1760-1842
Cherubini is a late-Classical Era composer, representing a bridge from one musical era into the next. Like Johann Nepomuk Hummel, whom I recently surveyed, eventually Cherubini's music fell out of favor with audiences in lieu of new musical trends.
His name is obviously Italian, and while Cherubini was born and received his musical education in Italy, he spent most of his life and career in France.
Cherubini's career during this time was split between serving royalty and the uprising of the French Revolution.
Cherubini's fame lays mostly with his operas, but I will probably start by covering his sacred music, and what little there is of his orchestral music.
Who knows though, Médée might soon be in my future. As I understand it, Maria Callas rules the roost.
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Composition Date (Masses)
1809: Mass in F Major
1811: Missa Solemnis in D minor
1814: Missa Solemnis in E Major
1815: Missa Solemnis in C Major
1816: Requiem in C minor
1819: Missa Solemnis in G Major
1825: Mass in A Major 'Coronation'
1836: Requiem in D minor
Recording Year
1958: Medea
1975: Requiem in D minor
1982: Requiem in C minor
1985: Mass in A Major 'Coronation'
1989: Missa Solemnis in G Major
1992: Overtures
1994: In Paradisum
1994: Missa Solemnis in C Major
2001: Missa Solemnis in D minor
2003: Mass in F Major
2005: Missa Brevis in B-flat Major
2007: Missa Solemnis in E Major
2010: Sacred Music and Overtures
2010: String Quartets
2013: Sciant Gentes
2017: Chant sur la Mort de Haydn
2019: Choral Music
2020: Symphony & Marches