02
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
2II. Introitus: Requiem aeternam - Grave03:09
Radio Svizzera Choir, Lugano (Choir)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
3III. Introitus: Te decet hymnus - Allegro moderato03:08
Arruabarrena, Maite (mezzo-soprano)
Invernizzi, Roberta (soprano)
Radio Svizzera Choir, Lugano (Choir)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
4IV. Introitus: Exaudi orationem meam - Largo03:49
Invernizzi, Roberta (soprano)
Radio Svizzera Choir, Lugano (Choir)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
5V. Graduale: Requiem aeternam - Grave01:13
Radio Svizzera Choir, Lugano (Choir)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
6VI. Graduale: Fuga - Et lux perpetua04:39
Radio Svizzera Choir, Lugano (Choir)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
7VII. Sequentia: Dies irae - Grave maestoso03:22
Radio Svizzera Choir, Lugano (Choir)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
8VIII. Sequentia: Tuba mirum: Grave - Allegretto04:15
Darbellay, Claude (bass-baritone)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
9IX. Sequentia: Mors stupebit - Allegro03:41
Radio Svizzera Choir, Lugano (Choir)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
10X. Sequentia: Quid sum miser - Lento01:46
Crook, Howard (tenor)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
11XI. Sequentia: Recordare - Largo05:25
Darbellay, Claude (bass-baritone)
Invernizzi, Roberta (soprano)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
12XII. Sequentia: Inter oves - Allegretto05:13
Invernizzi, Roberta (soprano)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
13XIII. Sequentia: Confutatis - Allegro molto03:34
Radio Svizzera Choir, Lugano (Choir)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
14XIV. Sequentia: Oro supplex - Grave01:53
Radio Svizzera Choir, Lugano (Choir)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
15XV. Sequentia: Lacrymosa - (Grave)03:54
Invernizzi, Roberta (soprano)
Arruabarrena, Maite (mezzo-soprano)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
16XVI. Sequentia: Judicandus - Grave01:25
Radio Svizzera Choir, Lugano (Choir)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
17XVII. Sequentia: Pie Jesu - Amen: Andante04:35
Radio Svizzera Choir, Lugano (Choir)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
Disc 2
1XVIII. Offertorium: Vado et non revertar - Largo04:01
Crook, Howard (tenor)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
2XIX. Offertorium: Spera in Deo - Largo04:08
Crook, Howard (tenor)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
3XX. Cedant hostes: Allegro03:45
Crook, Howard (tenor)
Darbellay, Claude (bass-baritone)
Radio Svizzera Choir, Lugano (Choir)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
4XXI. Sanctus: Maestoso00:59
Radio Svizzera Choir, Lugano (Choir)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
5XXII. Pie Jesu: Largo04:00
Crook, Howard (tenor)
Darbellay, Claude (bass-baritone)
Radio Svizzera Choir, Lugano (Choir)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
6XXIII. Agnus Dei: Moderato02:08
Radio Svizzera Choir, Lugano (Choir)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
7XXIV. Post Communionem: Requiem aeternam - Allegretto05:18
Radio Svizzera Choir, Lugano (Choir)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
Gossec, François-Joseph
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hauschild, Wolf-Dieter (Conductor)
8Maestoso - Allegro molto06:18
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hauschild, Wolf-Dieter (Conductor)
9Larghetto07:02
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hauschild, Wolf-Dieter (Conductor)
10Minuetto09:23
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hauschild, Wolf-Dieter (Conductor)
11Allegro assai04:46
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hauschild, Wolf-Dieter (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:51:51