Boston Baroque and Martin Pearlman - Vivaldi: Gloria in D Major, RV 589 - Bach: Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243 (2006)
Artist: Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman, Tamara Matthews, Deanne Meek, Mary Phillips, Lani Spahr, Stephen Powell, Don Frazure, Wendy Rolfe, Marc Schachman, Christopher Krueger
Title: Vivaldi: Gloria in D Major, RV 589 - Bach: Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243
Year Of Release: 2006
Label: Telarc
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 52:51
Total Size: 253 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Vivaldi: Gloria in D Major, RV 589 - Bach: Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243
Year Of Release: 2006
Label: Telarc
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 52:51
Total Size: 253 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
1. Gloria in D Major, RV 589 : Vivaldi: Gloria in D Major, RV 589 - I. Gloria in excelsis (02:14)
2. Gloria in D Major, RV 589 : Vivaldi: Gloria in D Major, RV 589 - II. Et in terra pax (04:09)
3. Gloria in D Major, RV 589 : Vivaldi: Gloria in D Major, RV 589 - III. Laudamus te (02:18)
4. Gloria in D Major, RV 589 : Vivaldi: Gloria in D Major, RV 589 - IV. Gratias agimus tibi - V. Propter magnam gloriam (01:21)
5. Gloria in D Major, RV 589 : Vivaldi: Gloria in D Major, RV 589 - VI. Domine Deus (03:54)
6. Gloria in D Major, RV 589 : Vivaldi: Gloria in D Major, RV 589 - VII. Domine Fili unigenite (02:07)
7. Gloria in D Major, RV 589 : Vivaldi: Gloria in D Major, RV 589 - VIII. Domine Deus, Agnus Dei (03:43)
8. Gloria in D Major, RV 589 : Vivaldi: Gloria in D Major, RV 589 - IX. Qui tollis peccata mundi (00:59)
9. Gloria in D Major, RV 589 : Vivaldi: Gloria in D Major, RV 589 - X. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris (02:25)
10. Gloria in D Major, RV 589 : Vivaldi: Gloria in D Major, RV 589 - XI. Quoniam tu solus sanctus (00:44)
11. Gloria in D Major, RV 589 : Vivaldi: Gloria in D Major, RV 589 - XII. Cum Sancto Spiritu (02:54)
12. Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243 : J.S. Bach: Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243 - I. Magnificat (02:55)
13. Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243 : J.S. Bach: Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243 - II. Et exsultavit spiritus meus (02:06)
14. Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243 : J.S. Bach: Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243 - III. Quia respexit humilitatem (02:21)
15. Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243 : J.S. Bach: Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243 - IV. Omnes generationes (01:15)
16. Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243 : J.S. Bach: Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243 - V. Quia fecit mihi magna (01:55)
17. Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243 : J.S. Bach: Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243 - VI. Et misericordia (03:30)
18. Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243 : J.S. Bach: Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243 - VII. Fecit potentiam (01:46)
19. Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243 : J.S. Bach: Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243 - VIII. Deposuit potentes (01:54)
20. Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243 : J.S. Bach: Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243 - IX. Esurientes implevit bonis (02:34)
21. Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243 : J.S. Bach: Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243 - X. Suscepit Israel (02:07)
22. Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243 : J.S. Bach: Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243 - XI. Sicut locutus est (01:21)
23. Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243 : J.S. Bach: Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243 - XIIa. Gloria Patri (01:18)
24. Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243 : J.S. Bach: Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243 - XIIb. Sicut erat in principio (00:51)
Intimidating numbers of choices await the listener looking for a recording of either Bach's Magnificat, Vivaldi's Gloria, RV 589, or, as often happens, both together on one disc. This well-recorded Telarc release, however, presents a distinctive and perhaps even unprecedented set of forces: the two works are performed on period instruments, but the medium-sized (about 25 singers) vocal ensemble (the Boston Baroque includes both players and singers as needed) has a full, straightforward but well-blended American civic chorus sound. The combination generally works well under the direction of Martin Pearlman, who favors very quick tempos in the fast movements and sharp articulation of individual notes for both the instrumentalists and the chorus, which has obviously been drilled within an inch of its life. Vivaldi's festive, welcoming octaves at the beginning of the Gloria come out as sharp, jittery stabs of sound, which is not going to be to everyone's taste. The advantages of Pearlman's style, however, are apparent in polyphonic sections such as Vivaldi's concluding "Cum sancto spiritu" fugue and many of the choral passages of the Magnificat, where dense textures are executed with both transparency and energy. The soloists, one might say, are of the world of the chorus rather than of that of the instruments; they have large, rather operatic voices with lots of vibrato. Telarc is known for delivering sonically exciting, precise recordings of choral music, and engineer Jack Renner is not thrown by the presence of period instruments here; all the forces are in balance and heard clearly. The interpretations here are idiosyncratic in spots, but for those in tune with them they strike a good middle-American path between traditional and historically oriented performances.
