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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Baroque Voices 28 - Vivaldi: Stabat Mater
Sara Mingardo Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini Rediscover the feminine vocal world of the red priest. Sara Mingardo and Rinaldo Alessandrini plunge us into the gripping theatricality and emotion of the Stabat Mater, and the exaltation and sorrow of the Virgin at the feet of the cross, plus several other works including three concertos. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Daniel Taylor (counter-tenor and Director) Theatre of Early Music This disc features beautiful and moving works reflecting on the grief of the Virgin Mary written by great Vivaldi, Pergolesi and Bach. Vivaldi’s Stabat Mater dates from around 1711 or 1712 and he used just the first ten verses of the text, creating one of the most sombre of all settings. Bach’s adaptation of Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater uses a contemporary German version of the Biblical Psalm 51. To suit the requirements of the new text Bach made certain alterations to Pergolesi’s vocal parts but retained the scheme of solo arias and duets between a soprano and an alto voice. He also added a new, independent viola part to the score and rewrote the basso continuo, giving the work a new harmonic vitality. Pergolesi’s Salve Regina, composed around the same time as the Stabat Mater, and of a similarly expressive, sorrowful style. Of Pergolesi’s two settings of the text, the present one – originally in C minor – is the most well-known, and is here performed in the F minor version for alto voice. Daniel Taylor directs the Theatre of Early Music as well as performing himself - “The beauty of his voice will stop you in your tracks.” Gramophone “Emma Kirkby at her most serene is matched by Taylor as if they were two faces of a single musical entity. With first-rate surround-sound recording and a warm ambience, this is a disc not to be missed.” BBC Music Magazine, October 2009 ***** “There are at least half a dozen recordings of Vivaldi's Stabat mater that I wouldn’t want to be without but this profoundly beautiful version leaps straight into their ranks. The Theatre of Early Music band is small (just single strings and simple continuo) but its playing never feels underweight, and rhetorical qualities in the music are clear yet unforced. ...Taylor's intelligent and stylish singing belongs in a select class alongside a few of the finest and sweetest voices of its type. ...the well chosen programme is rounded off by Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden (Bach's creative yet respectful adaptation of Pergolesi's Stabat mater, using the text of Psalm 51), in which Emma Kirkby's delicate singing elegantly blends with Taylor's.” Gramophone Magazine, November 2009 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor) Ensemble 415, Chiara Banchini | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Vivaldi: Great Sacred Works
Raphael Alpermann (organ), John Constable (organ), Jochen Kowalski (counter-tenor), Nico van der Meel (tenor) Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, Vittorio Negri One could be forgiven for being more surprised that sacred music does not account for a more substantial proportion of Vivaldi's life's work, especially in view of his having been ordained a priest. The music on this disc, however, presents the 'other' side of Vivaldi, which in recent years has been gaining increasing popularity thanks to the efforts of such singers as Andreas Scholl. Philips made a pioneering set of a range of Vivaldi's sacred music and from it is culled music on this disc – uplifting and energising. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Maria, Madre di Dio
Agnès Mellon (soprano) & Matthew White (countertenor) Ensemble Arion, Monica Huggett (guest conductor) This recording features 4 works dedicated to the Virgin Mary (2 in Italian, 2 in Latin). The soloists are accompanied by a luscious 15-piece orchestra. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi (director) The award-winning combination of the singers Philippe Jaroussky and Marie-Nicole Lemieux, and conductor Jean-Christophe Spinosi, are featured in outstanding new versions of two of Vivaldi’s major sacred choral works, the “Nisi Dominus” and the “Stabat Mater”, likely to become a jewel in the crown of Naïve’s ‘Vivaldi Edition’ “Lemieux's Stabat mater, on the other hand, is deeply emotive, and its more expansive moments are finely judged.” Gramophone Magazine, May 2008 “…Jaroussky's expressive delicacy is beguiling and he is everywhere accompanied with acute sensibility by Ensemble Matheus.” BBC Music Magazine, April 2008 **** | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Volume 11 - Pergolese & Vivaldi
Gemma Bertagnolli & Sara Mingardo Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini Pergolesi composed his poignant Stabat Mater, a classic of Baroque music, when he was only twenty-four. He died two years later. Vivaldi’s setting of the same text is perhaps not as well known, but it is a deeply moving evocation of the Virgin Mary, and her gentle, tender beauty, as she stands in grief beside the Cross. | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Vivaldi - Sacred Music Volume 2
Tracy Smith Bessette (soprano) & Marion Newman (contralto) Aradia Ensemble, Kevin Mallon “The period-instrument Aradia Ensemble under the expert direction of Kevin Mallon are building an excellent reputation for themselves in the early music field…. Mallon’s Toronto-based ensemble sound on their best form providing beautiful smooth playing, that is fresh, bright and immediate. The liner notes from regular Naxos author Keith Anderson are of the highest quality.” MusicWeb International “We owe a great deal to Naxos for discovering and promoting hidden talent. Their patronage has revealed the excellent Toronto-based Aradia Ensemble and Kevin Mallon, their director. Their accompaniment here is rhythmically well-sprung and thoughtfully but discreetly phrased.” BBC Music Magazine | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Carlos Mena (counter tenor); François Fernandez (viola d'amore) Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot “Carlos Mena warmly communicates the spiritual piety of the poem and Philippe Pierlot thoughtfully directs a touching performance.” Gramophone Magazine, October 2007 | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Vivaldi - Vespers of SorrowMusic for an imagined celebration of the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows at the Ospedale della Pietà in Venice, 15th September 1727
Jakub Burzynski (counter-tenor) La Tempesta | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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