Orchestra Solo voices, SATB chorus, 2 Fl, 2 Ob, 2 Clt, 2 Fg, 4 Cor, 2 Tr, 3 Trb,...(+)
Orchestra Solo voices,
SATB chorus, 2 Fl, 2 Ob,
2 Clt, 2 Fg, 4 Cor, 2 Tr,
3 Trb, Timp, 2 Vl, Va,
Vc, Cb, Org - Grade 4
SKU: CA.2732200
Composed by Gaetano
Donizetti. Edited by
Guido Johannes Joerg.
Carus digital: Extra
digital products. Full
Score. Composed 1835. 304
pages. Duration 65
minutes. Carus Verlag
#2732200. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.2732200).
ISBN
9790007248406.
Latin.
Through
works such as
Verdi’s Requiem or
Puccini’s Messa di
Gloria, we know that the
great composers of
Italian bel canto opera
also wrote marvelous
sacred music. Yet most of
these pieces are rarely
performed. This is also
true of Gaetano
Donizetti’s Messa
di Requiem, which he
composed as an expression
of grief at the early
death of Vincenzo Bellini
in 1835. Neither
performed nor printed
during Donizetti’s
lifetime, the Requiem is
ripe for rediscovery. A
rich and highly intense
work, it features
dramatic choruses with
full orchestra, fugues,
and a cappella passages
that alternate with
lengthy cantilenas for
the soloists. These solo
cantilenas are often
scored for three male
voices accompanied by low
winds to create a dark
timbre. The soprano and
alto soloists do not
themselves sing any solo
arias, instead remaining
part of the solo
ensemble.
Carus is
offering a critical
edition of this
editorially challenging
work complete with vocal
score, choral score, and
all orchestral
parts.