Petite Messe Solennelle
Gioachino Rossini called his Petite Messe Solennelle “the last of my sins of old age.” Written just five years before his death, the Mass was Rossini’s last major work, and like all his music, it is gorgeously lyrical, spirited and engaging. Petite only in instrumental accompaniment, and not particularly solemn, the original Petite Messe Solennelle […]