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Giacomo Puccini achieved global renown as an opera composer, but the choral, vocal and orchestral works recorded here reveal little-known aspects of his output, including several rarities. Puccini's early training was in church music, with the Messa di Gloria a clear indication of his great talent. The recently discovered Preludio a orchestra shows his wider ambitions, with the Germanic influences of the Capriccio sinfonico resulting in music destined to reappear in operas such as La Boheme. The elegiac and prescient aria Ad una morta contrasts with the celebratory Inno a Roma, a rousing occasional piece that features plenty of Puccini's characteristic melodic flourishes. A digital EP of the Preludio sinfonico and the Requiem is also available for download and streaming (9.70398) Album Tracks 1. Preludio a orchestra, SC 1 2. Messa a quattro voci con orchestra InchMessa di GloriaInch, SC 6~Kyrie 3. Messa a quattro voci con orchestra InchMessa di GloriaInch, SC 6~Gloria Gloria in excelsis Deo - Laudamus te 4. Messa a quattro voci con orchestra InchMessa di GloriaInch, SC 6~Gloria Gratias agimus tibi - Gloria in excelsis Deo - Dominus Deus 5. Messa a quattro voci con orchestra InchMessa di GloriaInch, SC 6~Gloria Qui tollis peccata mundi 6. Messa a quattro voci con orchestra InchMessa di GloriaInch, SC 6~Gloria Quoniam tu solus Sanctus 7. Messa a quattro voci con orchestra InchMessa di GloriaInch, SC 6~Gloria Cum Sancto Spiritu 8. Messa a quattro voci con orchestra InchMessa di GloriaInch, SC 6~Credo Credo in unum Deum 9. Messa a quattro voci con orchestra InchMessa di GloriaInch, SC 6~Credo Et incarnatus est 10. Messa a quattro voci con orchestra InchMessa di GloriaInch, SC 6~Credo Crucifixus etiam pro nobis 11. Messa a quattro voci con orchestra InchMessa di GloriaInch, SC 6~Credo Et resurrexit - Et in Spiritum Sanctum - Et unam sanct
