Ste Cécile-Messe solennelle (Ste C cile) for Soloists (STB) Choir (SATB) Orchestra and Organ Sacred works occupy a large part of Charles Gounod’s oeuvre. It was the Messe solennelle en l’honneur de Sainte C cile that established his fame as a church composer. Its melodic invention and effective handling of the orchestra reveal a close proximity to opera. This Urtext edition is based not only on the original print of 1856 but also on copyists’ manuscripts and autograph sources. Rounding off this well-researched Urtext edition are an informative Introduction and a detailed Critical Commentary. The edition is being published tocelebrate the 200th anniversary of Gounod’s birth. - Gounod’s well-known mass in a new Urtext edition - Bilingual Foreword (Ger/Eng) and Critical Commentary (Eng) - Idiomatic piano reduction - Full score and parts (BA8966) and vocal score (BA8966-90) available for sale
