Leonardo García Alarcón – Antonio Vivaldi : Vespro a San Marco (2010/2023) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Leonardo García Alarcón - Antonio Vivaldi : Vespro a San Marco (2010/2023) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz] Download

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.

Tracklist:

Antonio Vivaldi (1678 – 1741): Deus in adjutorium:

1 – Deus in adjutorium: I. Deus in adjutorium – 00:08
2 – Deus in adjutorium: II. Domine ad adjuvandum – 02:15
3 – Deus in adjutorium: III. Gloria – 03:21
4 – Deus in adjutorium: IV. Sicut erat in principio – 02:15
5 – Deus in adjutorium: V. Sancti tui Domine – 00:41

Dixit Dominus in D Major (Psaume 109), RV 807:
6 – Dixit Dominus in D Major (Psaume 109), RV 807: I. Dixit Dominus – 01:36
7 – Dixit Dominus in D Major (Psaume 109), RV 807: II. Donec ponam – 02:40
8 – Dixit Dominus in D Major (Psaume 109), RV 807: III. Virgam virtutis – 02:19
9 – Dixit Dominus in D Major (Psaume 109), RV 807: IV. Tecum principium – 01:40
10 – Dixit Dominus in D Major (Psaume 109), RV 807: V. Juravit Dominus – 01:34
11 – Dixit Dominus in D Major (Psaume 109), RV 807: VI. Dominus a dextris tuis – 01:48
12 – Dixit Dominus in D Major (Psaume 109), RV 807: VII. Judicabit in nationibus – 01:39
13 – Dixit Dominus in D Major (Psaume 109), RV 807: VIII. Implebit ruinas – 00:53
14 – Dixit Dominus in D Major (Psaume 109), RV 807: IX. De torrente – 03:03
15 – Dixit Dominus in D Major (Psaume 109), RV 807: X. Gloria – 01:54
16 – Dixit Dominus in D Major (Psaume 109), RV 807: XI. Sicut erat in principio – 03:06
17 – Dixit Dominus in D Major (Psaume 109), RV 807: XII. In caelestibus regnis – 00:31

Confitebor tibi Domine (Psaume 110), RV 596:
18 – Confitebor tibi Domine (Psaume 110), RV 596: I. Confitebor tibi Domine – 02:34
19 – Confitebor tibi Domine (Psaume 110), RV 596: II. Memoriam fecit – 02:51
20 – Confitebor tibi Domine (Psaume 110), RV 596: III. Sanctum et terribile – 02:11
21 – Confitebor tibi Domine (Psaume 110), RV 596: IV. Intellectus bonus – 01:43
22 – Confitebor tibi Domine (Psaume 110), RV 596: V. Gloria – 01:17
23 – Confitebor tibi Domine (Psaume 110), RV 596: VI. Et in saecula saeculorum – 01:05
24 – Confitebor tibi Domine (Psaume 110), RV 596: VII. In velamento clamabant – 00:31

Beatus Vir in C Major (Psaume 111), RV 795:
25 – Beatus Vir in C Major (Psaume 111), RV 795: I. Beatus vir – 02:25
26 – Beatus Vir in C Major (Psaume 111), RV 795: II. Gloria et divitiae – 01:56
27 – Beatus Vir in C Major (Psaume 111), RV 795: III. Exortum est – 03:25
28 – Beatus Vir in C Major (Psaume 111), RV 795: IV. Jucundus homo – 02:34
29 – Beatus Vir in C Major (Psaume 111), RV 795: V. In memoria aeterna – 04:37
30 – Beatus Vir in C Major (Psaume 111), RV 795: VI. Paratum cor ejus sperare – 02:34
31 – Beatus Vir in C Major (Psaume 111), RV 795: VII. Dispersit – 02:47
32 – Beatus Vir in C Major (Psaume 111), RV 795: VIII. Peccator videbit – 03:23
33 – Beatus Vir in C Major (Psaume 111), RV 795: IX. Gloria – 02:33

Spiritus et animae:
34 – Spiritus et animae00:32

Laudate pueri Domine (Psaume 112), RV 600:
35 – Laudate pueri Domine (Psaume 112), RV 600: I. Laudate pueri Dominum – 01:55
36 – Laudate pueri Domine (Psaume 112), RV 600: II. Sit nomen Domini – 02:50
37 – Laudate pueri Domine (Psaume 112), RV 600: III. A solis ortu – 01:48
38 – Laudate pueri Domine (Psaume 112), RV 600: IV. Excelsus super – 02:44
39 – Laudate pueri Domine (Psaume 112), RV 600: V. Quis sicut Dominus – 02:14
40 – Laudate pueri Domine (Psaume 112), RV 600: VI. Suscitans a terra – 01:27
41 – Laudate pueri Domine (Psaume 112), RV 600: VII. Ut collocet – 01:48
42 – Laudate pueri Domine (Psaume 112), RV 600: VIII. Gloria – 03:17
43 – Laudate pueri Domine (Psaume 112), RV 600: IX. Laudate pueri Dominum – 01:32
44 – Laudate pueri Domine (Psaume 112), RV 600: X. Amen – 01:45
45 – Laudate pueri Domine (Psaume 112), RV 600: XI. Fulgebunt justi – 00:26

Lauda Jerusalem (Psaume 147), RV 609:
46 – Lauda Jerusalem (Psaume 147), RV 609 – 06:13

Lux perpetua:
47 – Lux perpetua00:49

Magnificat in G Minor (Cantique), RV 610:
48 – Magnificat in G Minor (Cantique), RV 610: I. Magnificat anima mea Dominum (Adagio) – 01:13
49 – Magnificat in G Minor (Cantique), RV 610: II. Et exsultavit – 01:52
50 – Magnificat in G Minor (Cantique), RV 610: III. Et misericordia – 03:40
51 – Magnificat in G Minor (Cantique), RV 610: IV. Fecit potentiam – 00:25
52 – Magnificat in G Minor (Cantique), RV 610: V. Deposuit potentes – 00:50
53 – Magnificat in G Minor (Cantique), RV 610: VI. Esurientes – 01:20
54 – Magnificat in G Minor (Cantique), RV 610: VII. Suscepit Israel – 00:56
55 – Magnificat in G Minor (Cantique), RV 610: VIII. Sicut locutus – 01:35
56 – Magnificat in G Minor (Cantique), RV 610: IX. Gloria – 02:18

Oremus:
57 – Oremus – 00:56

Laetatus sum (Psaume 121), RV 607 (Aetatussum):
58 – Laetatus sum (Psaume 121), RV 607 (Aetatussum) – 03:12

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