Fasolo: Masses & Hymns

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Brilliant Classics
Release Date
April 18, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Giovanni Battista Fasolo
    • PERFORMER
      Federico Del Sordo, Nova Schola Gregoriana of Verona
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 18, 2025
    • UPC
      5028421968254
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRI96825
    • LABEL
      Brilliant Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      3
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Kyrie

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    2. Gloria

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    3. Brevis modulatio post Epistolam

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    4. Gravis modulatio pro Offertorio

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    5. Sanctus - Benedictus et elevatio Simul

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    6. Agnus Dei - Brevis modulatio post Agnus

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    7. Te deum

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    8. Lucis creator optime

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    9. Ave maris stella

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    10. Ave maris stella, Altri versi più facili, e più moderni

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    11. Christe redemptor omnium

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    12. Hostis Herodes impie

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    13. Ad coenam agni providi

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    14. Ad coenam agni providi, versi più allegri

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    15. Kyrie

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    16. Gloria

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    17. Modulatio post Epistolam

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    18. Gravis modulatio pro Offertorio

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    19. Sanctus - Elevatio

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    20. Agnus Dei - Brevis modulatio post Agnus Dei

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    21. Iesu nostra redemptio

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    22. O lux beata trinitas

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    23. Veni creator spiritus

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    24. Veni creator spiritus, altri versi più allegri e trasposti

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    25. Pange lingua

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    26. Pange lingua, altri (versi) più moderni

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    27. Ut queant laxis

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    28. Aurea luce

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    29. Exsultet luminum

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    30. Exsultet luminum, altri versi più allegri

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    31. Kyrie

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    32. Gloria

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    33. Brevis modulatio post Epistolam

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    34. Gravis modulatio pro Offertorio

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    35. Sanctus - Benedictus et elevatio

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    36. Agnus Dei - Brevis modulatio More Gallico post Agnus Dei

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    37. Deus tuorum militum

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    38. Sanctorum meritis

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    39. Iste confessor

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    40. Iesu corona virginum

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    41. Fortem virili pectore

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    42. Proles de cælo prodiit

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco

    43. Decus morum dux minorum

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Fasolo

      Ensemble: Nova Schola Gregoriana

      Performer: Federico del Sordo

      Conductor: Alberto Turco


Majesty, solemnity and brilliance: Volume 3 of a series dedicated to the works of Giovanni Battista Fasolo (1598-1664), a little-known friar and composer for the church from southern Italy. Individual pieces by Fasolo have featured on a few compilations of sacred music from 17th-century Italy, but until now there has been no comprehensive survey of this overlooked but significant figure. Made at the cathedral of Verona in August 2024, this new 3CD set of his organ masses is the most substantial set of his work ever issued. All the music here was published in 1645, but composed at least a decade earlier, from Fasolo's period of service to various ducal chapels in Naples and Rome. The three Mass settings follow the orthodox form of 'organ masses': each line of the text is sung in Gregorian chant, alternating with new and original instrumental elaborations of those lines on the organ. Thus the weight of musical 'content' falls heavily on the organ part, performed here with both exuberance and sensitivity by Federico del Sordo. The 51 verses composed by Fasolo for this trio of organ Masses cover a spectrum of musical styles. They show how much Fasolo wished to break out of the idioms he had inherited from Renaissance composers such as Frescobaldi, and extend the syntax into Baroque territory. The Masses are complemented on each disc by Fasolo's settings of motets and ancient hymns for the church such as the Te Deum and Pange lingua, all organised according to the same alternatim practice. Alberto Turco and Federico del Sordo have won praise for two previous collections of Fasolo's music on Brilliant Classics. Of their collection of Magnificats and a Salve Regina (95512), the critic in Fanfare wrote: 'The keyboard playing by Federico del Sordo is capable and always lively... I like the brilliant registrations chosen for the organ, which give it considerable resonance. A fine disc, and one that should show that Fasola was no slouch when exercising his craft.' - Giovanni Battista Fasolo (1598-1680) was born in Asti (Italy) and spent his life as a Franciscan Friar in Rome, Naples and finally as Maestro di Cappella at the Cathedral of Monreale, Sicily. He is mainly known for his "Annuale", the largest compendium of organ music for liturgical use written in the 17th century. - Fasolo'sworks exemplify the intricate and expressive qualities of sacred music during the era. Fasolo's contributions to liturgical music, particularly his masses and hymns, reveal his mastery in fusing traditional polyphony with the emerging Baroque idioms. - Fasolo's masses stand out for their balance of solemnity and melodic grace, tailored for the sacred context. Utilizing the contrapuntal style inherited from the Renaissance, he infused these works with a sense of spiritual depth while embracing the clarity and harmonic richness characteristic of the early Baroque. His masses often feature clear textual declamation, ensuring liturgical accessibility. - His hymns similarly demonstrate an affinity for melodic inventiveness and expressive nuance. Fasolo crafted these pieces with attention to the liturgical calendar, providing a musical foundation for communal worship. These compositions are marked by their lyrical beauty and ability to evoke devotion, often employing alternation between chant-like simplicity and more elaborate polyphonic textures. - Performed by the Nova Schola Gregoriana of Verona, conducted by Alberto Turco, and Federico Del Sordo, playing the historic Antegnati organ of the Verona Cathedral. Both musicians have already successfully recorded works by Fasolo, Merulo and Salvatore for Brilliant Classics.