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Special offer. Vivaldi: The Great Venetian Mass

Les Arts Florissants (early music ensemble), Paul Agnew (tenor), Sophie Karthäuser (soprano), Lucile Richardot (mezzo-soprano), Renata Pokupić (mezzo-soprano)

Vivaldi: The Great Venetian Mass

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The whole is expressively shaped by Paul Agnew, whose supple moulding of the musical lines and vivid contrasts of tempos serve, above all, to highlight the words...In sum, a creative idea that...

BBC Music Magazine, September 20225 out of 5 stars

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Special offer. Vivaldi: The Great Venetian Mass

Les Arts Florissants (early music ensemble), Paul Agnew (tenor), Sophie Karthäuser (soprano), Lucile Richardot (mezzo-soprano), Renata Pokupić (mezzo-soprano)

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The whole is expressively shaped by Paul Agnew, whose supple moulding of the musical lines and vivid contrasts of tempos serve, above all, to highlight the words...In sum, a creative idea that...

BBC Music Magazine, September 20225 out of 5 stars

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A puzzling paradox: although Vivaldi devoted over 30 years to composing for the Ospedale della Pietà in Venice, no complete musical setting of any liturgy by him has come down to us. By intercalating existing examples of his sacred music (such as the famous Gloria) and other works given a different text to suit their new liturgical function (Sanctus and Agnus Dei), the ensemble Les Arts Florissants now offers us a compelling reconstruction of a solemn Mass which the ‘Red-Haired Priest’ might have written... for just such an assembly of exceptional soloists!

Contents and tracklist

Vivaldi: Kyrie, RV587
Work length8:09
Coro "Kyrie eleison" I
Track length3:33
Coro "Christe eleison"
Track length2:27
Coro "Kyrie eleison" II
Track length2:09
Vivaldi: Introduzione al Gloria, RV 642 'Ostro picta, armata spina'
Work length7:41
Aria "Ostro picta, armata spina"
Track length3:01
Recitativo "Sic transit vana et brevis gloria mundi"
Track length1:05
Aria "Linguis favete, omnes silete"
Track length3:35
Vivaldi: Gloria in D major, RV589
Work length27:53
Coro "Gloria in excelsis Deo"
Track length2:14
Coro "Et in terra pax hominibus"
Track length5:32
Duetto "Laudamus te, benedicimus te"
Track length2:20
Coro "Gratias agimus tibi"
Track length1:07
Aria "Domine Deus, Rex cælestis"
Track length3:35
Coro "Domine fili unigenite"
Track length2:16
Accompagnato e Coro "Domine Deus, Agnus Dei"
Track length4:15
Coro "Qui tollis peccata mundi, suscipe depracationem"
Track length0:51
Aria "Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris"
Track length2:17
Coro "Quoniam tu solus sanctus"
Track length3:26
Vivaldi: Credo, RV591
Work length9:23
Coro "Credo in unum Deum"
Track length2:02
Coro "Et incarnatus est"
Track length1:18
Coro "Crucifixus etiam pro nobis"
Track length3:16
Coro "Et resurrexit tertia die"
Track length2:47
Vivaldi: Sanctus (contrafactum by Les Arts Florissants of Beatus Vir, RV. 597 / 1 & Dixit Dominus, RV. 807 / 7): Coro "Sanctus Dominus, Deus Sabaoth"
Work length1:42
Vivaldi: Sanctus (contrafactum by Les Arts Florissants of Beatus Vir, RV. 597 / 1 & Dixit Dominus, RV. 807 / 7): Coro "Pleni sunt cæli et terra gloria tua"
Work length1:10
Vivaldi: Sanctus (contrafactum by Les Arts Florissants of Beatus Vir, RV. 597 / 1 & Dixit Dominus, RV. 807 / 7): Coro "Osanna in excelsis"
Work length0:55
Vivaldi: Benedictus (contrafactum by Les Arts Florissants of Dixit Dominus, RV. 807 / 8): Aria "Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini"
Work length4:39
Vivaldi: Benedictus (contrafactum by Les Arts Florissants of Dixit Dominus, RV. 807 / 8): Coro"Hosanna in excelsis"
Work length0:58
Vivaldi: Agnus Dei (contrafactum by Les Arts Florissants of Magnificat, RV. 610 / 1 et 8 & Kyrie RV. 587): Coro "Agnus Dei"
Work length5:22

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Awards and reviews

  • Record Review
    25th June 2022
    Record of the Week
  • BBC Music Magazine
    September 2022
    Choral & Song Choice

September 2022

The whole is expressively shaped by Paul Agnew, whose supple moulding of the musical lines and vivid contrasts of tempos serve, above all, to highlight the words...In sum, a creative idea that sheds new light on some old favourites.
5 out of 5 stars

September 2022

This is richly enjoyable Vivaldi throughout, and for the Gloria may even be a top choice.
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