Hyperion Records | Vivaldi: Sacred Music, Vol. 05

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CDA66799

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Recording details: October 1998
St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Ben Turner
Engineered by Philip Hobbs
Release date: February 1999
Total duration: 77 minutes 24 seconds
Available for download on iTunes: No

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GOLDBERG MAGAZINE 50 DISCS OF THE DECADE

'A superlative recording and exemplary notes add to the desirability of an absolute must' (Goldberg)

'Outstanding!' (Early Music Review)

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Sacred Music, Vol. 05

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

		In turbato mare irato, RV627
1		Movement 1: In turbato mare irato [6:32] Susan Gritton (soprano)
2		Movement 2: Splende serena, o lux amata [0:43] Susan Gritton (soprano)
3		Movement 3: Respende, bella [5:49] Susan Gritton (soprano)
4		Movement 4: Alleluia [2:19] Susan Gritton (soprano)
		Non in pratis aut in hortis, RV641
5		Movement 1: Non in pratis aut in hortis [0:54] Jean Rigby (contralto)
6		Movement 2: Ibi spinis confixus [1:41] Jean Rigby (contralto)
7		Movement 3: Pro me caput spinas habet [8:49] Jean Rigby (contralto)
8		Movement 4: Quaesone facias, Domine [0:55] Jean Rigby (contralto)
		Stabat mater, RV621
9		Movement 1: Stabat mater dolorosa [2:47] Robin Blaze (countertenor)
10		Movement 2: Cuius animam gementem [1:48] Robin Blaze (countertenor)
11		Movement 3: O quam tristis et afflicta [1:56] Robin Blaze (countertenor)
12		Movement 4: Quis est homo, qui non fleret [2:58] Robin Blaze (countertenor)
13		Movement 5: Quis non posset contristari [1:50] Robin Blaze (countertenor)
14		Movement 6: Pro peccatis suae gentis [2:00] Robin Blaze (countertenor)
15		Movement 7: Eia Mater, fons amoris [2:47] Robin Blaze (countertenor)
16		Movement 8: Fac ut ardeat cor meum [1:18] Robin Blaze (countertenor)
17		Movement 9: Amen [1:12] Robin Blaze (countertenor)
		O qui coeli terraeque serenitas, RV631
18		Movement 1: O qui coeli terraeque serenitas [5:12] Susan Gritton (soprano)
19		Movement 2: Fac ut sordescat tellus [0:32] Susan Gritton (soprano)
20		Movement 3: Rosa quae moritur [5:51] Susan Gritton (soprano)
21		Movement 4: Alleluia [1:41] Susan Gritton (soprano)
22		Deus tuorum militum, RV612 [4:27] Jean Rigby (contralto), Charles Daniels (tenor)
		Confitebor tibi, Domine, RV596
23		Movement 1: Confitebor tibi, Domine [2:42] Jean Rigby (contralto), Charles Daniels (tenor), Neal Davies (bass)
24		Movement 2: Memoriam fecit mirabilium suorum [3:29] Jean Rigby (contralto), Neal Davies (bass), Charles Daniels (tenor)
25		Movement 3: Sanctum et terribile nomen eius [2:42] Jean Rigby (contralto), Charles Daniels (tenor), Neal Davies (bass)
26		Movement 4: Intellectus bonus omnibus [1:58] Jean Rigby (contralto), Charles Daniels (tenor), Neal Davies (bass)
27		Movement 5: Gloria Patri, et Filio [1:19] Charles Daniels (tenor)
28		Movement 6: Et in saecula saeculorum [1:13] Jean Rigby (contralto), Charles Daniels (tenor), Neal Davies (bass)

The fifth volume in Robert King's acclaimed series opens with Susan Gritton singing the highly virtuosic In turbato mare, the metaphorical ship of the soul truly having a rough time at sea. This flamboyance leads to the more contemplative Non in pratis, the introduction to a Miserere setting, now lost. The famous Stabat mater then becomes the ideal vehicle to reveal the vocal sweetness of young countertenor Robin Blaze.

Three further motets round off the programme: O qui coelis includes the extraordinary aria 'Rosa qui moritur' ('The rose which dies'), plaintively sung by Susan Gritton; Deus tuorum is a simple strophic setting of this famous Hymn, but one which is strangely captivating; and the trio Confitebor tibi, Domine ranks among Vivaldi's supreme achievements in the genre.