Fri, 28 Jan 2005
Messa di Gloria
Pietro Mascagni, Messa di Gloria
LP, Warner Fonit
Pietro Mascagni lived between 1862 and 1945 and is chiefly
known for his Cavalieri Rusticana. If you were to look at
the dates and have a guess that this might be a Bel Canto
mass, you would be correct... in a way.
Masagni was influenced by the writings of Peter Lichtenthal,
a friend of Mozart's son Karl. His views about how a mass
should be presented were rather puritan -- not too much
decoration, and understandability a must for the words.
The result here is richer than one might suspect and perhaps
not totally in keeping with his beliefs. It is an operatic
sort of mass, and with its swirls of instuments and dynamic
range, quite Romantic as well.
(Count K)
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