Retorno às postagens de música sacra com um ousado projeto de Andrew Parrott e seu Taverner Consort and Players. Ousado pelo fato de Parrott só ter escolhido vozes femininas para seu coral, além das solistas.
Vivaldi was well known as, among other things, the music director of the famous all-girl orchestra of the Ospedale della Pietà orphanage in Venice, for which he wrote many of his most famous sacred works, including the Gloria. Andrew Parrott is the first to try recording these works with an all-female cast (well, singers, anyway). He handles the published SATB scoring by simply transposing the tenor and bass parts up an octave–the resulting chords are occasionally surprising but always persuasive. The Magnificat and the short Psalm settings are less familiar but equally convincing. Parrott includes some beautifully sung plainchant; the Taverner Players make the Sonatas (is “sublime” too strong a word for Vivaldi?) exquisite. –Matthew Westphal
Andrew Parrott é um grande especialista no repertório vocal barroco, e esta sua versão para esta obra tão conhecida de Vivaldi se utilizando apenas de coral feminino mostra que ele não teme experimentar, e o cd chega a ter momentos realmente magníficos. Espero que apreciem como eu apreciei e ainda aprecio.
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741): Gloria, RV 589, Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro, RV 169, Laetatus Sum (Psalm 122), RV 607, Magnificat, RV 610b, Laudate Dominum omnes gentes (Psalm 117), RV 606, Sonata à 4 al Santo Sepolcro, RV 130, In Exitu Israel (Psalm 114). RV 604 (Parrott)
1 Kyrie `cum Jubilo` (Canto Gregoriano) 1:43
2 Gloria RV 589, I. Gloria In Excelsis Deo 2:28
3 Gloria RV 589, II. Et In Terra Pax 4:47
4 Gloria RV 589, III. Laudamus Te 2:33
5 Gloria RV 589, IV. Gratias Agimus Tibi 0:28
6 Gloria RV 589, V. Propter Magnam Gloriam Tuam 0:55
7 Gloria RV 589, VI. Domine Deus 3:24
8 Gloria RV 589, VII. Domine Fili unigente 2:18
9 Gloria RV 589, VIII. Dominus Deus, Agnus Dei 4:39
10 Gloria RV 589, IX. Qui Tollis Peccata Mundi 1:11
11 Gloria RV 589, X. Qui Sedes Ad Dexteram Patris 2:30
12 Gloria RV 589, XI. Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus 0:51
13 Gloria RV 589, XII. Cum Sancto Spiritu 3:04
14 Sinfonia `Al Santo Sepolcro` RV 169 3:51
15 Laetatus Sum RV 607 (Psalm 121) 3:36
16 Hymnus, Ave Maria Stella (Canto Gregoriano) 3:26
17 Magnificat RV 610b, I. Magnificat Anima Mea 1:01
18 Magnificat RV 610b, II. Et Exultavit 2:15
19 Magnificat RV 610b, III. Et Misericordia 3:23
20 Magnificat RV 610b, IV. Fecit Potentiam 1:18
21 Magnificat RV 610b, V. Esurientes Implevit Bonis 1:33
22 Magnificat RV 610b, VI. Suscepit Israel 0:41
23 Magnificat RV 610b, VII. Sicut Locutus Est 1:21
24 Magnificat RV 610b, VIII. Gloria Patri 1:53
25 Antiphona, Salve Regina (Canto Gregoriano) 2:59
26 Laudate Dominum Omnes Gentes RV 606 (Psalm 116) 1:52
27 Sonata ‘Al Santo Sepolcro’ RV 130 3:47
28 In Exitu Israel RV 604 (Psalm 113) 3:52
Composed By – Antonio Vivaldi
Contralto Vocals – Margaret Cable
Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Alison Place, Catherine King
Soprano Vocals – Emily Van Evera, Nancy Argenta
Taverner Consort and Players
Andrew Parrott – Conductor
FDP
Que capa linda! Nos saudosos tempos de lojas de discos, esse eu levaria pela capa numa boa. Obrigado pela postagem.
The track 24 is missing. Please, please, do something. It is a incredibe record.