Composer: Serafino Razzi, Pietro Antonio Locatelli, Francesco Soto de Langa, Antonio Vivaldi
Performer: Eva Zaïcik, Le Poème Harmonique
Conductor: Vincent Dumestre
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Catalogue: ALPHA724
Release: 2022
Size: 0.99 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Razzi: O Vergin Santa non m’abbandonare
02. Soto de Langa: Giesù diletto sposo
03. anon.: Nisi Dominus
04. Razzi: O dolcezza
Vivaldi: Sinfonia in B minor, RV169 ‘Al Santo Sepolcro’
05. I. Adagio molto
06. II. Allegro ma poco
Vivaldi: Invicti, bellate – Mottetto per contralto, archi e continuo RV 628 in G major
07. I. Presto – Recitativo
08. II. Larghetto
09. III. Alleluia
Locatelli: Sinfonia Funebre composta per l’esquie della sua Donna
10. I. Lamento: Largo
11. II. Alla breve ma moderato
12. III. Grave
13. IV. Non presto
14. V. La Consolazione: Andante
Vivaldi: Nisi Dominus (Psalm 126), RV608
15. I. Nisi Dominus
16. II. Vanum est vobis
17. III. Surgite
18. IV. Cum dederit
19. V. Sicut sagittae
20. VI. Beatus vir
21. VII. Gloria patri
22. VIII. Sicut erat in principio
23. IX. Amen
In the seventeenth century, the Ospedale della Pietà in Venice took in young orphan girls who received advanced musical instruction. The concerts given there attracted visitors from all over the world, curious to hear these divine voices which remained invisible, since the girls performed hidden behind the grilles of the chapel gallery. Vivaldi became Maestro de’ Concerti of the Pietà in 1714, and it was his pupils who performed his famous Nisi Dominus.
Today they are succeeded by the mezzo-soprano Eva Zaïcik, who brings out the full poignancy of the aria Cum dederit. Another motet by Vivaldi, Invicti bellate, also composed for the Pietà, features in this programme planned and conducted by Vincent Dumestre. He invites us on a musical journey centred on the figure of woman and on divine praise, with composers awaiting discovery such as Serafino Razzi (1534-1619) and Soto de Langa (1531 1611)