San Pietro Ensemble, Marcello Rossi Corradini - Martini: Messa per la Notte di San Francesco & Mottetti sacri (2026) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Messa per la Notte di San Francesco: Kyrie
02. Messa per la Notte di San Francesco: Gloria in excelsis
03. Messa per la Notte di San Francesco: Alleluia, Franciscus pauper (Grad. In Festo Translationis S. P. Francisci)
04. Messa per la Notte di San Francesco: Sanctus
05. Messa per la Notte di San Francesco: Agnus Dei
06. Exultate o stelle beate (Mottetto per Ogni Santo)
07. O Divi amoris victima (Inno per i primi vespri del Patriarca San Francesco)
08. Salvete Sacra Stigmata (Inno in festo impressioni Sacrum Stigmatum)
09. Jam noctis (Inno per i secondi vespri del Patriarca San Francesco)

This unprecedented recording - released precisely in the year of the celebrations commemorating one of the most significant figures in human history - explores the musical output of Padre Giambattista Martini dedicated to Saint Francis of Assisi. A Franciscan friar and ecclesiastical musician, as well as a learned teacher and tireless researcher, Martini composed a Mass (incomplete) and various motets in honour of the Saint. From these, the Ensemble San Pietro -directed by Marcello Rossi and Giacomo Contro - has reconstructed a complete Franciscan Mass. The essay accompanying the CD also features a curious analogy between the composer and his saintly dedicatee, supported by a careful analysis of historical documents.