GOFFREDO PETRASSI (1904-2003): Salmo IX for Chorus, String Orchestra, Brass, Percussion and 2 Pianos, Magnificat for Soprano, Chorus and Orchestra.

Catalogue Number: 02O008

Label: Chandos

Reference: CHAN 10750

Format: CD

Price: $18.98

Description: World Premiere Recording of the 1939-40 Magnificat whose difference from its discmate of 1934-36 is almost like day and night. The earlier psalm setting's use of only brass, strings (no violins) and the percussive effects of two pianos in addition to the usual orchestral percussion and the relentless rhythms of the chorus produce a work in the "barbaric splendor" genre, sometimes Orffian in its powerful insistence. The Magnificat is a much more neo-classical, sweeter sounding work with some especially lovely light flourishes from woodwind and a high soprano adding its agility and sweetness to give a light and transparency which makes it a silver chalice to the Salmo's bronze cauldron. Latin-English texts. Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Regio Torino; Gianandrea Noseda.

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