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.
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