ROSSINI: PETITE MESSE SOLENNELLE - BASEL MADRIGAL CHOIR

Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle

Martina Musacchio / Claudia Bandera / Guillermo Domínguez / Johannes Mannov / Fritz Näf / Basel Madrigal Choir

Petite Messe solenelle must be one of the most genial contributions to the church liturgy in the history of music. ‘Petite’ does not refer to size, which is comparable in length to Verdi’s Requiem....but what a spontaneous and infectious piece of writing it is, bubbling over with characteristic melodic, harmonic & rhythmic invention.