Gloria! - Vivaldi's Angels / Maute, Ensemble Caprice

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Label
Analekta
Release Date
November 11, 2008
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VIVALDI, ANTONIO
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Ensemble Caprice
    • PERFORMER
      Maute
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 11, 2008
    • UPC
      774204991722
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      AN29917
    • LABEL
      Analekta
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. Gloria in excelsis Deo (Chorus)

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

    2. Et in terra pax (Chorus)

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

    3. Laudamus te (Soprano duet)

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

    4. Gratias agimus tibi (Chorus)

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

    5. Propter magnam (Chorus)

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

    6. Domine Deus, Rex coelestis (Soprano)

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

    7. Domine Fili unigenite (Chorus)

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

    8. Domine Deus, Agnus Dei (Alto, Chorus)

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

    9. Qui tollis peccata mundi (Chorus)

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

    10. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris (Alto)

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

    11. Quoniam tu solus Sanctus (Chorus)

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

    12. Cum Sancto Spiritu (Chorus)

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

    13. Aria: In furore iustissimae irae

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

    14. Recitative: Miserationum Pater piissime

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

    15. Aria: Tunc meus fletus evadet laetus

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

    16. Alleluia

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

      Ensemble: Ensemble Caprice

      Performer: Monika Mauch

      Conductor: Matthias Maute

    17. I. Largo

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

    18. II. Allegro

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

    19. III. Largo

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

    20. IV. Allegro molto

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

    21. Aria: Ostro picta, armata spina

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

    22. Recitative: Sic transit vana et brevis gloria mundi

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

    23. Aria: Linguis favete

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

    24. Magnificat anima mea Dominum (Chorus)

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

    25. Et exsultavit spiritus meus (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Chorus)

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

    26. Et misericordia (Chorus)

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

    27. Fecit potentiam (Chorus)

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

    28. Deposuit potentes (Chorus)

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

    29. Esurientes implevit bonis (Soprano duet)

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

    30. Suscepit Israel (Chorus)

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

    31. Sicut locutus est (Chorus)

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

    32. Gloria Patri (Chorus)

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi


Antonio Vivaldi wrote most of his choral music for the all-female orphanage Ospedalle della Pietà in Venice, where he directed the musical activities for almost 40 years. Vivaldi's sacred music exudes the same spirited drive and dramatic virtuosity that have made his concertos so popular. The young women of the Pietà chosen to perform in its choir were renowned for their exceptional musical abilities and angelic voices, and their concerts quickly became a popular tourist attraction in the 18th century. It is unclear whether these girls actually performed the bass parts, though there are a few tantalizing--if unintuitive!--contemporary references to just such a practice There is no consensus on whether the lower voices were sung as written in the score--most modern renditions feature a mixed chorus--or whether they were transposed up an octave. Matthias Maute, conducting Ensemble Caprice, makes an inspired case for the latter approach--his all-female choir sounds, aptly, angelic.