Vivaldi: Gloria, Magnificat, Dixit Dominus, Beatus Vir
Music Style :
General
Record Label :
Decca
Release Date :
1995-02-14
Discs :
2
Store Price :
$17.98
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 1
1. Gloria, for 6 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, 2 oboes, 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 588: "Gloria in 2. Gloria, for 6 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, 2 oboes, 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 588: "Et in ter 3. Gloria, for 6 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, 2 oboes, 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 588: "Laudamus 4. Gloria, for 6 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, 2 oboes, 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 588: "Gratias a 5. Gloria, for 6 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, 2 oboes, 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 588: "Domine De 6. Gloria, for 6 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, 2 oboes, 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 588: "Domine Fi 7. Gloria, for 6 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, 2 oboes, 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 588: "Domine De 8. Gloria, for 6 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, 2 oboes, 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 588: "Qui tolli 9. Gloria, for 6 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, 2 oboes, 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 588: "Qui sedes 10. Gloria, for 6 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, 2 oboes, 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 588: "Quoniam t 11. Gloria, for 6 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, 2 oboes, 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 588: "Cum Sanct 12. Gloria, for 3 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, oboe, violin (ad lib), 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 589: Gloria 13. Gloria, for 3 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, oboe, violin (ad lib), 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 589: Et In T 14. Gloria, for 3 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, oboe, violin (ad lib), 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 589: Laudamu 15. Gloria, for 3 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, oboe, violin (ad lib), 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 589: Gratias 16. Gloria, for 3 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, oboe, violin (ad lib), 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 589: Propter 17. Gloria, for 3 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, oboe, violin (ad lib), 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 589: Domine 18. Gloria, for 3 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, oboe, violin (ad lib), 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 589: Domine 19. Gloria, for 3 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, oboe, violin (ad lib), 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 589: Domine 20. Gloria, for 3 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, oboe, violin (ad lib), 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 589: Qui Tol 21. Gloria, for 3 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, oboe, violin (ad lib), 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 589: Qui Sed 22. Gloria, for 3 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, oboe, violin (ad lib), 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 589: Quoniam 23. Gloria, for 3 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, oboe, violin (ad lib), 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 589: Cum San
Disc 2
1. Magnificat, for 4 vocal soloists, chorus, 2 oboes, strings & continuo in G minor, RV 610: "Magnificat... et exultavit" 2. Magnificat, for 4 vocal soloists, chorus, 2 oboes, strings & continuo in G minor, RV 610: "Et misericordia" 3. Magnificat, for 4 vocal soloists, chorus, 2 oboes, strings & continuo in G minor, RV 610: "Fecit potentiam... Deposuit potentes" 4. Magnificat, for 4 vocal soloists, chorus, 2 oboes, strings & continuo in G minor, RV 610: "Esurientes" 5. Magnificat, for 4 vocal soloists, chorus, 2 oboes, strings & continuo in G minor, RV 610: "Suscepit Israel... sicut locutus est" 6. Magnificat, for 4 vocal soloists, chorus, 2 oboes, strings & continuo in G minor, RV 610: "Gloria" 7. Dixit Dominus (Psalm 109), for 4 voices, double chorus, 2 trumpets, 2 oboes, solo strings, strings & continuo D major, RV 594: Dixit 8. Dixit Dominus (Psalm 109), for 4 voices, double chorus, 2 trumpets, 2 oboes, solo strings, strings & continuo D major, RV 594: Donec 9. Dixit Dominus (Psalm 109), for 4 voices, double chorus, 2 trumpets, 2 oboes, solo strings, strings & continuo D major, RV 594: Virgam 10. Dixit Dominus (Psalm 109), for 4 voices, double chorus, 2 trumpets, 2 oboes, solo strings, strings & continuo D major, RV 594: Tecum 11. Dixit Dominus (Psalm 109), for 4 voices, double chorus, 2 trumpets, 2 oboes, solo strings, strings & continuo D major, RV 594: Juravi 12. Dixit Dominus (Psalm 109), for 4 voices, double chorus, 2 trumpets, 2 oboes, solo strings, strings & continuo D major, RV 594: Dominu 13. Dixit Dominus (Psalm 109), for 4 voices, double chorus, 2 trumpets, 2 oboes, solo strings, strings & continuo D major, RV 594: Judica 14. Dixit Dominus (Psalm 109), for 4 voices, double chorus, 2 trumpets, 2 oboes, solo strings, strings & continuo D major, RV 594: De Tor 15. Dixit Dominus (Psalm 109), for 4 voices, double chorus, 2 trumpets, 2 oboes, solo strings, strings & continuo D major, RV 594: Gloria 16. Dixit Dominus (Psalm 109), for 4 voices, double chorus, 2 trumpets, 2 oboes, solo strings, strings & continuo D major, RV 594: Sicut 17. Beatus vir, (Psalm 111), for 5 voices, double chorus, 2 oboes, 2 organs, double strings & continuo in C major, RV 597: "Beatus vir" 18. Beatus vir, (Psalm 111), for 5 voices, double chorus, 2 oboes, 2 organs, double strings & continuo in C major, RV 597: "Potens in ter 19. Beatus vir, (Psalm 111), for 5 voices, double chorus, 2 oboes, 2 organs, double strings & continuo in C major, RV 597: "Gloria et div 20. Beatus vir, (Psalm 111), for 5 voices, double chorus, 2 oboes, 2 organs, double strings & continuo in C major, RV 597: "Exortum est i 21. Beatus vir, (Psalm 111), for 5 voices, double chorus, 2 oboes, 2 organs, double strings & continuo in C major, RV 597: "Jucundus homo 22. Beatus vir, (Psalm 111), for 5 voices, double chorus, 2 oboes, 2 organs, double strings & continuo in C major, RV 597: "In momoria ae 23. Beatus vir, (Psalm 111), for 5 voices, double chorus, 2 oboes, 2 organs, double strings & continuo in C major, RV 597: "Paratum cor e 24. Beatus vir, (Psalm 111), for 5 voices, double chorus, 2 oboes, 2 organs, double strings & continuo in C major, RV 597: "Peccator vide 25. Beatus vir, (Psalm 111), for 5 voices, double chorus, 2 oboes, 2 organs, double strings & continuo in C major, RV 597: "Gloria Patri"
Customer Reviews of This Album/CD
Perhaps it's just me.... Submitted on: 2006-03-07
The sound quality of this recording is stunning and the soloists sing beautifully. I love these pieces, and the presentation is generally thrilling on this CD set. However, as authentic as they may be, I have a serious problem listening to the voices of young boys singing. The possibility of any genuine emotion or spirituality lurking behind the angelic chiming is lost on me. Also, the kids seem slightly heavy in the mix, at times drowning the music.... I realize this may be a bit shallow, and I do not discourage anyone from buying this CD if they don't mind the sound of a children's choir. It's really quite accomplished sounding, just not to my personal taste.
Excellent! Submitted on: 2002-08-18
This is an excellent recording of Vivaldi's church music! I love it! I could listen to both discs all day long! One thing though, why did they use boy sopranos so much ??? Oh well. Its still excellent. Press the "buy" button on your computer...NOW!!! ~Adele
Welcome introdution to neglected part of Vivaldi's oeuvre. Submitted on: 2001-04-04
Vivaldi's sacred music is not so famous as that of his contemporaries Bach and Handel, so this is a bargain opportunity to catch up. You might think Vivaldi's playful, virtuoso Italianate character and Catholic context would produce radically different music, but in George Guest's urgent readings, the mixture of restrainedly exultant choruses and austerely beautiful arias are near-identical to Bach.
The opening movement of the second 'Gloria', with its swirling violins and temperately joyous trumpet and winds, is one of the most celebrated pieces of Baroque music; nothing here quite equals it, but there is a haunting, echoing quality to some of the slower movements at odds with the generally celebratory form. The reverb-heavy production exploits this somtimes too much, making the sound seem artificial. For a more 'Italianate' interpretation, I would recommend Trevor Pinnock, whose caressing tempos allow Vivaldi's warm harmonic spaciousness to breathe.
A Glorious Recording Submitted on: 2000-10-26
Being already familiar with Vivaldi's Four Seasons and also a big fan of Choral works, I picked this up not knowing anything about the pieces and was pleasantly surprised. Two versions of Gloria in D major take up the first disk. RV 589, the second version of Gloria is the better known of the two versions, but I wouldn't say that it is superior. Both versions have their merits and I enjoy listening to them back to back. The second disk is my favorite. Although I bought it for the Glorias, I have fallen in love with the Magnificat in G major. This two-disc set is, in my opinion, all about the Magnificat. What a wonderful piece! Dixit Dominus and Beatur vir are both great pieces as well. This is a great recording and the music within in excellent.
Perhaps it's just me....
Excellent!