Rossini composed this work for a small choir with four soloists, accompanied by piano and harmonium, at the age of 71 years. The "Petite Messe solennelle" was enthusiastically celebrated by the public on its premiere on March 14, 1863 and highly praised for its beauty.
It was in 1996 that Jay-Jay Johanson, “a young man from a cold climate”, fascinated by the Bristol sound they called trip-hop and Portishead in particular, first tapped delicately on eardrums all over the world. The intoxicating album that definitively put this rare and elegant Swede on the map was called “Whiskey”. It was the beginning of an enthralling adventure.
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