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Puccini: Messa di Gloria; Capriccio sinfonico

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Composer
Giacomo Puccini
Artist
Alejandro Del Angel, Massimo Cavalletti, Aalto Theatre Opera Chorus, Essen Philharmonic Choir, Essen
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Nov 14, 2025
Catalog #
8574685
UPC
747313468577

About

Giacomo Puccini achieved global renown as an opera composer, but the choral, vocal and orchestral works recorded here reveal little-known aspects of his output, including several rarities. Puccini's early training was in church music, with the Messa di Gloria a clear indication of his great talent. The recently discovered Preludio a orchestra shows his wider ambitions, with the Germanic influences of the Capriccio sinfonico resulting in music destined to reappear in operas such as La Boheme. The elegiac and prescient aria Ad una morta contrasts with the celebratory Inno a Roma, a rousing occasional piece that features plenty of Puccini's characteristic melodic flourishes. A digital EP of the Preludio sinfonico and the Requiem is also available for download and streaming (9.70398)

Tracklist 19 tracks

  1. 1 Preludio a orchestra 03:30
    Track
    1
    Title
    Preludio a orchestra
    Duration
    03:30
    Composer
    Giacomo Puccini
    Ensemble
    Essen Philharmoniker
    Conductor
    Andrea Sanguineti
  2. 2 Kyrie (Chorus) 05:03
    Track
    2
    Title
    Kyrie (Chorus)
    Duration
    05:03
    Composer
    Giacomo Puccini
    Ensemble
    Aalto Theatre Opera Chorus, Essen Philharmonic Choir, Essen Philharmoniker
    Conductor
    Andrea Sanguineti
  3. 3 Gloria: Gloria in excelsis Deo - Laudamus te (Chorus) 04:18
    Track
    3
    Title
    Gloria: Gloria in excelsis Deo - Laudamus te (Chorus)
    Duration
    04:18
    Composer
    Giacomo Puccini
    Ensemble
    Aalto Theatre Opera Chorus, Essen Philharmonic Choir, Essen Philharmoniker
    Conductor
    Andrea Sanguineti
  4. 4 Gloria: Gratias agimus tibi - Gloria in excelsis Deo - Dominus Deus (Tenor, Chorus) 04:45
    Track
    4
    Title
    Gloria: Gratias agimus tibi - Gloria in excelsis Deo - Dominus Deus (Tenor, Chorus)
    Duration
    04:45
    Composer
    Giacomo Puccini
    Performer
    Alejandro Del Angel
    Ensemble
    Aalto Theatre Opera Chorus, Essen Philharmonic Choir, Essen Philharmoniker
    Conductor
    Andrea Sanguineti
  5. 5 Gloria: Qui tollis peccata mundi (Chorus) 03:44
    Track
    5
    Title
    Gloria: Qui tollis peccata mundi (Chorus)
    Duration
    03:44
    Composer
    Giacomo Puccini
    Ensemble
    Aalto Theatre Opera Chorus, Essen Philharmonic Choir, Essen Philharmoniker
    Conductor
    Andrea Sanguineti
  6. 6 Gloria: Quoniam tu solus Sanctus (Chorus) 01:09
    Track
    6
    Title
    Gloria: Quoniam tu solus Sanctus (Chorus)
    Duration
    01:09
    Composer
    Giacomo Puccini
    Ensemble
    Aalto Theatre Opera Chorus, Essen Philharmonic Choir, Essen Philharmoniker
    Conductor
    Andrea Sanguineti
  7. 7 Gloria: Cum Sancto Spiritu (Chorus) 03:57
    Track
    7
    Title
    Gloria: Cum Sancto Spiritu (Chorus)
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    Giacomo Puccini
    Ensemble
    Aalto Theatre Opera Chorus, Essen Philharmonic Choir, Essen Philharmoniker
    Conductor
    Andrea Sanguineti
  8. 8 Credo: Credo in unum Deum (Chorus) 02:50
    Track
    8
    Title
    Credo: Credo in unum Deum (Chorus)
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Giacomo Puccini
    Ensemble
    Aalto Theatre Opera Chorus, Essen Philharmonic Choir, Essen Philharmoniker
    Conductor
    Andrea Sanguineti
