Vivaldi / Aradia Ensemble / Kevin Mallon Sacred Music 4 CD

Although for many, Antonio Vivaldi's contemporary renown may rest primarily with The Four Seasons, his legacy is steadily achieving greater and richly deserved recognition today with the help of collections such as this one abetted by the Aradia Ensemble, a fine period instrumental ensemble with an impressively robust discography. Vivaldi was astoundingly prolific composing hundreds sonatas, sinfonias and concertos, as well as more than forty operas, numerous sacred choral works and around forty cantatas. The works on this recording dedicated to his sacred music range from the virtuosic to the simple, but Vivaldi's vivid musical imagination is in full force throughout. Though his sacred music has generally received less attention than his instrumental works, they are equal to them in their originality and power.

1. Aria: In Turbato Mare Irato - Claire de Sevigne/Aradia Ensemble 2. Recitative: Splende Serena, O Lux Amata - Claire de Sevigne/Aradia Ensemble 3. Aria: Resplende, Bella - Claire de Sevigne/Aradia Ensemble 4. Alleluia - Claire de Sevigne/Aradia Ensemble 5. In Exitu Israel, RV 604 - Aradia Chorus/Aradia Ensemble 6. Aria: Vestro Principi Divino - Maria Soulis/Aradia Ensemble 7. Recitativo: O Felix Culpa - Maria Soulis/Aradia Ensemble 8. Aria: Quid Loqueris Ad Cor - Maria Soulis/Aradia Ensemble 9. Aria Alternativo: Prata Virete - Maria Soulis/Aradia Ensemble 10. Alleluia - Maria Soulis/Aradia Ensemble 11. Laudate Dominum, RV 606 - Aradia Chorus/Aradia Ensemble 12. Aria: Invicti Bellate - Maria Soulis/Aradia Ensemble 13. Recitativo: Fortes Estote in Bello - Maria Soulis/Aradia Ensemble 14. Aria: Dux Aeterne Jesu Care - Maria Soulis/Aradia Ensemble 15. Alleluia - Maria Soulis/Aradia Ensemble 16. Laetatus Sum, RV 607 - Aradia Chorus/Aradia Ensemble 17. Aria: O Qui Coeli Terraeque - Claire de Sevigne/Aradia Ensemble 18. Recitativo: Fac Ut Sordescat - Claire de Sevigne/Aradia Ensemble 19. Aria: Rosa Quae Moritur - Claire de Sevigne/Aradia Ensemble 20. Alleluia - Claire de Sevigne/Aradia Ensemble