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Vivaldi - Music for the Chapel of the Pieta

Mhairi Lawson (soprano), Robert Howarth (organ), Sarah McMahon (cello solo)

La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler (violin & direction)

Vivaldi - Music for the Chapel of the Pieta
…Mhairi Lawson sings with secure intonation, expressive sensibility and pleasing warmth of colour. Chandler is the solo violinist in four strongly contrasted concertos… In two of them he is...

Vivaldi - Music for the Chapel of the Pieta

Mhairi Lawson (soprano), Robert Howarth (organ), Sarah McMahon (cello solo)

La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler (violin & direction)

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…Mhairi Lawson sings with secure intonation, expressive sensibility and pleasing warmth of colour. Chandler is the solo violinist in four strongly contrasted concertos… In two of them he is...

About

Baroque violinist extraordinaire Adrian Chandler has produced two of the most popular and enduring CDs in the Avie catalogue: Per Monsieur Pisendel, sonatas by Albinoni, Pisendel and Vivaldi (AV 0018); and Vivaldi in Arcadia, a selection of pastorale concertos and arias (AV 0031). His scholarship and passion for the works of the Red Priest marry with his dazzling virtuosity and evident glee on his third Avie offering, Music for the Chapel of the Pietà. Vivaldi’s infamous output during his time at the girl’s orphanage Ospedale della Pietà was complemented for a time when he served as the Maestro di Coro at the Pietà, producing the enchanting Salve Regina and the rich Laudate Pueri, presented here with the stunning soprano Mhairi Lawson. The instrumental works, which include two novel concerti for violin and organ, were almost certainly written for intervals in the Pietà’s church services.

Contents and tracklist

Allegro - Adagio - Allegro - Adagio
Track length5:28
Allegro
Track length3:51
Allegro
Track length2:18
Sit nomen Domini: Largo
Track length2:53
A solis ortu: Allegro
Track length2:02
Excelsus super omnes: Andante - Adagio - Andante
Track length2:57
Quis sicut Dominus: Largo
Track length1:50
Suscitans a terra: Presto - Adagio - Andante - Presto - Adagio - Andante
Track length1:42
Ut collocet eum: Allegro
Track length2:06
Gloria Patri: Largo
Track length3:25
Laudate pueri Dominum ... Sicut erat in principio: Allegro
Track length1:56
Amen: Allegro
Track length2:15
Allegro
Track length4:00
Largo
Track length2:29
Allegro
Track length3:41
Andante
Track length2:52
Ad te clamamus: Allegro
Track length1:32
Eja ergo: Allegro
Track length1:36
Et Jesum benedictum: Andante
Track length2:55
Allegro
Track length4:44
Largo
Track length3:11
Allegro
Track length3:49

Awards and reviews

May 2005

…Mhairi Lawson sings with secure intonation, expressive sensibility and pleasing warmth of colour. Chandler is the solo violinist in four strongly contrasted concertos… In two of them he is joined by organist Robert Howarth who, together with cellist Sarah McMahon... shares solo status. The lively, enthusiastic and stylish playing, caught in dryish sound, is infectious and deserves to win friends.
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