The thrust of Alessandrini's approach is to place opera at the apex of the hierarchy of musical genres of the early eighteenth century, and he stops at nothing in order to lend dramatic impact to the individual arias in these two works. Sample it to find out whether you're invigorated or annoyed. Alessandrini's fast movements are very fast indeed, and the opening 'Gloria in excelsis Deo' chorus is as zippy as you're ever going to hear. Part of this enterprise involves sharp contrasts in tempo. The conductor, Italy's Rinaldo Alessandrini, joins with his Concerto Italiano historical-instrument ensemble and a French choir, the cumbersomely named Akademia-Ensemble Vocal Champagne & Ardenne, to engage in some of Alessandrini's favored pastime of stripping away accretions of Romantic piety from the performance of Baroque works and restoring to them what he sees as their original visceral power. It was originally released on the Opus 111 label in the year 2000. This recording is anything but a safe choice it's actually of the sort you'll either love or hate. Recordings offered in budget reissues are often safe choices, middle-of-the-road performances calculated to satisfy a wide range of audiences who might be induced to pick them up as impulse purchases or simply as good value for the cash-strapped. disc from the budget line of France's Naïve label offers exciting music at an exciting price - but a word of caution is necessary when dealing with music as generally familiar as these Vivaldi choral warhorses - the Gloria heard here, although not identified as such, is the famous one (RV 589) with the opening octave fanfare in the strings. Pepper offers several shipping options depending on how soon you want delivery, including Budget Shipping $2.99, and Ground Service costing $4.99 'SATB Vocal Score Latin' - Publisher ID BA07674-90 It is only $9.75 for the Vocal Score, and is in stock at the music score seller J. Thus, for those practical reasons, this might NOT be the best choice.

Publisher's website: NOTE : It appears that the shipping costs are quite HIGH, as the score would be coming from Germany, and that it might take several weeks to arrive.

Carus Verlag edition, edited by Gunter Graulich Scores recommended for purchase: there are three editions available that you can choose fromġ.

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