Karina Gauvin - Vivaldi: Motets for Soprano (1998)

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Title: Vivaldi: Motets for Soprano
Year Of Release: 1998
Label: Analecta
Genre: Classical, Vocal
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 58:36
Total Size: 301 mb
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Tracklist:

Sum in medio tempestatum, solo motet for voice, strings & continuo in F major, RV 632:
1. Movement 1: Aria (Allegro non molto)
2. Movement 2: Recitativo
3. Movement 3: Aria (Largo)
4. Movement 4: Alleluia
O qui coeli terraeque serenitas, solo motet for voice, strings & continuo in E flat major, RV 631:
5. Movement 1: Aria [Andante]
6. Movement 2: Recitativo
7. Movement 3: Aria (Largo)
8. Movement 4: Alleluia
Laudate Pueri Dominum (Psalm 112), for voice, strings & continuo in C minor, RV 600:
9. Movement 1: Laudate pueri (Allegro)
10. Movement 2: Sit nomen Domini (Largo)
11. Movement 3: A solis ortu (Allegro)
12. Movement 4: Excelsus super omnes (Andante)
13. Movement 5: Quis sicut Dominus (Largo)
14. Movement 6: Suscitans a terra (Presto-Adagio-And
15. Movement 7: Ut collocet (Allegro)
16. Movement 8: Gloria patri (Largo)
17. Movement 9: Laudate pueri - Sicut erat (Allegro)
18. Movement 10: Amen (Allegro)

Performers:
Karina Gauvin (soprano)
Les Chambristes de Ville-Marie
Jean-François Gauthier

"...Karina Gauvin...is comfortably able to get the better of Vivaldi's coloratura, athletic intervals and ornaments....Gauvin offers...[an] affecting performance of two motets, one of them, 'Sum in medio tempestatum' a real rarity in performance..."

What a wonderful CD. The music is awesome, proof that Vivaldi didn't write the same concerto 10,000 times. Words can't discribe how good Karina Gauvin is. Even if you are one of those people (and you know who you are) who is allergic to vocals in your classical music, this is a must buy. This will put a huge smile on your face and keep it there.