Vivaldi: Dixit Dominus, Rv 595 / Gloria, Rv 588

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Release Date: 08 January 2004

Label: Naxos - Nxc / Naxos Classics

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Barcode: 747313244522

Genres: Classical

Composer/Series: VIVALDI

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Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)Sacred Music 1: Dixit Dominus Nulla in mundo pax sincera Jubilate, o amoeni chori - GloriaKnown in his native Venice as the red priest, from theinherited colour of his hair, Antonio Vivaldi was born in1678, the son of a barber who later served as a violinistat the great Basilica of St Mark. Vivaldi studied for thepriesthood and was ordained in 1703. At the same timehe won a reputation for himself as a violinist ofphenomenal ability and was appointed violin-master atthe Ospedale della Piet?á. This last was one of four suchcharitable institutions, established for the education oforphan, indigent or illegitimate girls and boasting aparticularly fine musical tradition. Here the girls weretrained in music, some of the more talented continuingto serve there as assistant teachers, earning the dowrynecessary for marriage. Vivaldi's association with thePiet?á continued intermittently throughout his life, from1723 under a contract that provided for the compositionof two new concertos every month. At the same time heenjoyed a connection with the theatre, as the composerof some fifty operas, director and manager. He finallyleft Venice in 1741, travelling to Vienna, where thereseemed some possibility of furthering his career underimperial patronage, or perhaps with the idea of travellingon to the court at Dresden, where his pupil Pisendel wasworking. He died in Vienna a few weeks after his arrivalin the city, in relative poverty. At one time he had beenworth 50,000 ducats a year, it seemed, but now had littleto show for it, as he arranged for the sale of some of themusic he had brought with him.Vivaldi had started his service at the Piet?á in 1703.The following years brought brief gaps in his tenure, butthe allegedly temporary departure in 1713 of FrancescoGasparini, maestro di coro at the Piet?á since 1700,allowed Vivaldi to show his ability in sacred choralcomposition, for which the governors of the Piet?árewarded him in 1715. The following year he wasappointed maestro de' concerti, with a performance ofhis oratorio Juditha triumphans in November 1716.In 1717 he left the Piet?á and the next year was in Mantuaas maestro di cappella da camera to Prince Philip ofHesse-Darmstadt, Governor of Mantua from 1714 to1735. He renewed his connection with the Piet?á in 1723.Michael Talbot has suggested datings for Vivaldi'ssacred music. The works here included fall into the firstof the three periods he identifies, the years immediatelyafter the departure from Venice of Gasparini, when thePiet?á needed to find a composer fully competent to takehis place.The second surviving setting by Vivaldi of theVespers Psalm CIX, Dixit Dominus, RV 595, is scoredfor two oboes, trumpet, strings, continuo, five vocalsoloists and five-part chorus. The opening makescelebratory use of the orchestra, accompanying andframing the choral proclamation of the first verse of thePsalm. The second movement, in B minor, is marked bythe urgent dotted rhythms introduced b
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