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Vivaldi: Gloria; Bach: Magnificat / The Sixteen
$18.99
Details
- Composer
- VIVALDI BACH
- Artist
- Gloria, Magnificat
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Coro
- Released
- Nov 01, 2006
- Catalog #
- COR16042
- UPC
- 828021604225
About
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
James Manheim, All Music Guide
Tracklist 24 tracks
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1 Gloria in excelsis Deo (Chorus) 02:30
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Gloria in excelsis Deo (Chorus)
- Duration
- 02:30
- Composer
- Antonio Vivaldi
- Ensemble
- Symphony of Harmony and Invention
- Conductor
- Harry Christophers
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2 Et in terra pax hominibus (Chorus) 04:53
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Et in terra pax hominibus (Chorus)
- Duration
- 04:53
- Composer
- Antonio Vivaldi
- Ensemble
- Symphony of Harmony and Invention
- Conductor
- Harry Christophers
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3 Duet: Laudamus te (Soprano 1, Soprano 2) 02:12
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Duet: Laudamus te (Soprano 1, Soprano 2)
- Duration
- 02:12
- Composer
- Antonio Vivaldi
- Performer
- Gillian Fisher, Lynda Russell
- Ensemble
- Symphony of Harmony and Invention
- Conductor
- Harry Christophers
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4 Gratias agimus tibi (Chorus) 00:27
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Gratias agimus tibi (Chorus)
- Duration
- 00:27
- Composer
- Antonio Vivaldi
- Ensemble
- Symphony of Harmony and Invention
- Conductor
- Harry Christophers
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5 Propter magnam gloriam (Chorus) 00:56
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Propter magnam gloriam (Chorus)
- Duration
- 00:56
- Composer
- Antonio Vivaldi
- Ensemble
- Symphony of Harmony and Invention
- Conductor
- Harry Christophers
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6 Aria: Domine Deus (Soprano) 04:17
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Aria: Domine Deus (Soprano)
- Duration
- 04:17
- Composer
- Antonio Vivaldi
- Performer
- Lynda Russell
- Ensemble
- Symphony of Harmony and Invention
- Conductor
- Harry Christophers
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7 Domine Fili unigenite (Chorus) 02:17
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Domine Fili unigenite (Chorus)
- Duration
- 02:17
- Composer
- Antonio Vivaldi
- Ensemble
- Symphony of Harmony and Invention
- Conductor
- Harry Christophers
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8 Aria and Chorus: Domine Deus, Agnus Dei (Alto, Chorus) 04:09
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Aria and Chorus: Domine Deus, Agnus Dei (Alto, Chorus)
- Duration
- 04:09
- Composer
- Antonio Vivaldi
- Performer
- Alison Browner
- Ensemble
- Symphony of Harmony and Invention
- Conductor
- Harry Christophers
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9 Qui tollis peccata mundi (Chorus) 01:04
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Qui tollis peccata mundi (Chorus)
- Duration
- 01:04
- Composer
- Antonio Vivaldi
- Ensemble
- Symphony of Harmony and Invention
- Conductor
- Harry Christophers
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10 Aria: Qui sedes ad dexteram (Alto) 02:06
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Aria: Qui sedes ad dexteram (Alto)
- Duration
- 02:06
- Composer
- Antonio Vivaldi
- Performer
- Alison Browner
- Ensemble
- Symphony of Harmony and Invention
- Conductor
- Harry Christophers
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11 Quoniam tu solus Sanctus (Chorus) 00:45
- Track
- 11
- Title
- Quoniam tu solus Sanctus (Chorus)
- Duration
- 00:45
- Composer
- Antonio Vivaldi
- Ensemble
- Symphony of Harmony and Invention
- Conductor
- Harry Christophers
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12 Cum Sancto Spiritu (Chorus) 02:43
- Track
- 12
- Title
- Cum Sancto Spiritu (Chorus)
- Duration
- 02:43
- Composer
- Antonio Vivaldi
- Ensemble
- Symphony of Harmony and Invention
- Conductor
- Harry Christophers
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13 Magnificat anima mea (Chorus) 02:52
- Track
- 13
- Title
- Magnificat anima mea (Chorus)
- Duration
- 02:52
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Ensemble
- Symphony of Harmony and Invention
- Conductor
- Harry Christophers
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14 Et exultavit (Soprano 2) 02:23
- Track
- 14
- Title
- Et exultavit (Soprano 2)
- Duration
- 02:23
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Gillian Fisher
- Ensemble
- Symphony of Harmony and Invention
- Conductor
- Harry Christophers
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15 Quia respexit (Soprano 1) 02:12
- Track
- 15
- Title
- Quia respexit (Soprano 1)
- Duration
- 02:12
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Lynda Russell
- Ensemble
- Symphony of Harmony and Invention
- Conductor
- Harry Christophers
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16 Omnes generationes (Chorus) 01:11
- Track
- 16
- Title
- Omnes generationes (Chorus)
- Duration
- 01:11
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Ensemble
- Symphony of Harmony and Invention
- Conductor
- Harry Christophers
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17 Quia fecit mihi magna (Bass) 02:10
- Track
- 17
- Title
- Quia fecit mihi magna (Bass)
- Duration
- 02:10
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Michael George
- Ensemble
- Symphony of Harmony and Invention
- Conductor
- Harry Christophers
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18 Et misericordia (Alto, Tenor) 03:36
- Track
- 18
- Title
- Et misericordia (Alto, Tenor)
- Duration
- 03:36
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Alison Browner, Ian Partridge
- Ensemble
- Symphony of Harmony and Invention
- Conductor
- Harry Christophers
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19 Fecit potentiam (Chorus) 01:51
- Track
- 19
- Title
- Fecit potentiam (Chorus)
- Duration
- 01:51
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Ensemble
- Symphony of Harmony and Invention
- Conductor
- Harry Christophers
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20 Deposuit potentes (Tenor) 01:59
- Track
- 20
- Title
- Deposuit potentes (Tenor)
- Duration
- 01:59
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Ian Partridge
- Ensemble
- Symphony of Harmony and Invention
- Conductor
- Harry Christophers
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21 Esurientes (Alto) 02:55
- Track
- 21
- Title
- Esurientes (Alto)
- Duration
- 02:55
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Alison Browner
- Ensemble
- Symphony of Harmony and Invention
- Conductor
- Harry Christophers
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22 Suscepit Israel (Chorus) 02:08
- Track
- 22
- Title
- Suscepit Israel (Chorus)
- Duration
- 02:08
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Ensemble
- Symphony of Harmony and Invention
- Conductor
- Harry Christophers
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23 Sicut locutus est (Chorus) 01:32
- Track
- 23
- Title
- Sicut locutus est (Chorus)
- Duration
- 01:32
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Ensemble
- Symphony of Harmony and Invention
- Conductor
- Harry Christophers
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24 Gloria (Chorus) 02:22
- Track
- 24
- Title
- Gloria (Chorus)
- Duration
- 02:22
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Ensemble
- Symphony of Harmony and Invention
- Conductor
- Harry Christophers