Credits:

Giulio Prandi, Gislieri Choir & Consort, Marlis Petersen, Marta Fumagalli

Description:

Newly Discovered Mass Included!In the spring of 2018, Pergolesi's newly discovered work, the Mass in D Major, caused a stir in the newspapers and music magazines. It was touted as the first discovery in nearly 300 years, but in fact it had already been performed and recorded in 2016 under the direction of Giulio Prandi. After writing his lifetime masterpiece "Stabat Mater," Pergolesi died of tuberculosis at the age of 26, leaving behind about 10 operas, cantatas, and instrumental pieces during his short life. Due to his posthumous popularity, a number of forgeries circulated, but this is a genuine work, composed around 1733-1734. Musicologists have reproduced the piece by patching together scores that had been scattered in libraries throughout Europe. The album also includes another motet, "Dignas laudes resonemus," an undiscovered motet by Pergolesi. The Ghislieri Choir & Consort, which celebrates its 15th anniversary in 2018 with Petersen, Fumagalli, and other talented singers as soloists, performs two masterpieces, revealing an unknown side of Pergolesi. Naxos Japan

Tracklisting:

1.Messa in Re maggiore: Kyrie
2.Messa in Re maggiore: Gloria in excelsis Deo
3.Messa in Re maggiore: Laudamus te
4.Messa in Re maggiore: Gratias agimus tibi
5.Messa in Re maggiore: Domine Deus
6.Messa in Re maggiore: Qui tollis peccata mundi
7.Messa in Re maggiore: Quoniam Tu solus Sanctus
8.Messa in Re maggiore: Cum Sancto Spiritu
9.Mottetto "Dignas laudes resonemus": Dignas laudes resonemus
10.Mottetto "Dignas laudes resonemus": O me felicem
11.Mottetto "Dignas laudes resonemus": Sto in calma summae pacis
12.Mottetto "Dignas laudes resonemus": O Virgo dolorosa
13.Mottetto "Dignas laudes resonemus": Quot procellae, quot horrores
14.Mottetto "Dignas laudes resonemus": O sacra et vera fides
15.Mottetto "Dignas laudes resonemus": In ipsa laeta spero
16.Mottetto "Dignas laudes resonemus": O praesidium suave
17.Mottetto "Dignas laudes resonemus": Te Fili contemplando
18.Mottetto "Dignas laudes resonemus": Dignas laudes resonemus