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Vivaldi: Sacred Music, Vol. 4

5/6/2016, 20 Tracks, 59:42

Featuring

  • Kevin Mallon
  • Claire de Sévigné
  • Maria Soulis
  • Aradia Ensemble
  • Aradia Chorus
  • Antonio Vivaldi

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Recording & Production

This album was recorded at St Anne's Anglican Church in Toronto, Canada, in April 2014.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

The album features soprano Claire de Sévigné and mezzo-soprano Maria Soulis as soloists, accompanied by the Aradia Ensemble and conductor Kevin Mallon.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Vivaldi's sacred works, such as those on this album, showcase his vivid musical imagination and dramatic word setting.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Despite being religious works intended for Mass, Vivaldi's motets and psalm settings often display a strikingly operatic quality.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Much of Vivaldi's sacred music was written for the soloists and choir at the girls' orphanage in Venice where he worked and taught.

Source: Booklet

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