Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala & Riccardo Chailly - Messa per Rossini (2018) [Hi-Res]

2018 also marks 250 years since Gioachino Rossini’s death in 1868. ‘Messa per Rossini’ was composed in his memory by Verdi and 12 other notable Italian composers Verdi himself composed the concluding Libera me, which he later used in his own ‘Messa da Requiem’

This rare recording represents the work’s triumphant return to the spiritual home of Verdi and Rossini: the Teatro alla Scala in Milan.

“To honour the memory of Rossini I would like the most distinguished Italian composers to compose a Requiem Mass to be performed on the anniversary of his death.” (Giuseppe Verdi)

Maria José Siri, soprano
Veronica Simeoni, mezzosoprano
Giorgio Berrugi, tenor
Simone Piazzola, baritone
Riccardo Zanellato, bass
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Riccardo Chailly, conductor