Author: VIVALDI,ANTONIO

Format: Import

Release Date: 01-08-2003

Details: Product Description VIVALDI, ANTONIO Amazon.ca Vivaldi's remarkable productivity was not limited to the "600 concertos" which everyone now knows of. Little by little we begin to discover the other aspects of its creation, a process in which the contribution of the National University Library of Turin once again proves to be essential: do we know, for example, that this institution preserves 57 of the 60 works of sacred music written from the pen of Vivaldi and which have come down to us? It is this fund that the present recording sets out to explore, in a program essentially devoted to the sacred motet for solo voice. Sacred, but hardly liturgical... Indeed, the Church had to intervene on several occasions to limit the proliferation at the office of these veritable pieces of bravery, tailor-made for the star vocalists of the day, which also provided an ideal setting for the talents of a lyrical composer like Vivaldi. This is how he offers his singers tunes da capo which have nothing to envy to the highlights of his operas, in an astonishing variety of climates ranging from the pastoral serenity of Nulla in mundo pax sincera to the exceptional "Furia" of Longe Mala, umbrae terrores. Two virtuoso singers, experienced Vivaldians, share this program of vocal fireworks: mezzo laura Polverelli joins soprano Anke Herrmann and conductor Alessandro de Marchi, two of the architects of the great success of Juditha Triumphans (Opus111). --Opus111

UPC: 709861303403

EAN: 0709861303403

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood