Label: WARNER CLASSICS Catalog: 5099962946223 Format: CD
Riccardo Muti & Neville Marriner
Maria Callas: sopranol; Barry Tuckwell: horn
Cherubini: Mass in F Major ’di Chimay’ / Messa Solenne in D minor per il Principe Esterhazy / Messa solenne per soli coro e orchestra Mi-maggiore / Antifona sul canto fermo 8. tona per coro misto a 6 voci / Nemo gaudeat in festo septem dolorum B.V. virginis, Motetto a 8 voci / Requiem in C minor / Eliza ou Le Voyage aux glaciers du Mont St Bernard / Medee. Overture / Dei tuoi figli la madre tu vedi (from Medee) - Maria Callas (soprano) / Messe solennelle pour le sacre de Louis XVIII in G major / L'Hotellerie Portugaise Overture / Anacréon Overture / Mass No.11 'For the Coronation of Charles X' / Marche religieuse / Faniska - Overture / Les Abencérages Overture / Sonata No. 2 in F for Horn & Strings - Barry Tuckwell (horn)
Cherubini composed his first work, a Mass and Credo in D minor, in 1773. By the age of 18, he had composed 36 works, including the cantata La pubblica felicità, which was performed in honor of the Grand Duke Leopold of Tuscany (later Emperor Leopold II). Following this performance, Leopold awarded Cherubini a grant to study with Sarti, a leading opera composer. All of the operas which Cherubini wrote before 1784 are either lost entirely or partially thereby making assessment of his early career impossible.
Internationally renowned conductor Riccardo Muti has recorded seven of these works and clearly believes in their importance in the history of music. The collection is supplemented by 8 overtures conducted by Sir Neville Marriner.
Price: $64.98