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Vivaldi: Stabat Mater, Concerti Sacri / Alessandrini, Et Al


Release Date: 09/10/2002 
Label:  Naive   Catalog #: 30367   Spars Code: n/a 
Composer:  Antonio Vivaldi
Performer:  Sara Mingardo,  Paolo Ciociola,  Francesca Vicari,  Antonio De Secondi,   ... 
Conductor:  Rinaldo Alessandrini
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Concerto Italiano
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
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Notes and Editorial Reviews

Returning to the warmth of the female voice with which Vivaldi was familiar (the solo part, generally given to a countertenor, is here restored to the contralto voice), Sara Mingardo and Rinaldo Alessandrini plunge us into the strikingly theatrical atmosphere and the heart-rending tones of the Stabat Mater, a pathetic exaltation of the Virgin's grief at the foot of the Cross. Returning to the warmth of the female voice with which Vivaldi was familiar (the solo part, generally given to a countertenor, is here restored to the contralto voice), Sara Mingardo and Rinaldo Alessandrini plunge us into the strikingly theatrical atmosphere and the heart-rending tones of the Stabat Mater, a pathetic exaltation of the Virgin's grief at the foot of the Cross. Read less

Works on This Recording

1.
Stabat Mater in F minor, RV 621 by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer:  Sara Mingardo (Alto)
Conductor:  Rinaldo Alessandrini
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Concerto Italiano
Period: Baroque 
Written: Venice, Italy 
 Language: Latin 
2.
Concerto in C major, RV 556 "Per la solenitŕ di S Lorenzo" by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer:  Paolo Ciociola (Violin), Francesca Vicari (Violin)
Conductor:  Rinaldo Alessandrini
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Concerto Italiano
Period: Baroque 
Written: Venice, Italy 
3.
Clarae stellae in F major, RV 625 by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer:  Sara Mingardo (Alto)
Conductor:  Rinaldo Alessandrini
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Concerto Italiano
Period: Baroque 
Written: Venice, Italy 
4.
Concerto for Violin, Organ and Cello in C major, RV 554a by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer:  Antonio De Secondi (Violin), Luigi Piovano (Cello)
Conductor:  Rinaldo Alessandrini
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Concerto Italiano
Period: Baroque 
Written: Venice, Italy 
5.
Concerto for Violin, Oboe and Chalumeau in B flat major, RV 579 by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer:  Francesca Vicari (Viola), Andrea Mion (Oboe), Lorenzo Coppola (Chalumeau),
Paolo Ciociola (Violin), Mauro Lopes Ferreira (Viola), Luigi Piovano (Viola)
Conductor:  Rinaldo Alessandrini
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Concerto Italiano
Period: Baroque 
6.
Concerto for Strings in E flat major, RV 130 "Sonata al Santo Sepolcro" by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer:  Luigi Piovano (Cello), Francesca Vicari (Violin), Mauro Lopes Ferreira (Violin),
Luca Cola (Double Bass), Ettore Belli (Viola)
Conductor:  Rinaldo Alessandrini
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Concerto Italiano
Period: Baroque 
Written: Venice, Italy 

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