COMPOSERS: Rossini
LABELS: Alto
WORKS: Petite messe solennelle
PERFORMER: Basel Madrigal Choir/Fritz Näf
CATALOGUE NO: ALC 1121
The original, 1864 version of Rossini’s Mass, accompanied by two pianos and harmonium, is heard here, though with a larger chorus than he intended, in a performance more careful than idiomatic. George Hall