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The title of the two-disc album, Vivaldi: Vespro a San Marco, implies that the composer wrote a set of pieces comparable to Monteverdi's Vespro della beata Vergine, but the title needs to be interpreted somewhat loosely. The program notes describe the collection of psalms, canticles, motets, and prefatory chants recorded here as an evocation of a service of vespers Vivaldi might have assembled rather than a reconstruction of one he actually ever did. These vespers are distinctly Vivaldian in idiom, but they resemble Monteverdi's in the use of some common texts and in the diversity of musical styles, genres, and performing forces assembled; there is not much of a sense of unity in the traditional sense, but a profusion of delightfully varied musical vignettes, including a cappella chants, solos, ensembles, choruses, and instrumental pieces. The bugaboo of run-of-the-mill Vivaldi performances is most frequently a squared-off regularity that makes the music come across as undifferentiated and blocky. The superlative performances by Leonardo García Alarcón leading Choeur de Chambre de Namur and the chamber orchestra Les Agrémens (also based in Namur) are anything but run-of-the-mill. Alarcón consistently finds the musical individuality of Vivaldi's lines and invests them with unambiguous emotional meaning. He creates elegantly shapely contours even in the most rhythmically severe movements like the fugal counterpoint of "Donec ponam" from the Dixit Dominus, and consistently heightens the music's expressive lyricism. The soloists are also terrific, singing both with distinctiveness in their solos and with a gorgeous blend in the many ensembles. Sopranos Maria Soledad and Mariana Flores and bass Alejandro Meerapfel stand out for their especially sumptuous timbres and the musicality of their interpretations. All the singers and players sound like they are having a wonderful time performing this music and their enthusiasm is infectious. The sound of the live performances is clear, warmly present, and mostly clean except for some page turning and shuffling.
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Deus in adjutorium (Antonio Vivaldi)
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Dixit Dominus (Psaume 109), RV 807 (Antonio Vivaldi)
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Confitebor tibi Domine (Psaume 110), RV 596 (Antonio Vivaldi)
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Beatus Vir (Psaume 111), RV 795 (Antonio Vivaldi)
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
DISC 2
Spiritus et animae (Antonio Vivaldi)
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Laudate pueri Domine (Psaume 112), RV 600 (Antonio Vivaldi)
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
DLauda Jerusalem (Psaume 147), RV 609 (Antonio Vivaldi)
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Magnificat (Cantique), RV 610 (Antonio Vivaldi)
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Maria Soledad de la Rosa, soprano - Mariana Flores, soprano - Caroline Weynants, soprano - Joëlle Charler, alto - Evelyn Ramirez, alto - Fabian Schofrin, countertenor - Valerio Contaldo, tenor - Fernando Guimarães, tenor - Alejandro Meerapfel, bass - Lionel Desmeules, antiennes - Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ensemble Les Agrémens - Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor
Albumbeschreibung
The title of the two-disc album, Vivaldi: Vespro a San Marco, implies that the composer wrote a set of pieces comparable to Monteverdi's Vespro della beata Vergine, but the title needs to be interpreted somewhat loosely. The program notes describe the collection of psalms, canticles, motets, and prefatory chants recorded here as an evocation of a service of vespers Vivaldi might have assembled rather than a reconstruction of one he actually ever did. These vespers are distinctly Vivaldian in idiom, but they resemble Monteverdi's in the use of some common texts and in the diversity of musical styles, genres, and performing forces assembled; there is not much of a sense of unity in the traditional sense, but a profusion of delightfully varied musical vignettes, including a cappella chants, solos, ensembles, choruses, and instrumental pieces. The bugaboo of run-of-the-mill Vivaldi performances is most frequently a squared-off regularity that makes the music come across as undifferentiated and blocky. The superlative performances by Leonardo García Alarcón leading Choeur de Chambre de Namur and the chamber orchestra Les Agrémens (also based in Namur) are anything but run-of-the-mill. Alarcón consistently finds the musical individuality of Vivaldi's lines and invests them with unambiguous emotional meaning. He creates elegantly shapely contours even in the most rhythmically severe movements like the fugal counterpoint of "Donec ponam" from the Dixit Dominus, and consistently heightens the music's expressive lyricism. The soloists are also terrific, singing both with distinctiveness in their solos and with a gorgeous blend in the many ensembles. Sopranos Maria Soledad and Mariana Flores and bass Alejandro Meerapfel stand out for their especially sumptuous timbres and the musicality of their interpretations. All the singers and players sound like they are having a wonderful time performing this music and their enthusiasm is infectious. The sound of the live performances is clear, warmly present, and mostly clean except for some page turning and shuffling.
© TiVo
Details of original recording : Enregistrement réalisé en l'église abbatiale d'Ambronay en octobre 2010
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 58 track(s)
- Total length: 01:56:54
- Main artist: Leonardo García Alarcón
- Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
- Label: Ambronay
- Area: Italie
- Genre: Klassiek Religieuze vocale muziek Missen, passies, requiems
- Period: Baroque Music
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