Vivaldi - Gloria · Magnificat / Biccirè · Mingardo · York · Concerto Italiano

Antonio Vivaldi (Artist), Rinaldo Alessandrini (Artist), Patrizia Biccire (Artist), Sara Mingardo (Artist), Deborah York (Artist), Concerto Italiano (Artist), Akademie Vocal Ensemble (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 14, 1998)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Opus 111
• ASIN: B000006HPV
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #464,609 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. GLORIA RV 589: Gloria in excelsis Deo (ch ur)

2. Et in terra pax (ch ur)

3. Laudamus te (Duetto [soprani])

4. Gratias agimus tibi (ch ur)

5. Propter magnam gloriam tuam (ch ur)

6. Domine Deus (soprano)

7. Domini Fili unigenite (ch ur)

8. Domine Deus, Agnus Dei (alto, ch ur)

9. Qui tollis peccata mundi (ch ur)

10. Qui sedes ad dexteram patris (alto)

11. Quoniam tu solus sanctus (ch ur)

12. Cum Sancto Spiritu (ch ur)

13. CONCERTO PER ARCHI E CEMBALO RV 243: Allegro non molto

14. CONCERTO PER ARCHI E CEMBALO RV 243: Largo

15. CONCERTO PER ARCHI E CEMBALO RV 243: Allegro

16. MAGNIFICAT RV 611: Magnificat (ch ur)

17. MAGNIFICAT RV 611: Et exultavit (soprano)

18. MAGNIFICAT RV 611: Quia respexit (soprano)

19. MAGNIFICAT RV 611: Quia fecit (soprano)

20. MAGNIFICAT RV 611: Et misericordia (ch ur)

See all 29 tracks on this disc

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Same version but cheaper..., May 9, 2002

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This review is from: Vivaldi - Gloria · Magnificat / Biccirè · Mingardo · York · Concerto Italiano (Audio CD)

You can find another set of this extraordanary record/music for a lesser price here at Amazon. It IS EXACTLY the same set/record but it has another frontpicture but that one is a special disc with a bonus CD from Opus 111 and my suggestion, if you dont like to pay extra is that you seek for Alessandrini Gloria... the number of that one is OPS 1951... a superb disc.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Completely different - and good too!, November 3, 1999

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TimPride (Winchester, England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vivaldi - Gloria · Magnificat / Biccirè · Mingardo · York · Concerto Italiano (Audio CD)

I fell victim to the plugs at amazon.com and bought this CD on my first shopping trip. Vivaldi's Gloria has a particular resonance in our family, and I have at least 2 recordings of it already so that I can sing along. This version is quite extraordinary. Alessandrini has gone in with his own ideas, without sticking to what we expect to hear in this work, even in versions using instruments of the period. His approach is avowedly operatic, and that really does work. The opening movement rushes in, as if continuing a drama from somewhere "off-stage", but nowhere does it sound out of place. There are other illuminations, such as the sweeping lyricism of the "Domine Fili" or the tempo relationships at "suscipe". Sometimes it does not workfor example at "Domine Deus", where the alto soloist is stretched to keep the line going. Also, what happened to the obbligato oboe we are all used to in "Domine Deus"? The soloists are good, particularly Deborah York, whose expertise in this repertoire is well-known. All in all, a version you have to experience. Having said all that, the "Magnificat" is not quite such a thrilling experience, which perhaps says more about the music than the performers, who bring the same level of enterprise as earlier.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Different than any Gloria you've ever heard, April 2, 2005

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This review is from: Vivaldi - Gloria · Magnificat / Biccirè · Mingardo · York · Concerto Italiano (Audio CD)

Rinaldo Alessandrini's rendition of Vivaldi's "Gloria" and "Magnificat" have gotten uniformly top notch rankings in the musical press. Publications from Third Ear Classical Music to The Penguin Guide to The Rough Guide to Classical Music have all singled out this performance among the very best current recordings of the inimitable "Gloria".

Alessandrini and his Italian instrumentalists are period performers that manage to avoid the dogmatic pursuits of that sytle that render music unlistenable and alienate traditionalists. Perhaps the most obvious example of this is Sara Mingardo's solo work in the "Domine Deus, Agnus Dei" section on track 8. Her work has more exrpessiveness and color than are typical in period performances. In addtion, Mingardo and the other soloists -- including the outstanding Deborah York -- are use vibrato to welcome and good outcomes in this music and in the equally glorious "Magnificat".

In a mixed blessing, Alessandrini is antipendantic by adopting speeds that shatter typicality. His tempo in the opening "Glroia in excelsis Deo" is lightning quick with his forces -- players and singers -- with him every step of the way. Their elocution is outstanding. On the other hand, his tempo for the closing "Cum Sancto Spiritu" section is slower than the norm and, if you will, more spiritual.

The concerti that fill gaps after the choral works -- RV 128 for strings and the better known RV 563 for trumpets -- are done in the relaxed manner of the "Gloria" finale. With outstanding singing in the strongly felt "Magnificat", this recording can rank with any Vivaldi recording anywhere. The Red Priest may have written 500 concertos and 200 vocal works in his time, but the four included on this CD are performed well.