Philip Gossett

With the "Petite Messe Solennelle", Gioachino Rossini created a late masterpiece of incomparable brilliance, profound spirituality, and operatic elegance. This monumental yet touchingly intimate sacre...

With the "Petite Messe Solennelle", Gioachino Rossini created a late masterpiece of incomparable brilliance, profound spirituality, and operatic elegance. This monumental yet touchingly intimate sacre...

The "Petite Messe solennelle" is a very late work by Rossini. He composed it between 1863 and 1864 at the age of 71 as a commission for Countess Louise Pillet-Will for the inauguration of her private...

With the "Petite Messe solennelle", Gioachino Rossini created one of the most fascinating and deeply moving sacred masterpieces of the 19th century. Despite its modest title, this mass unfolds an inco...

Composed in London towards the end of 1824, this duet is one of the few chamber music works by Rossini that is still regularly performed today. It is an easy and charming composition, but requires exp...