On November 17, 1868, Verdi made a proposal to Tito Ricordi to form a commission to select thirteen of the most representative composers of the era, asking each of them to compose a movement of the Mass to
The Petite messe solennelle, Gioachino Rossini's last composition, which has been elevated to the rank of a kind of Last Work and Testament, is presented here in its original version, which calls for