Vivaldi: Gloria; Bach: Magnificat / The Sixteen

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Label
Coro
Release Date
November 1, 2006
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VIVALDI BACH
    • PERFORMER
      Gloria, Magnificat
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 01, 2006
    • UPC
      828021604225
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      COR16042
    • LABEL
      Coro
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Choral - Sacred
    Works ⌄

    1. Gloria in excelsis Deo (Chorus)

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    2. Et in terra pax hominibus (Chorus)

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    3. Duet: Laudamus te (Soprano 1, Soprano 2)

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Performer: Gillian Fisher, Lynda Russell

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    4. Gratias agimus tibi (Chorus)

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    5. Propter magnam gloriam (Chorus)

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    6. Aria: Domine Deus (Soprano)

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Performer: Lynda Russell

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    7. Domine Fili unigenite (Chorus)

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    8. Aria and Chorus: Domine Deus, Agnus Dei (Alto, Chorus)

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Performer: Alison Browner

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    9. Qui tollis peccata mundi (Chorus)

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    10. Aria: Qui sedes ad dexteram (Alto)

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Performer: Alison Browner

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    11. Quoniam tu solus Sanctus (Chorus)

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    12. Cum Sancto Spiritu (Chorus)

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    13. Magnificat anima mea (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    14. Et exultavit (Soprano 2)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Performer: Gillian Fisher

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    15. Quia respexit (Soprano 1)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Performer: Lynda Russell

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    16. Omnes generationes (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    17. Quia fecit mihi magna (Bass)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Performer: Michael George

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    18. Et misericordia (Alto, Tenor)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Performer: Alison Browner, Ian Partridge

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    19. Fecit potentiam (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    20. Deposuit potentes (Tenor)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Performer: Ian Partridge

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    21. Esurientes (Alto)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Performer: Alison Browner

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    22. Suscepit Israel (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    23. Sicut locutus est (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    24. Gloria (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers


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. But here, as usual, Christophers, the Sixteen, and the Symphony of Harmony & Invention Baroque orchestra play it straight up the middle and create accessible, appealing recordings using historical instruments. The Magnificat is really superior in the choral sections, with superb articulation of Bach's difficult interlocking runs of sixteenth notes; the building energy of the final three choruses is marvelously rendered, and the opening "Magnificat" is expansive and rich. The Vivaldi is sunny rather than triumphal, with the choir a bit reined in and rounded in tone in the famous opening "Gloria," but all the solos are top-notch, with the "Laudamus te" soprano duet of Lynda Russell and Gillian Fisher an especially lilting standout. The listener has many choices when it comes to recordings of these works, but it's hard to imagine these, the Bach especially, being substantially outdone.

James Manheim, All Music Guide