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Goffredo PETRASSI (1904–2003) Concertos for Orchestra Nos. 1–3 Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma Francesco La Vecchia
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Goffredo Petrassi’s reputation was established in 1932 when his Partita (available on Naxos 8.572411) won critical acclaim. Petrassi then composed his Concerto for Orchestra , the first of eight, which, upon its 1935 premiere, secured his reputation outside of Italy. The Second Concerto from 1951 reveals more avante- garde tendencies, while the Third Concerto from 1952–53 is animated and playful. Key features: • Francesco La Vecchia was the permanent conductor and artistic director of the Rome Symphony Orchestra, borne from his own project, for 14 years; he was the principal guest conductor of the Berliner Symphoniker for 5 years. He is an Honorary Academician of the Beijing Conservatory, Emeritus Professor of the University of Seoul, and Ambassador of the UN and FAO for Culture in the World. •
8.573702 Release date: 25 Apr 2025 Companion titles – Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma & Francesco La Vecchia
The Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma undertook a wide-ranging and well received series of recordings, principally for Naxos, of important compositions by Italian composers of the 19th and 20th centuries, including Busoni, Catalani, Ferrara, Ghedini, Malipiero, Mancinelli, Martucci, Mercadante, Petrassi, Sgambati and Wolf-Ferrari. Many of these are world premiere recordings.
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Click to listen to (Primo) Concerto per orchestra: I. Allegro
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Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756–1791) Complete Masses, Vol. 5 Missa solemnis in C minor ‘Waisenhausmesse’ Missa brevis in C major ‘Orgelsolomesse’ Missa solemnis in C major
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Katharina Ruckgaber, Carolina Ullrich, Sopranos • Elvira Bill, Marie Henriette Reinhold, Altos Paul Schweinester, Angelo Pollak, Tenors • Jonas Müller, Konstantin Krimmel, Basses Cologne Cathedral Vocal Ensemble Cologne Chamber Orchestra Christoph Poppen The grandeur of Mozart’s Missa solemnis in C minor ‘Waisenhausmesse’ caused Viennese scholars to doubt how it could have been composed by a twelve-year old boy. The Mass was written for the consecration of a new Orphanage Church in Vienna with an expanded orchestra, and its premiere was conducted by Mozart himself ‘to the general approbation and admiration of everyone’. Mozart often made use of the purity of C major in his Masses – the Missa brevis is a remarkable model of compactness, while the Missa solemnis is Mozart’s last complete Mass. Key features: • This is the fifth volume in our complete edition of Mozart’s Masses , a series that has become a favourite among collectors and one that has received a good deal of critical acclaim. Vol. 3 (Naxos 8.574514) was considered ‘A splendid Mozart choral album with music that will be new to all but the most hardcore of Mozart fans, with fine studio sound from Cologne’ by AllMusic.com . • Vol. 2 (8.574417) was an American Record Guide Critic’s Choice and described as ‘wonderful Mozart interpreted with a “Goldilocks” sensibility that avoids stylistic extremes’, while Vol. 1 (8.574270) introduced Fanfare to its ‘group of unfamiliar but talented soloists’.
8.574638 Release date: 25 Apr 2025
Companion titles – Previous releases in the series
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Click to listen to Missa solemnis in C minor, K. 139 ‘Waisenhausmesse’ (‘Orphanage Mass’): Gloria
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