Bach,J.S. / White Gloria CD

Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir salutes it's 40th anniversary season with the release of Gloria, a program originally recorded and released by CBC Records in 2008. Ivars Taurins directs the 25-voice choir and the orchestra under Music Director Emerita Jeanne Lamon in this program of sacred baroque works that distinguishes Tafelmusik as being "head and shoulders above most of it's competitors. Tafelmusik's performance breathes such fresh life into this ancient score that it catches one up in it's rare enthusiasm." (Fanfare) Soprano Ann Monoyios, countertenor Matthew White, and tenor Colin Ainsworth are the featured vocal soloists. The recording opens with Gloria in excelsis Deo by J.S. Bach, a festive if rarely performed work that the composer later adapted for the Mass in B Minor. Paired with Vivaldi's exuberant and joyous Gloria, Tafelmusik "emphasizes the legato of the vocal line, allowing the clipped rhythms of the accompanying orchestra to buoy the music along naturally." (Fanfare). With it's gracious airs and it's lively choruses, Mondonville's Dominus regnavit is a splendid example of the 18th-century grand motet.

1. Gloria In Excelsis Deo, Bwv 191: I. Gloria In Excelsis Deo 2. Gloria In Excelsis Deo, Bwv 191: II. Gloria Patri Et Filio Et Spiritui Sancto 3. Gloria In Excelsis Deo, Bwv 191: III. Sicut Erat In Principio 4. Dominus Regnavit: I. Dominus Regnavit 5. Dominus Regnavit: II. Et Enim Firmavit 6. Dominus Regnavit: III. Parata Sedes 7. Dominus Regnavit: IV. Elevaverunt Flumina 8. Dominus Regnavit: V. Testimonia Tua 9. Dominus Regnavit: VI. Gloria Patri 10. Gloria In D Major, Rv 589: I. Gloria In Excelsis Deo 11. Gloria In D Major, Rv 589: II. Et In Terra Pax 12. Gloria In D Major, Rv 589: III. Laudamus Te 13. Gloria In D Major, Rv 589: IV. Gratias Agimus Tibi 14. Gloria In D Major, Rv 589: V. Propter Magnam 15. Gloria In D Major, Rv 589: VI. Domine Deus, Rex Caelestis 16. Gloria In D Major, Rv 589: VII. Domine Fili Unigenite 17. Gloria In D Major, Rv 589: VIII. Domine Deus, Agnus Dei 18. Gloria In D Major, Rv 589: IX. Qui Tollis Peccata Mundi 19. Gloria In D Major, Rv 589: X. Qui Sedes Ad Dexteram Patris 20. Gloria In D Major, Rv 589: XI. Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus 21. Gloria In D Major, Rv 589: XII. Cum Sancto Spiritu