Hyperion Records | Vivaldi: Sacred Music, Vol. 03

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Venice: The Basin of San Marco on Ascension Day by Antonio Canaletto (1697-1768)
Reproduced by permission of The Trustees, The National Gallery, London

CDA66789

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Recording details: January 1997
St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Ben Turner
Engineered by Philip Hobbs
Release date: May 1997
Total duration: 69 minutes 34 seconds
Available for download on iTunes: Yes

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'Robert King réalise dans chaque pièce une belle progression dynamique, sans aggressivité, avec une pression jubilatoire qui n'oubli jamais le contenu spirituel des textes' (Répertoire, France)

'Performances and recording quality are exemplary' (BBC Music Magazine)

'A rewarding issue, well documented and spaciously recorded' (Gramophone)

'Robert King's revelatory series cannot fail to enhance the status of Vivaldi's choral music. His sparkling attack and consistently fine choice of soloists have revealed unexpected masterpieces' (Classic CD)

'Outstanding performances that have vitality and fervour without sacrificing clarity' (Goldberg, Spain)

'The superlatives flow just as easily as reviews on the previous two discs have done' (Organists' Review)

'Interpretaciónes magnificas' (Ritmo, Spain)

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Sacred Music, Vol. 03

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

		Dixit Dominus, RV595
1		Movement 01: Dixit Dominus [2:04]
2		Movement 02: Donec ponam inimicos tuos [2:41]
3		Movement 03: Virgam virtutis tuae [2:19] Catrin Wyn-Davies (soprano)
4		Movement 04: Tecum principium [2:05] Susan Gritton (soprano), Catrin Wyn-Davies (soprano)
5		Movement 05: Iuravit Dominus [1:22]
6		Movement 06: Dominus a dextris tuis [1:41] Susan Gritton (soprano)
7		Movement 07: Iudicabit in nationibus [2:49] Catherine Denley (contralto)
8		Movement 08: De torrente in via bibet [2:36] Catherine Denley (contralto)
9		Movement 09: Gloria Patri, et Filio [1:42] Catherine Denley (contralto), Charles Daniels (tenor), Michael George (bass)
10		Movement 10: Sicut erat in principio [0:50]
11		Movement 11: Et in saecula saeculorum [2:52]
		Domine ad adiuvandum, RV593
12		Movement 1: Domine ad adiuvandum [2:23]
13		Movement 2: Gloria Patri, et Filio [2:46] Susan Gritton (soprano)
14		Movement 3: Sicut erat in principio [1:56]
15		Credidi propter quod, RV605 [7:04]
16		Beatus vir, RV598 [7:11] Susan Gritton (soprano), Catrin Wyn-Davies (soprano), Catherine Denley (contralto)
		Beatus vir, RV597
17		Movement 01: Beatus vir [2:20]
18		Movement 02: Potens in terra [2:00] Neal Davies (bass), Michael George (bass)
19		Movement 03: Beatus vir [0:28]
20		Movement 04: Gloria et divitiae [2:32] Susan Gritton (soprano), Catrin Wyn-Davies (soprano)
21		Movement 05: Beatus vir [0:30]
22		Movement 06: Exortum est in tenebris [3:10]
23		Movement 07: Iucundus homo [2:05] Susan Gritton (soprano)
24		Movement 08: Beatus vir [0:29]
25		Movement 09: In memoria aeterna [3:38] Catherine Denley (contralto), Charles Daniels (tenor), Michael George (bass)
26		Movement 10: Beatus vir [0:30]
27		Movement 11: Paratum cor eius [1:54]
28		Movement 12: Peccator videbit [2:46] Charles Daniels (tenor)
29		Movement 13: Beatus vir [0:28]
30		Movement 14: Gloria Patri, et Filio [2:23]

The first release in The King's Consort's series of Vivaldi recordings was declared 'Best Vivaldi Recording of 1995' by the Vivaldi Institute in Venice. With this third volume we present five more large-scale choral works, including the rarely heard 'second' Dixit Dominus and two settings of the Beatus vir. RV597 is the famous one and includes the 'antifona' on the words 'Beatus vir' which recurs throughout the work to such great effect.

Domine ad adjuvandum has been justifiably described as Vivaldi's 'most perfect' sacred composition and fully exploits the antiphonal potential of double choirs and orchestras: a work of great panache.