Mercadante: Messa Solenne / Callai, Genoa Carlo Felice Theater Orchestra

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Dynamic
Release Date
May 19, 2023
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Saverio Mercadante
    • PERFORMER
      Francesco Meli, Matteo Lippi, Mario Cassi, Nicola Ulivieri, Francesco Biraga, Giovanni Battista Fabr
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 19, 2023
    • UPC
      8007144079864
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      DYN-CDS7986
    • LABEL
      Dynamic
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Sacred
    Works ⌄

    1. Kyrie (Chorus)

      Composer: Saverio Mercadante

      Ensemble: Genoa Carlo Felice Theater Chorus, Genoa Carlo Felice Theater Orchestra

      Conductor: Fabrizio Callai

    2. Gloria (Chorus)

      Composer: Saverio Mercadante

      Ensemble: Genoa Carlo Felice Theater Chorus, Genoa Carlo Felice Theater Orchestra

      Conductor: Fabrizio Callai

    3. Et in terra pax (Tenor, Chorus)

      Composer: Saverio Mercadante

      Ensemble: Genoa Carlo Felice Theater Chorus, Genoa Carlo Felice Theater Orchestra

      Performer: Francesco Meli

      Conductor: Fabrizio Callai

    4. Laudamus te (Tenor, Bass)

      Composer: Saverio Mercadante

      Ensemble: Genoa Carlo Felice Theater Orchestra

      Performer: Matteo Lippi, Nicola Ulivieri

      Conductor: Fabrizio Callai

    5. Gratias (Baritone)

      Composer: Saverio Mercadante

      Ensemble: Genoa Carlo Felice Theater Orchestra

      Performer: Mario Cassi, Francesco Biraga

      Conductor: Fabrizio Callai

    6. Domine Deus (Tenors, Bass)

      Composer: Saverio Mercadante

      Ensemble: Genoa Carlo Felice Theater Orchestra

      Performer: Francesco Meli, Matteo Lippi, Nicola Ulivieri

      Conductor: Fabrizio Callai

    7. Qui tollis (Bass, Chorus)

      Composer: Saverio Mercadante

      Ensemble: Genoa Carlo Felice Theater Chorus, Genoa Carlo Felice Theater Orchestra

      Performer: Nicola Ulivieri, Giovanni Battista Fabris

      Conductor: Fabrizio Callai

    8. Quoniam (Tenor)

      Composer: Saverio Mercadante

      Ensemble: Genoa Carlo Felice Theater Orchestra

      Performer: Francesco Meli

      Conductor: Fabrizio Callai

    9. Cum Sancto Spiritu (Chorus)

      Composer: Saverio Mercadante

      Ensemble: Genoa Carlo Felice Theater Chorus, Genoa Carlo Felice Theater Orchestra

      Conductor: Fabrizio Callai

    10. Credo (Tenor, Baritone, Chorus)

      Composer: Saverio Mercadante

      Ensemble: Genoa Carlo Felice Theater Chorus, Genoa Carlo Felice Theater Orchestra

      Performer: Matteo Lippi, Mario Cassi

      Conductor: Fabrizio Callai

    11. Sanctus - Benedictus (Chorus)

      Composer: Saverio Mercadante

      Ensemble: Genoa Carlo Felice Theater Chorus, Genoa Carlo Felice Theater Orchestra

      Conductor: Fabrizio Callai

    12. Agnus Dei (Chorus)

      Composer: Saverio Mercadante

      Ensemble: Genoa Carlo Felice Theater Chorus, Genoa Carlo Felice Theater Orchestra

      Conductor: Fabrizio Callai


In the last decade, research in the Genoa archives has revealed a series of important manuscripts, one of which is Saverio Mercadante’s Messa solenne. This magnificent score requires four vocal soloists, a male choir – women were then forbidden to sing in church – and a large orchestra with extensive concertante roles for cor anglais and violin. It was premiered in January 1868, two years before Mercadante’s death, and shows the composer’s artistic maturity at its peak: opulent orchestration, extensive counterpoint, intricate instrumental textures, rich lyricism and fugal mastery. This world première recording amplifies the significance of the Genoese musical tradition.