Vivaldi: Gloria; Scarlatti: Dixit dominus

On this CD:

1. Gloria, for 3 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, oboe, violin (ad lib), 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 589
Composed by Antonio Vivaldi
Performed by English Concert with Nancy Argenta, Ingrid Attrot, Catherine Denley, Trevor Pinnock, David Reichenberg
Conducted by Trevor Pinnock

2. Dixit Dominus IV, for soloists, chorus, strings & continuo
Composed by Alessandro Scarlatti
Performed by English Concert with Nancy Argenta, Ingrid Attrot, Catherine Denley, Trevor Pinnock, David Reichenberg
Conducted by Trevor Pinnock

Vivaldi: Gloria; Scarlatti: Dixit dominus, Music, Ashley Stafford, Catherine Denley, Stephen Varcoe, Alessandro Scarlatti, Antonio Vivaldi, Trevor Pinnock, David Reichenberg, English Concert, Ingrid Attrot, Nancy Argenta, Crispian Steele-Perkins, Simon Standage, Baroque Motet, Choral, Classical, Classical Music, Gloria
Vivaldi: Gloria; Scarlatti: Dixit dominus
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Same old Vivaldi, but exciting new Scarlatti
  • Pleasing but not Perfect
 Vivaldi: Gloria; Scarlatti: Dixit dominus

Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

All Works by Alessandro ScarlattiAll Works by Alessandro Scarlatti | Scarlatti, Alessandro | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
All Works by VivaldiAll Works by Vivaldi | Vivaldi, Antonio | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
Pinnock, TrevorPinnock, Trevor | ( P ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
MotetsMotets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0000057D6
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Gloria: Gloria in excelsis Deo
  2. Gloria: Et in terra pax hominibus
  3. Gloria: Laudamus te
  4. Gloria: Gratias agimus tibi
  5. Gloria: Propter magnam gloriam tuam
  6. Gloria: Domine Deus, Rex caelestis
  7. Gloria: Domine Fili unigenite
  8. Gloria: Dominie Deus, Agnus Dei
  9. Gloria: Qui tollis peccata mundi
  10. Gloria: Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris
  11. Gloria: Quoniam tu solus sancus
  12. Gloria: Cum Sancto Spiritu
  13. Dixit Dominus
  14. Dixit Dominus: Virgam virtutis
  15. Dixit Dominus: Teccum principium
  16. Dixit Dominus: Juravit Dominus
  17. Dixit Dominus: Dominus a dextris tuis
  18. Dixit Dominus: Judicabit in nationibus
  19. Dixit Dominus: De torrente in via bibet
  20. Dixit Dominus: Gloria Patri

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Same old Vivaldi, but exciting new Scarlatti.......2006-02-10

We have all heard Vivaldi's Gloria more times than we care to count, and while it is a very good piece of music, one tends to get jaded after a while. Suffice it to say that Pinnock's version is totally adequate.

My real interest with this release is the Scarlatti Dixit Dominus which is quite worth hearing. We hear very little of Alessandro's sacred music, and if it is all of such high quality I don't know why. While it is not near as daring or energetic as the fantastic setting by a young Handel, none the less it has plenty of original ideas, beautiful melodies and inertia. All of the movements are ear-catching, and there is some very clever counterpoint, particularly in the concluding chorus. The performance is very fine, and I have no complaints with the string band, chorus or soloists. While it may not be very well known or appreciated, this Dixit is definitely the highlight of this disc to me.

4 out of 5 stars Pleasing but not Perfect.......2000-04-09

A very fine performance of Vivaldi's best-known choral work. Unfortunately, as with Pinnock's version of Haydn's "Nelson" Mass, the mispronunciation of Ecclesiastical Latin is irritating. One reviewer of the "Nelson" Mass, defends such pronunciation as an historically-informed use of the 'German method' of pronouncing Latin. No such excuse can be made for the same mispronunciation in Pinnock's Vivaldi.

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