Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile / St. Cecilia Mass / Cäcilienmesse

Album by Charles Gounod & Barbara Hendricks & Laurence Dale & Jean‐Philippe Lafont & Chœur de Radio France & Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France & Georges Prêtre

Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile (St. Cecilia Mass) is a choral mass by French composer Charles Gounod, composed in 1855. The piece blends Romantic choral and orchestral writing with liturgical form, featuring sweeping melodic lines, rich harmonic textures and prominent choir-orchestra interplay, and it exemplifies Gounod's adaptation of his operatic melodic style to sacred music within his oeuvre.
First released: 1984

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile: I. Kyrie
    4:43
  2. 2.
    Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile: II. Gloria
    8:54
  3. 3.
    Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile: III. Credo
    12:06
  4. 4.
    Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile: Invocation offertoire
    3:34
  5. 5.
    Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile: IV. Sanctus
    5:32
  6. 6.
    Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile: V. Benedictus
    3:11
  7. 7.
    Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile: VI. Agnus Dei
    4:20
  8. 8.
    Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile: VII. Domine salvum
    3:33

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