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Antonio Vivaldi - Nisi Dominus - Stabat Mater

Antonio Vivaldi - Nisi Dominus - Stabat Mater

Antonio Vivaldi - Nisi Dominus - Stabat Mater
3/16/2008 | CD | individual FLACs | Covers | RARs 189Mb

"The latest Vivaldi recording on Naïve…focuses on sacred works: the Stabat Mater (RV 621) and Nisi Dominus (RV 608), both performed with potent expression by the fine period group Ensemble Matheus, led by Jean-Christophe Spinosi.
Vivaldi, also a priest, wrote the Nisi Dominus for the Ospedale Della Pietà in Venice, where he taught orphaned girls the violin. The countertenor Philippe Jaroussky wields his sweet-toned, radiant voice to emotive effect, displaying both a rapid-fire coloratura technique and a poignant, lyrical expressiveness, particularly haunting in “Cum dederit.”
In the more austere Stabat Mater, Marie-Nicole Lemieux sings with a gripping sense of drama, her darkly rich, agile contralto illuminating the text with anguish and passion.
The Ensemble Matheus plays with vigorous flair and sharply etched dynamic contrasts. Its crisp period approach sounds alternately fiery and gently warm, with dramatic explosions of color in “Surgite postquam” and almost inaudible whisperings at the beginning of “Cum dederit.”
The disc also includes a Crucifixus from a Credo attributed to Vivaldi (RV 592), a moving duet reminiscent of Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater."
– Vivien Schweitzer, New York Times




details:

Nisi Dominus RV803
Crucifixus RV591
Stabat Mater RV621



Philippe Jaroussky
Marie-Nicole Lemieux

Ensemble Matheus
Jean-Christophe Spinosi


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