Pergolesi: Saint Emidius Mass, etc | CD review

Cangemi/Mingardo/Orchestra Mozart/Abbado(DG)The second instalment of Claudio Abbado's Pergolesi series takes us into unfamiliar and revelatory territory. The main work is the Saint Emidius Mass, written in the wake of the Naples earthquakes of 1732 and imploring the city's patron saint for protection against further harm. Its release in the aftermath of Haiti and Chile inevitably renders it emotive, but even so, its greatness is undisputed. Scored for two five-part choirs and two orchestras, it...

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