Gounod: Messe solennelle de sainte Cécile, CG 56

Description

• Composer: Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
• Instrumentation: SATB Choir, Orchestra
• Work: Messe solennelle (St. Cecilia Mass), CG 56
• Binding:
• Work Language: Latin
• ISMN: 9790007186876
• Size: 7.5 x 10.6 inches
• Pages: 72
• Urtext / Critical Edition

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“Shining rays stream from the ‘Messe de sainte Cécile‘. At first people were ­dazzled, then bewitched, then overcome.” This is how the composer Camille Saint-Saëns described his impression of what was probably Charles Gounod’s best-known setting of the mass. The work written in 1855 in honor of the patron saint of church music, soon became well-known beyond the borders of France and acquired a degree of popularity like almost no other sacred composition. in the Messe de sainte Cécile, Gounod combines sublime simplicity with operatic-dramatic elements and a colorful, effective orchestration. Critical edition in proven Carus quality.