Joseph Calleja (tenor), Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, Sergey Smbatyan

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana: Ave Maria (arranged from Intermezzo sinfonico)
Verdi: Ingemisco (from Requiem)
Massenet: Meditation (from Thaïs)
Bizet: Agnus Dei
Bocelli: Ave Maria
Stradella: Pieta, Signore
Rossini: Stabat Mater: Cujus animam gementem
Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle: Domine Deus
Bizet: Au fond du temple saint (from Les Pêcheurs de Perles)
Wagner: Allmächt'ger Vater, blick herab! (from Rienzi)
Wagner: Der Engel (No. 1 from Wesendonck-Lieder)
Gruber, F: Stille Nacht
Adam: O Holy Night
Liguori: Tu scendi dalle stelle
Schubert: Ave Maria, D839

Joseph Calleja, one of the world’s leading tenors, announces ‘Ave Maria’ – his first ever sacred album. Here, Calleja is joined for the first time on record by the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, with no less than four Ave Marias – by Mascagni, Massenet, Schubert and Andrea Bocelli. The album also features guest appearances by Daniel Hope on violin in (title) and French baritone Étienne Dupuis in the famous duet from The Pearl Fishers.