Vivaldi: Stabat Mater, Gloria & Other Works (Live)

Featuring

Rubén Dubrovsky
Andreas Scholl
Hanna Herfurtner
Joowon Chung
Bach Consort Wien
Bachchor Salzburg

Antonio Vivaldi

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Cultural Impact

The choir and orchestra of the Ospedale della Pietà, for which Vivaldi composed, were so famous in the 18th century that music lovers traveled to Venice specifically to hear them.

Performer Biography

Andreas Scholl, the alto soloist on this recording, was the first countertenor to perform at the Last Night of the Proms in London in 2005.

Recording & Production

The Easter Concerts of the Bach Consort Wien, which are featured on this album, have been broadcast worldwide by ORF, 3sat, and other TV stations since 2014.

Performer Biography

Rubén Dubrovsky, the conductor of this album, was born in Buenos Aires to an artistic family of Polish-Italian descent and is the co-founder of the Bach Consort Wien.

Historical Context

The Ospedale della Pietà in Venice, where Vivaldi worked, was an orphanage for girls, some of whom were illegitimate offspring of Venetian nobility, placed there via a 'baby hatch'.

Performer Biography

The Salzburger Bachchor, featured on this album, has performed world premieres of works by contemporary composers like Georg Friedrich Haas and Mauricio Sotelo.

Composer Biography

Antonio Vivaldi, the composer of the works on this album, was 25 years old and had just been ordained a priest when he began working at the Ospedale della Pietà in Venice in 1703.