Vivaldi's Women

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Vivaldi’s use of colour and texture is, like the great Venetian painters before him, one of the defining characteristics of his style – as La Serenissima’s new disc vividly demonstrates. This... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 26th Aug 2022
Catalogue No: SIGCD699
Label: Signum
Length: 70 minutes

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Vivaldi: Viola d'amore concerto in D minor RV394

Work length10:18

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La Serenissima
Adrian Chandler

I. Allegro

Track length4:24

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II. Largo

Track length1:56

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III. Allegro

Track length3:58

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Vivaldi: Violin Concerto, RV 313

Work length8:43

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La Serenissima
Adrian Chandler

I. Allegro

Track length3:03

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II. Andante

Track length2:38

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III. Allegro

Track length3:02

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Vivaldi: Cur sagittas, cur tela RV637

Work length11:04

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Jess Dandy
La Serenissima
Adrian Chandler

I. Aria: Allegro "Cur sagittas, cur tela, cur faces"

Track length3:48

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II. Recitativo accompagnato "Hostibus circumventa undique et armis"

Track length1:43

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III. Aria: Andante "In te beate Pater"

Track length5:33

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Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin, Strings & Continuo in F Major (from Harmonia Mundi, Second Collection)

Work length7:03

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La Serenissima
Adrian Chandler

I. Allegro

Track length3:00

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II. Adagio

Track length1:41

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III. Allegro

Track length2:22

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Vivaldi: Concerto in D minor for violin, organ & strings RV541

Work length8:38

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Robert Howarth
La Serenissima
Adrian Chandler

I. Allegro

Track length3:42

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II. Grave

Track length2:39

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III. Allegro

Track length2:17

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Vivaldi: Nisi Dominus RV803

Work length24:35

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Claire Booth, Renata Pokupić, Louise Strickland, Carina Drury, Robert Howarth, Jess Dandy
La Serenissima
Adrian Chandler

I. Allegro "Nisi Dominus aedificaverit domum"

Track length1:46

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II. Allegro "Nisi Dominus custodierit civitatem"

Track length2:48

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III. Allegro "Vanum est vobis ante lucem"

Track length2:35

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IV. Andante "Cum dederit dilectis suis"

Track length3:14

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V. Allegro "Sicut sagittae in manu potentis"

Track length2:35

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VI. Largo "Beatus vir qui implevit desiderium"

Track length5:13

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VII. Larghetto "Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spritui

Track length4:44

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VIII. Allegro "Sicut erat in principio"

Track length1:40

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‘Vivaldi’s Women’ showcases Vivaldi compositions written for the women of the Ospedale della Pietài, a Venetian institution (founded c.1340) that cared for unwanted children, often illegitimate or physically disadvantaged.

This latest release from La Serenissima includes a world premiere recording of a newly-discovered concerto in F, and instruments invented by Vivaldi himself including the violin ‘in tromba marina’, a newly commissioned Italian viola d’amore (to a design by Stradivarius) and a chalumeau.

La Serenissima is recognised as the UK’s leading exponent of the music of 18th Century Venice and connected composers. Uniquely, the group’s entire repertoire is edited from source material, and it has been praised for its “glorious and all-too-rare ability to make one’s pulse race afresh with every new project” - Gramophone

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October 2022

Vivaldi’s use of colour and texture is, like the great Venetian painters before him, one of the defining characteristics of his style – as La Serenissima’s new disc vividly demonstrates. This collection of sacred vocal and instrumental works written for the female performers of Venice’s Pietà exploits a host of unusual instruments and vocal timbres.

Mar/Apr 2023

The performance by La Serenissima is well done, with good intonation and a nice sense of phrasing. Claire Booth’s soprano, used sparingly, is nice and full in terms of tone, and the real power belongs to contralto Jess Dandy, whose rich, dark voice and vocal flexibility outlines Vivaldi’s often tortuous parts with ease.

November 2022

Jess Dandy is a game soloist in the wonderfully fiery Cur sagittas, luscious breadth of tone spilling over and softening some of the more awkward gear-shifts of register.

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