Jakub Burzynski - Vivaldi: Vespers of Sorrow (2004)

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Artist: Jakub Burzynski & La Tempesta
Title: Vivaldi: Vespers of Sorrow
Year Of Release: 2004
Label: BIS
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue, log, artwork)
Total Time: 54:18
Total Size: 287 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

Stabat Mater, RV 621
01 I. Stabat Mater dolorosa 02:15
02 II. Cuius animam gementem 01:22
03 III. O quam tristis et afflicta 01:18
04 IV. Quis est homo 02:03
05 V. Quis non posset contristari 01:20
06 VI. Pro peccatis suae gentis 01:18
07 VII. Eia mater 02:19
08 VIII. Fac ut ardeat cor meum 01:05
09 IX. Amen 01:31
10 X. Amen II 00:49

Sonata al Santo Sepolcro, RV 130
11 I. Largo molto 01:48
12 II. Allegro 01:31

Nisi Dominus, RV 608
13 I. Nisi Dominus aedificaverit domum 02:21
14 II. Vanum est vobis 01:25
15 III. Surgite postquam sederitis 01:15
16 IV. Cum dederit dilectis suis 03:10
17 V. Sicut sagittae 01:27
18 VI. Beatus vir 00:49
19 VII. Gloria Patri 03:05
20 VIII. Sicut erat in principio 00:55
21 IX. Amen 01:41

Magnificat, RV 611
22 I. Magnificat anima mea 01:03
23 II. Ex exultavit 02:00
24 III. Quia respexit 01:58
25 IV. Quia fecit 01:42
26 V. Et misericordia 03:01
27 VI. Fecit potentiam 00:24
28 VII. Deposuit potentes 00:46
29 VIII. Esurientes 01:53
30 IX. Suscepit Israel 00:44
31 X. Sicut locutus est 01:41
32 XI. Gloria Patri 01:41

33 Salve Regina (plainchant) 01:37

This disc combines works which could have been used for an imagined vespers on the Catholic feast commemorating the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Our Lady of Sorrows. The place for this Vespers of Sorrow is the Ospedale della Pietà in Venice, the charitable institution with which Antonio Vivaldi was associated almost all of his active life.

The works chosen include a setting of Stabat Mater ('The grieving mother stood…') and Nisi Dominus, both for contralto and strings, as well as Magnificat in a version for soloists, choir and strings. Included is also the instrumental sonata 'Al Santo Sepolcro' ('At the Holy Sepulchre'), and concluding the Vespers is a plainchant Salve Regina ('Hail, O Queen…').

This unusual and highly moving programme is presented by the young Polish counter-tenor Jakub Burzynski, who with this disc makes his début on BIS. A dramatic and highly imaginative disc!

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