Elin Manahan Thomas, Florilegium – Antonio Vivaldi – Sacred Works for Soprano and Concertos (2011) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Elin Manahan Thomas, Florilegium – Antonio Vivaldi – Sacred Works for Soprano and Concertos (2011)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 58:56 minutes | 1,92 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Channel Classics Records

This very attractive release from Channel Classics features the terrific British period instrument ensemble Florilegium in performances of three Vivaldi concertos and two sacred vocal works. The group plays without a conductor and the players’ shapely unanimity of phrasing and nuanced expressiveness give the performances the character of chamber music. It sidesteps the metric squareness that can plague performances of Vivaldi and let the music breathe and surge organically. The strings have the slight tartness of Baroque instruments and the overall sound of the orchestra has an appealing burnished sheen. This is relatively obscure repertoire and includes a flute concerto that was only discovered in 2010 and is recorded here for the first time, played beautifully by Ashley Solomon, the artistic director of Florilegium.

Tracklist:
1. Florilegium – Concerto Madrigalesco RV 129; I. Adagio (00:57)
2. Florilegium – II. Allegro (01:38)
3. Florilegium – III. Adagio (00:50)
4. Florilegium – IV. Allegro molto moderato (01:10)
5. Florilegium – Laudate pueri RV 601; I. Laudate pueri Dominum (03:24)
6. Florilegium – II. Sit nomen Domini (02:32)
7. Florilegium – III. A solis ortu (03:51)
8. Florilegium – IV. Excelsus super omnes (03:01)
9. Florilegium – V. Suscitans (02:19)
10. Florilegium – VI. Ut collocet eum (01:46)
11. Florilegium – VII. Gloria Patri (04:02)
12. Florilegium – VIII. Sicut erat in principio (01:00)
13. Florilegium – IX. Amen (02:10)
14v. Florilegium – Il Gran Mogul RV 431a; I. Allegro non molto (03:37)
15. Florilegium – II. Larghetto (02:10)
16. Florilegium – III. Allegro (02:24)
17. Florilegium – Motet Nulla in mundo RV 630; I. Aria – Larghetto (05:54)
18. Florilegium – II. Recitativo (01:06)
19. Florilegium – III. Aria – Allegro (03:18)
20. Florilegium – IV. Alleluia – Allegro (02:07)
21. Florilegium – Concerto in B-flat RV 547; I. Allegro (04:18)
22. Florilegium – II. Andante (01:47)
23. Florilegium – III. Allegro molto (03:24)

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