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)
1 Introduzione: Grave 05:02
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
2 II. Introitus: Requiem aeternam - Grave 03:09
Radio Svizzera Choir, Lugano (Choir)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
3 III. Introitus: Te decet hymnus - Allegro moderato 03:08
Arruabarrena, Maite (mezzo-soprano)
Invernizzi, Roberta (soprano)
Radio Svizzera Choir, Lugano (Choir)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
4 IV. Introitus: Exaudi orationem meam - Largo 03:49
Invernizzi, Roberta (soprano)
Radio Svizzera Choir, Lugano (Choir)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
5 V. Graduale: Requiem aeternam - Grave 01:13
Radio Svizzera Choir, Lugano (Choir)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
6 VI. Graduale: Fuga - Et lux perpetua 04:39
Radio Svizzera Choir, Lugano (Choir)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
7 VII. Sequentia: Dies irae - Grave maestoso 03:22
Radio Svizzera Choir, Lugano (Choir)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
8 VIII. Sequentia: Tuba mirum: Grave - Allegretto 04:15
Darbellay, Claude (bass-baritone)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
9 IX. Sequentia: Mors stupebit - Allegro 03:41
Radio Svizzera Choir, Lugano (Choir)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
10 X. Sequentia: Quid sum miser - Lento 01:46
Crook, Howard (tenor)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
11 XI. Sequentia: Recordare - Largo 05:25
Darbellay, Claude (bass-baritone)
Invernizzi, Roberta (soprano)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
12 XII. Sequentia: Inter oves - Allegretto 05:13
Invernizzi, Roberta (soprano)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
13 XIII. Sequentia: Confutatis - Allegro molto 03:34
Radio Svizzera Choir, Lugano (Choir)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
14 XIV. Sequentia: Oro supplex - Grave 01:53
Radio Svizzera Choir, Lugano (Choir)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
15 XV. Sequentia: Lacrymosa - (Grave) 03:54
Invernizzi, Roberta (soprano)
Arruabarrena, Maite (mezzo-soprano)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
16 XVI. Sequentia: Judicandus - Grave 01:25
Radio Svizzera Choir, Lugano (Choir)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
17 XVII. Sequentia: Pie Jesu - Amen: Andante 04:35
Radio Svizzera Choir, Lugano (Choir)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
Disc 2
1 XVIII. Offertorium: Vado et non revertar - Largo 04:01
Crook, Howard (tenor)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
2 XIX. Offertorium: Spera in Deo - Largo 04:08
Crook, Howard (tenor)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
3 XX. Cedant hostes: Allegro 03:45
Crook, Howard (tenor)
Darbellay, Claude (bass-baritone)
Radio Svizzera Choir, Lugano (Choir)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
4 XXI. Sanctus: Maestoso 00:59
Radio Svizzera Choir, Lugano (Choir)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
5 XXII. Pie Jesu: Largo 04:00
Crook, Howard (tenor)
Darbellay, Claude (bass-baritone)
Radio Svizzera Choir, Lugano (Choir)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
6 XXIII. Agnus Dei: Moderato 02:08
Radio Svizzera Choir, Lugano (Choir)
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fasolis, Diego (Conductor)
7 XXIV. Post Communionem: Requiem aeternam - Allegretto 05:18
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)
8 Maestoso - Allegro molto 06:18
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hauschild, Wolf-Dieter (Conductor)
9 Larghetto 07:02
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hauschild, Wolf-Dieter (Conductor)
10 Minuetto 09:23
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hauschild, Wolf-Dieter (Conductor)
11 Allegro assai 04:46
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hauschild, Wolf-Dieter (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:51:51