  9. 9 Credo: Et incarnatus est (Tenor, Chorus) 02:30
    Track
    9
    Title
    Credo: Et incarnatus est (Tenor, Chorus)
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Giacomo Puccini
    Performer
    Alejandro Del Angel
    Ensemble
    Aalto Theatre Opera Chorus, Essen Philharmonic Choir, Essen Philharmoniker
    Conductor
    Andrea Sanguineti
  10. 10 Credo: Crucifixus etiam pro nobis (Bass) 02:34
    Track
    10
    Title
    Credo: Crucifixus etiam pro nobis (Bass)
    Duration
    02:34
    Composer
    Giacomo Puccini
    Performer
    Massimo Cavalletti
    Ensemble
    Aalto Theatre Opera Chorus, Essen Philharmonic Choir, Essen Philharmoniker
    Conductor
    Andrea Sanguineti
  11. 11 Credo: Et resurrexit - Et in Spiritum Sanctum - Et unam sanctam - Et vitam venturi saeculi (Chorus) 06:26
    Track
    11
    Title
    Credo: Et resurrexit - Et in Spiritum Sanctum - Et unam sanctam - Et vitam venturi saeculi (Chorus)
    Duration
    06:26
    Composer
    Giacomo Puccini
    Ensemble
    Aalto Theatre Opera Chorus, Essen Philharmonic Choir, Essen Philharmoniker
    Conductor
    Andrea Sanguineti
  12. 12 Sanctus (Chorus) 01:18
    Track
    12
    Title
    Sanctus (Chorus)
    Duration
    01:18
    Composer
    Giacomo Puccini
    Ensemble
    Aalto Theatre Opera Chorus, Essen Philharmonic Choir, Essen Philharmoniker
    Conductor
    Andrea Sanguineti
  13. 13 Benedictus (Baritone, Chorus) 02:12
    Track
    13
    Title
    Benedictus (Baritone, Chorus)
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    Giacomo Puccini
    Performer
    Massimo Cavalletti
    Ensemble
    Aalto Theatre Opera Chorus, Essen Philharmonic Choir, Essen Philharmoniker
    Conductor
    Andrea Sanguineti
  14. 14 Agnus Dei (Tenor, Bass, Chorus) 02:16
    Track
    14
    Title
    Agnus Dei (Tenor, Bass, Chorus)
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Giacomo Puccini
    Performer
    Alejandro Del Angel, Massimo Cavalletti
    Ensemble
    Aalto Theatre Opera Chorus, Essen Philharmonic Choir, Essen Philharmoniker
    Conductor
    Andrea Sanguineti
  15. 15 Scherzo in A Minor - Trio in F Major (orchestration completed by V. Bernardoni) 03:05
    Track
    15
    Title
    Scherzo in A Minor - Trio in F Major (orchestration completed by V. Bernardoni)
    Duration
    03:05
    Composer
    Giacomo Puccini
    Ensemble
    Essen Philharmoniker
    Conductor
    Andrea Sanguineti
  16. 16 Capriccio sinfonico 13:41
    Track
    16
    Title
    Capriccio sinfonico
    Duration
    13:41
    Composer
    Giacomo Puccini
    Ensemble
    Essen Philharmoniker
    Conductor
    Andrea Sanguineti
  17. 17 Ad una morta (reconstructed by G.B. Ravenni and D. Schickling for voice and orchestra) 03:24
    Track
    17
    Title
    Ad una morta (reconstructed by G.B. Ravenni and D. Schickling for voice and orchestra)
    Duration
    03:24
    Composer
    Giacomo Puccini
    Ensemble
    Essen Philharmoniker
    Conductor
    Andrea Sanguineti
  18. 18 String Quartet in D Major: IV. Allegro vivo (reconstructed by W. Ludewig as Scherzo for string orchestra) 05:20
    Track
    18
    Title
    String Quartet in D Major: IV. Allegro vivo (reconstructed by W. Ludewig as Scherzo for string orchestra)
    Duration
    05:20
    Composer
    Giacomo Puccini
    Ensemble
    Essen Philharmoniker
    Conductor
    Andrea Sanguineti
  19. 19 Inno a Roma (arr. N. Fiorda for choir and orchestra) 03:16
    Track
    19
    Title
    Inno a Roma (arr. N. Fiorda for choir and orchestra)
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Giacomo Puccini
    Ensemble
    Aalto Theatre Opera Chorus, Essen Philharmonic Choir, Essen Philharmoniker
    Conductor
    Andrea Sanguineti