|
|
World music CD DVD shop and Classic distribution
|
|
|
|
ID: COR16042 (EAN: 828021604225) | 1 CD | DDD Released in: 2006
- LABEL:
- CORO
- Collection:
- Baroque
- Composers:
- BACH, Johann Sebastian | VIVALDI, Antonio
-
Interprets:
- FISHER, Gillian (soprano) | GEORGE, Michael (bass) | PARTRIDGE, Ian (tenor) | RUSSELL, Lynda (soprano)
- Ensembles:
- The Sixteen | The Symphony of Harmony and Invention
- Conductors:
- CHRISTOPHERS, Harry
- Other info:
About this title: The small British chorus called the Sixteen and director Harry Christophers have delivered consistently popular recordings of Renaissance and Baroque music, maintaining very high standards of performance. Here they couple two of the most popular Baroque works of all, Vivaldi's Gloria in D major, RV 589, and Bach's Magnificat in D major, BWV 243, and the results are handsome indeed. The tenor of the performances flows from the conceptions of each work that Christophers expresses in one of the little personal essays that appears at the beginning of each booklet in this series: Vivaldi, he said, is "effective," and even operates in places here "at his simplest," while Bach is "complex." Some would use other words first, for each composer -- daring or kinetic for Vivaldi, devotional or a dozen other words for Bach. There are recordings that give Vivaldi in general and the Gloria in particular more of an edge; there are recordings of Bach that seem warmer, or more rooted in the sacred texts.
| VIVALDI, Antonio (1678-1741) | | | Gloria in D major (RV 589) | | | 1. | Chorus: Gloria in excelsis Deo | 2:28 | | | 2. | Chorus: Et in terra pax hominibus | 4:53 | | | 3. | Soprano I & II: Laudamus te | 2:12 | | | 4. | Chorus: Gratias agimus tibi | 0:27 | | | 5. | Chorus: Propter magnam gloriam | 0:54 | | | 6. | Soprano I: Domine Deus | 3:31 | | | 7. | Chorus: Domine Fili Unigenite | 2:11 | | | 8. | Alto & Chorus: Domine Deus, Agnus Dei | 4:09 | | | 9. | Chorus: Qui tollis peccata mundi | 1:04 | | | 10. | Alto: Qui Sedes ad dexteram Patris | 2:06 | | | 11. | Chorus: Quoniam tu solus Sanctus | 0:45 | | | 12. | Chorus: Cum Sancto Spiritu | 2:54 | | | BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) | | | Magnificat in D major (BWV 243) | | | 13. | Chorus: Magnificat anima mea | 2:52 | | | 14. | Soprano II: Et exultavit | 2:24 | | | 15. | Soprano I: Quia respexit | 2:12 | | | 16. | Chorus: Omnes generationes | 1:13 | | | 17. | Bass: Quia fecit mihi magna | 2:12 | | | 18. | Alto & Tenor: Et misericordia | 3:37 | | | 19. | Chorus: Fecit potentiam | 1:51 | | | 20. | Tenor: Deposuit potentes | 2:00 | | | 21. | Alto: Esurientes | 2:56 | | | 22. | Chorus: Suscepit Isreal | 2:09 | | | 23. | Chorus: Sicut locutus est | 1:32 | | | 24. | Chorus: Gloria | 2:22 | | After twenty-seven years of worldwide performance, The Sixteen is recognized as one of the world's greatest vocal ensembles, with a special reputation for clarity and beauty with precision and dramatic intensity. "The music is superb, and it's given a superb performance here." -Gramophone
|
|
