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Paolino Vassallo: Grande Mass / Buhagiar, Collegium Musicum

1 CD / Gega New / 2007-01-01

Works: Paolino Vassallo: Grande Mass
Performers: Buttigieg, Albert; Camilleri, Alfred; Cefai, Brian; Saliba, Anita; Vella Zarb, Charles; Zerafa, Connie Frances
Conductors: Buhagiar, Dion
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum

Composer, teacher and church musician Paolino Vassallo was the first Maltese to move consciously away from the dominating Italian influence on Maltese music. After local...continue...

Azopardi: Mass / Bianchi, Bughiar, et al

1 CD / Gega New / 2006-02-01

Works: Francesco Azzopardi: Messa de morti a 4 voci
Performers: Bianchi, Rosabella; Buttigieg, Albert; Mangion, Frans; Massa, Claire
Conductors: Buhagiar, Dion
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum

Divided into the usual eight large sections, this masterpiece shows how inventive Azopardi was during his mature stage, with particularly striking orchestration and versatile writing...continue...