Credits:

Bruckner, a.

Description:

Yommelli's blinding Requiem with Piau and other elite musicians! One of the joys of classical music is the chance to experience the dazzling recordings of composers and works that one has never heard before. However, new recordings of "master composers of the past" that promise to be of a high standard are definitely worthy of attention. This new recording of the "Requiem" by Yommelli, a leading figure of the Neapolitan school of music who has recently been reevaluated, is a release that is sure to attract the attention of listeners. Niccolò Jommelli was the same age as C.P.E. Bach, the second son of the great Bach, and the reformed opera composer Gluck, and was an important representative of the Neapolitan school of music, along with Porpora, Leo, and Pergolesi, who were a little older. This brilliant composer, who left Italy and spent his glory days as a court composer in Stuttgart, produced a series of masterpieces in the Gallant style of the pre-classical school and even recitative operas in his own unique style, but this recording is a rare religious work. His "Requiem," with its serenity befitting church music mixed with the passion typical of the Neapolitan school, was highly praised by his contemporaries, so much so that a number of manuscripts of the work have survived. The Ghislieri Ensemble, a group of Italian talents who have created a sensation with their revival and recording of Pergolesi's visionary Mass, will join Sandrine Piau and other solo singers for a superb interpretation of this beautiful work.With its rich commentary, this new recording is a reminder of Yommelli's talent, which has never been limited to opera. Naxos Japan

Tracklisting:

1.Requiem (Missa pro defunctis) in E flat major~Antiphona. Dominus custodit te
2.Requiem (Missa pro defunctis) in E flat major~Introitus. Requiem aeternam
3.Requiem (Missa pro defunctis) in E flat major~Kyrie. Kyrie eleison
4.Requiem (Missa pro defunctis) in E flat major~Kyrie. Christe eleison
5.Requiem (Missa pro defunctis) in E flat major~Kyrie. Kyrie eleison
6.Requiem (Missa pro defunctis) in E flat major~Tractus. Absolve, Domine
7.Requiem (Missa pro defunctis) in E flat major~Sequentia. Dies irae
8.Requiem (Missa pro defunctis) in E flat major~Sequentia. Salva me
9.Requiem (Missa pro defunctis) in E flat major~Sequentia. Voca me
10.Requiem (Missa pro defunctis) in E flat major~Sequentia. Pie Jesu
11.Requiem (Missa pro defunctis) in E flat major~Offertorium. Domine, Jesu Christe
12.Requiem (Missa pro defunctis) in E flat major~Offertorium. Hostias et preces
13.Requiem (Missa pro defunctis) in E flat major~Sanctus. Sanctus
14.Requiem (Missa pro defunctis) in E flat major~Sanctus. Hosanna
15.Requiem (Missa pro defunctis) in E flat major~Sanctus. Benedictus
16.Requiem (Missa pro defunctis) in E flat major~Agnus Dei. Agnus Dei
17.Requiem (Missa pro defunctis) in E flat major~Agnus Dei. Dona eis
18.Requiem (Missa pro defunctis) in E flat major~Communio. Lux aeterna
19.Requiem (Missa pro defunctis) in E flat major~Communio. Requiem aeternam
20.Requiem (Missa pro defunctis) in E flat major~Postcommunio. Inveniat
21.Requiem (Missa pro defunctis) in E flat major~Responsorium. Libera me
22.Requiem (Missa pro defunctis) in E flat major~Responsorium. Quando c?li
23.Requiem (Missa pro defunctis) in E flat major~Responsorium. Dum veneris
24.Requiem (Missa pro defunctis) in E flat major~Responsorium. Tremens factus
25.Requiem (Missa pro defunctis) in E flat major~Responsorium. Quando c?li
26.Requiem (Missa pro defunctis) in E flat major~Responsorium. Dies illa
27.Requiem (Missa pro defunctis) in E flat major~Responsorium. Dum veneris