Hyperion Records | Vivaldi: Sacred Music, Vol. 01

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Recording details: August 1994
St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Ben Turner
Engineered by Philip Hobbs
Release date: April 1995
Total duration: 61 minutes 7 seconds

GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE
PREMIO INTERNAZIONALE DEL DISCO ANTONIO VIVALDI (ITALY)
DIAPASON D'OR

'Very special indeed... The ebullient notes come bouncing off the page and just when it seems that everyone is giving their stupendous all, Robert King manages to squeeze a little extra. A Dixit Dominus to sweep you off your feet. Volume 1 is going to be a hard act to follow' (Classic CD)

‘Lustrous, immaculate performances’ (The New Yorker)

'The production values on this disc could hardly be bettered. I don't know what Hyperion is feeding their recording equipment but these are some contented cows and they produce pure Devonshire cream. This is deep sound, the kind the listener practically feels he can reach out and touch. There is scarcely a church or concert hall anywhere in the world with an ambience this sensual ... One of the finest discs to have come my way this year. Look for this one on my year-end Want list. But don't wait till December, buy it now' (Fanfare, USA)

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Sacred Music, Vol. 01

King's Consort Choir, The King's Consort, Robert King (conductor)

		Magnificat, RV610a
1		Movement 1: Magnificat [1'05]
2		Movement 2: Et exultavit [2'09] Catherine Denley (contralto), Lynton Atkinson (tenor)
3		Movement 3: Et misericordia [3'10]
4		Movement 4: Fecit potentiam [0'29]
5		Movement 5: Deposuit potentes [0'55]
6		Movement 6: Esurientes [1'48] Susan Gritton (soprano), Lisa Milne (soprano)
7		Movement 7: Suscepit Israel [0'48]
8		Movement 8: Sicut locutus est [1'44]
9		Movement 9: Gloria [1'44]
10		Lauda Ierusalem, RV609 [7'15] Susan Gritton (soprano), Lisa Milne (soprano)
		Kyrie eleison, RV587
11		Movement 1: Kyrie eleison [3'55]
12		Movement 2: Christe eleison [2'41]
13		Movement 3: Kyrie eleison [2'09]
		Credo in unum Deum, RV591
14		Movement 1: Credo [2'12]
15		Movement 2: Et incarnatus est [1'30]
16		Movement 3: Crucifixus [2'30]
17		Movement 4: Et resurrexit [2'00]
		Dixit Dominus, RV594
18		Movement 01: Dixit Dominus [2'11]
19		Movement 02: Donec ponam [3'10]
20		Movement 03: Virgam virtutis tuae [2'10] Susan Gritton (soprano), Lisa Milne (soprano)
21		Movement 04: Tecum principium [2'41] Catherine Denley (contralto)
22		Movement 05: Iuravit Dominus [2'05]
23		Movement 06: Dominus a dextris tuis [1'49] Lynton Atkinson (tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone)
24		Movement 07: Iudicabit in nationibus [2'03]
25		Movement 08: De torrente [2'52] Catherine Denley (contralto)
26		Movement 09: Gloria [1'22]
27		Movement 10: Sicut erat in principio [2'40]