Antonio Vivaldi
In exitu Israel [Psalm 113] for 4 voices chorus, strings and basso continuo in C major (RV 604)
I. In exitu Isreael de Aegypto
CHOIR OF THE KING'S CONSORT
Soprano:
Rosalind Waters, Lisa Beckley, Julie Cooper, Sally Dunkley, Rebecca Outram, Olive Simpson
Alto:
Morag Boyle, Natanya Hadda, Stephen Carter, Alexandra Gibson, Peter Nardone
Tenor:
Nicholas Keay, Angus Smith, Paul Tindall, Andrew Hewitt
Bass:
Simon Birchall, Robert Evans, Charles Pott, Giles Underwood
Simon Jones (violin I)
Willian Thorp (violin II)
Dorothea Vogel (viola)
Angela East (cello)
Timothy Amberst (double bass)
Lynda Sayce (theorbo)
Lawrence Cummings (organ)
The King's Consort / Robert King (director)
@radaphhesig No I don't get the 'point'.
He had to write 2 cantatas per week, or even more. He did it, and he wrote as many as he could, and they're all masterpieces. With Vivaldi it's the same. It sounds more like a matter of taste here not something important.
starbreez3 10 months ago
Excellent performance.
nganir 11 months ago
Really invigorating, i sang it few years ago with my choir and had a real problem to keep up with lyrics, although we were not near this fast
goodstorylover 11 months ago
The song the angels were singing at the end of Dante's Purgatorio ^_^
ABookwormAndProud 1 year ago
It's Psalm 113 for the Vulgate Bible. For us this comes from Psalms 114 and 115 xD
To God only be the glory.
peruvianbeatle 1 year ago
The piece is beautiful and has nothing to envy other pieces of Vivaldi or other composers´. I prefer the English Chamber Orchestra/John Alldis Choir version, though, with Vittorio Negri. It´s slower, more subtle and very delicate but full of feeling at the same time.
YaelBerman 2 years ago
Hermosa pieza musical, las voces son extraodianarias, muy bello en verdad.
anzdf 2 years ago
now, if you compare this specific psalm with other psalms by Vivaldi (like Nisi Dominus or Laudate Pueri, for example) you can feel the immence difference - those are of an altogether other league
radaphhesig 2 years ago
It is nice but it is apparent that Vivaldi did not entertain any grand ambitions in relation to this psalm.
In other words, while composing this psalm, he was merely doing his work (and doing it well, to be sure) - he was not trying to do anything special.
Most compositions of most composers before Beethoven (even of the greatest of them) are like that.
Consider the sole fact that Bach had to write 2 cantatas per week and you get the point
radaphhesig 2 years ago