Messe Solennelle

Album by Hector Berlioz & Washington National Cathedral Choral Society

Messe solennelle is a choral mass by French composer Hector Berlioz, composed in 1824. The work combines grand liturgical choral writing with dramatic orchestration and inventive use of instrumental colour, exhibiting early signs of Berlioz's preference for large forces and novel textures and occupying a formative place in his development as a composer.

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Messe Solennelle: Introduction
    1:42
  2. 2.
    Messe Solennelle: Kyrie
    7:15
  3. 3.
    Messe Solennelle: Gloria
    5:09
  4. 4.
    Messe Solennelle: Gratias
    6:20
  5. 5.
    Messe Solennelle: Quoniam
    1:52
  6. 6.
    Messe Solennelle: Credo (Terry Cook, baritone)
    3:45
  7. 7.
    Messe Solennelle: Incarnatus
    3:17
  8. 8.
    Messe Solennelle: Crucifixus
    2:35
  9. 9.
    Messe Solennelle: Resurrexit
    7:27
  10. 10.
    Messe Solennelle: Motet pour l’offertoire
    3:14
  11. 11.
    Messe Solennelle: Sanctus
    2:43
  12. 12.
    Messe Solennelle: O salutaris
    3:54
  13. 13.
    Messe Solennelle: Agnus dei (Gene Tucker, tenor)
    3:25
  14. 14.
    Messe Solennelle: Domine salvum
    3:25

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