Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle - Stoyanova, Remmert, Davislim, Müller-Brachmann, RIAS-Kammerchor, Marcus Creed / Harmonia Mundi Audio CD 2001 / HMC 901724 UPC 794881629022 Gioachino Rossini's Petite messe solennelle (Little solemn mass) was written in 1863, possibly at the request of Count Alexis Pillet-Will for his wife Louise to whom it is dedicated. The composer, who had retired from composing operas more than 30 years before, described it as "the last of my péchés de vieillesse" (sins of old age). Label: Harmonia Mundi – HMC 901724 Format: CD, Album Country: France Released: 2001 Genre: Classical Style: Choral Tracklist: Kyrie 1 Kyrie 2:28 2 Christe 1:48 3 Kyrie 2:22 Gloria 4 Gloria 0:37 5 Laudames Te 1:46 6 Gratias 4:46 7 Domine Deus 5:37 8 Qui Tollis 6:22 9 Quoniam 7:32 10 Cum Sancto Spiritu 5:38 Credo 11 Credo In Unum Deum 4:14 12 Crucifixus 3:19 13 Et Resurrexit 4:50 14 Et Vitam Venturi 4:10 15 Prélude Religieux 7:37 16 Ritournelle 0:35 17 Sanctus 3:53 18 O Salutaris Hostia 5:26 19 Agnus Dei 7:26 Alto Vocals [RIAS-Kammerchor] – Andrea Effmert, Bärbel Kaiser, Claudia Türpe, Marie-Luise Wilke, Monika Zöllkau, Ulrike Andersen, Ulrike Bartsch, Waltraud Heinrich Bass Vocals – Hanno Müller-Brachmann Bass Vocals [RIAS-Kammerchor] – Erich Brockhaus, Janusz Gregorowicz, Johannes Niebisch, Jörg Gottschick, Klaus Thiem, Norbert Klesse, Paul Mayr, Rudolf Preckwinkel, Werner Matusch Chorus – RIAS-Kammerchor Composed By – Gioacchino Rossini Conductor – Marcus Creed Contralto Vocals – Birgit Remmert Engineer – Geert Puhlmann Engineer [Assistant] – Annerose Unger Harmonium – Ryoko Morooka Liner Notes – Roman Hinke Piano – Philip Mayers, Phillip Moll Producer – Helge Jörns Soprano Vocals – Krassimira Stoyanova Soprano Vocals [RIAS-Kammerchor] – Christine Herrmann-Wewer, Dagmar Wietschorke, Elisabeth Rave, Gudrun Barth, Hannelore Starke, Inès Villanueva, Judith Schmidt, Kristin Foss, Madalena De Faria, Marianne Schumann, Sabine Nürmberger-Gembaczka, Stephanie Petitlaurent Tenor Vocals – Steve Davislim Tenor Vocals [RIAS-Kammerchor] – Christian Mücke, Friedemann Körner, Horst-Heiner Blöß, Kai Roterberg, Reinhold Beiten, Volker Arndt, Wilhelm Füchsl, Wolfgang Ebling
