Gloria

Album by Antonio Vivaldi & Arcangelo Corelli & Alessandro Scarlatti & The English Concert & The English Concert Choir & Trevor Pinnock

Gloria is a sacred choral composition by Antonio Vivaldi, composed around 1715–1716. The Baroque liturgical setting of the Latin Gloria text features bright, buoyant orchestral writing, spirited choral movements and virtuosic vocal solos alternating with ritornello-driven instrumental passages, and it represents a notable example of Vivaldi's sacred output that broadened his reputation beyond instrumental concertos.
First released: 11th October 1993

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    O di Betlemme altera: 1. Introduzione (Allegro)
    1:54
  2. 2.
    O di Betlemme altera: 2. Recitativo: O di Betlemme altera / 3. Aria: Dal bel seno d’una stella (Andante)
    2:35
  3. 3.
    O di Betlemme altera: 4. Recitativo: Presa d’uomo la forma / 5. Aria: L’autor d’ogni mio bene (Andante)
    5:04
  4. 4.
    O di Betlemme altera: 6. Recitativo: Fortunati pastori! / 7. Pastorale: Tocco la prima sorte a voi, pastori
    6:52
  5. 5.
    Concerto grosso in G minor, op. 6 no.8 “Christmas Concerto”: 1. Vivace – Grave. Arcate, sostenuto e come sta
    1:29
  6. 6.
    Concerto grosso in G minor, op. 6 no.8 “Christmas Concerto”: 2. Allegro
    2:04
  7. 7.
    Concerto grosso in G minor, op. 6 no.8 “Christmas Concerto”: 3. Adagio – Allegro – Adagio
    3:34
  8. 8.
    Concerto grosso in G minor, op. 6 no.8 “Christmas Concerto”: 4. Vivace
    1:00
  9. 9.
    Concerto grosso in G minor, op. 6 no.8 “Christmas Concerto”: 5. Allegro
    2:05
  10. 10.
    Concerto grosso in G minor, op. 6 no.8 “Christmas Concerto”: 6. Largo. Pastorale ad libitum
    3:54
  11. 11.
    Gloria, RV 589: 1. Gloria in excelsis Deo (Allegro)
    2:22
  12. 12.
    Gloria, RV 589: 2. Et in terra pax hominibus (Andante)
    5:17
  13. 13.
    Gloria, RV 589: 3. Laudamus te (Allegro)
    2:16
  14. 14.
    Gloria, RV 589: 4. Gratias agimus tibi (Adagio)
    0:32
  15. 15.
    Gloria, RV 589: 5. Propter magnam gloriam tuam (Allegro)
    0:52
  16. 16.
    Gloria, RV 589: 6. Domine Deus, Rex caelestis (Largo)
    4:36
  17. 17.
    Gloria, RV 589: 7. Domine Fili unigenite (Allegro)
    2:09
  18. 18.
    Gloria, RV 589: 8. Domine Deus, Agnus Dei (Adagio)
    4:53
  19. 19.
    Gloria, RV 589: 9. Qui tollis peccata mundi (Adagio)
    1:21
  20. 20.
    Gloria, RV 589: 10. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris (Allegro)
    2:27
  21. 21.
    Gloria, RV 589: 11. Quoniam tu solus Sanctus (Allegro)
    0:48
  22. 22.
    Gloria, RV 589: 12. Cum Sancto Spiritu (Allegro)
    2:55

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