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

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Don't let the startling double-time opening of this Gloria put you off--listen with an open mind and you'll be surprised how much sense it makes. Rinaldo Alessandrini's reading has many such surprises; some movements are taken very quickly, others surprisingly slowly, yet his choices seem fresh rather than perverse. The Magnificat is lesser-known and thus less surprising, but it's every bit as lively. The soloists all sing nicely (though Biccire doesn't blend well in the soprano duet); the clear-voiced York and vigorous Mingardo provide imaginative ornaments. The excellent French chorus Akademia and Alessandrini's orchestra don't miss a single one of Alessandrini's beats. --Matthew Westphal

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Vivaldi - Gloria · Magnificat / Biccirè · Mingardo · York · Concerto Italiano
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Different than any Gloria you've ever heard...and better
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  • Completely different - and good too!
  • Gloria to Rinaldo Alessandrini!
 Vivaldi - Gloria · Magnificat / Biccirè · Mingardo · York · Concerto Italiano
Antonio Vivaldi , Rinaldo Alessandrini , Patrizia Biccire , Sara Mingardo , Deborah York , Concerto Italiano , and Akademie Vocal Ensemble
Manufacturer: Opus 111
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000006HPV
Release Date: 1998-04-14

Tracks:

  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)
  21. MAGNIFICAT RV 611: Fecit potentiam (ch r)
  22. MAGNIFICAT RV 611: Deposuit potentens (ch ur)
  23. MAGNIFICAT RV 611: Esurientes (alto)
  24. MAGNIFICAT RV 611: Suscepit Israel (ch ur)
  25. MAGNIFICAT RV 611: Sicut locutus est (alto)
  26. MAGNIFICAT RV 611: Gloria (ch ur)
  27. CONCERTO 2 PER TROMBA E OBOE RV 563: Allegro
  28. CONCERTO 2 PER TROMBA E OBOE RV 563: Grave
  29. CONCERTO 2 PER TROMBA E OBOE RV 563: Allegro

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Don't let the startling double-time opening of this Gloria put you off--listen with an open mind and you'll be surprised how much sense it makes. Rinaldo Alessandrini's reading has many such surprises; some movements are taken very quickly, others surprisingly slowly, yet his choices seem fresh rather than perverse. The Magnificat is lesser-known and thus less surprising, but it's every bit as lively. The soloists all sing nicely (though Biccire doesn't blend well in the soprano duet); the clear-voiced York and vigorous Mingardo provide imaginative ornaments. The excellent French chorus Akademia and Alessandrini's orchestra don't miss a single one of Alessandrini's beats. --Matthew Westphal

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Different than any Gloria you've ever heard...and better.......2005-04-03

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". And for very good reasons.

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".

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. Perhaps Alessandrini has located the true spirit of Vivaldi in this passage.

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 as well as any have ever been.

This is a magnificent Vivaldi recording. The "Gloria" is different than any you've ever heard and much, much better than others. Everything else is up there, too. Unless you are untraconservative musically, buy with confidence that you'll be getting a keeper.

5 out of 5 stars Same version but cheaper..........2002-05-10

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.

5 out of 5 stars Completely different - and good too!.......1999-11-04

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.

5 out of 5 stars Gloria to Rinaldo Alessandrini!.......1999-09-21

Maestro Rinado Alessandrini just bursts in joy in this most joyous of Glorias. Don't be put off by the fast speeds, they have a reason and an organic logic. This recording is so beautiful and so exciting, that other recordings like Parrott's or Pinnock's just seem cartoons next to this. Don't miss the gorgeous young contralto Sara Mingardo in the solos. OPUS111 as usual frame this performance in superb sound and presentation. What a great label this is!

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