Ildebrando Pizzetti (20/09/1880 - 13/02/1968), an Italian composer, born in Parma.
| Source: | Riemann Musik Lexikon |
Messa di requiem
| Period: | Expressionism |
| Composed in: | 1923 |
| Musical form: | mass |
| Text/libretto: | Latin mass |
| Duration: | 26'19'' |
| In memory of: | the composer's first wife |
| Label(s): | Hyperion CDA 67017 |
| Chandos CHAN 8964 |
| Ars Musici AM 1265-2 |
| Harmonia Mundi HMU 807518 |
This Messa di requiem contains:
01. Requiem
02. Dies irae
03. Sanctus
04. Agnus Dei
05. Libera me
| Source: | booklet of cd Harmonia Mundi HMU 807518 |
♫ 01. Requiem
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♫ 02. Dies Irae
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♫ 03. Sanctus
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♫ 04. Agnus Dei
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♫ 05. Libera me
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This a cappella Messa di requiem (1923) is dedicated to Pizzetti's first wife. Duration: 28'35''. Conceived within the bounds of liturgical worship are a number of a cappella requiem settings, which display a simplicity and sobriety that recall the aims of the 19th-century Cecilian movement. Principal among these are those of Pizzetti (1922–3), Georges Migot (1953), Priaulx Rainier (1955), Randall Thompson (1958) and Iain Hamilton (1979).
| Author: | Steven Chang-Lin Yu
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Throughout his life, Ildebrando Pizzetti struggled to emerge from the shadows of two more notable contemporaries, Puccini and Respighi. His orchestral music could not match Respighis flair and his operas have never received the recognition of Puccinis, but Pizzettis unaccompanied choral music represents the finest Italian turn-of-the-century artistry. His Messa di Requiem, composed in 1922, is a work firmly steeped in the Gregorian tradition.