Ludwig Guttler, Virtuosi Saxoniae - Gloria in excelsis Deo (1997)
Ludwig Güttler, Virtuosi Saxoniae - Gloria in excelsis Deo: Vivaldi, Bach, Torelli, Fasch, Zelenka, Manfredini, Schmelzer, Hasse (1997)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 285 Mb | Total time: 65:02 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Berlin Classics | # BC 92572 | Recorded: 1986-95
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 285 Mb | Total time: 65:02 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Berlin Classics | # BC 92572 | Recorded: 1986-95
This disc recycles some performances by the German historical-instrument group Virtuosi Saxoniae, originally issued between 1986 and 1995. As such, it improves not only on most of the budget compilations issued by the label involved, Berlin Classics, but on the majority of such compilations in general. The same group is involved all the way through, for one thing; there are different vocal soloists, but the interpretive environment is consistent. More important, the compilation rearranges the original material into something new and interesting. The selection of music turns on the double use of the sentence "Gloria in excelsis Deo et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis" (Glory to God on high, and peace on earth to people of good will), unfortunately mistranslated in the English booklet notes, although the German is correct. The utterance is given by Luke as that of the Host above the stable in Bethlehem after the birth of Christ; it is also more general, opening the Gloria of the Catholic Mass. The selection of Baroque works here accordingly brings together pieces of various types. There are big settings of the Gloria, either freestanding like the well-known Gloria in D major, RV 589, by Vivaldi, or taken from missae breves or full-length masses. There are instrumental concertos and sonatas with the pastoral 6/8 rhythm associated with Christmas observances (the Concerto in C major, Op. 5/12, by Manfredini is a good off-the-beaten-track selection of this kind). And there are selections by Bach that combine these features: a section of the Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, and a Latin setting of the Gloria, BWV 191, that makes a fine bookend to balance the Vivaldi, with a heartrending lilting rhythm introduced in the middle of the piece. The conducting of Ludwig Güttler has a certain stolidity, but the brass work featured in many of the choral selections is top-notch, and there are some real finds among the soloists. Sample the Gloria from the Missa dei Patris, ZWV 19, of Jan Dismas Zelenka (tracks 10 and 11), with its thorny, adventurous polyphony and its solo turns from René Jacobs (alto) and a soprano with the quintessentially central European name of Venceslava Hruba-Freiberger.– James Manheim
Performer:
Virtuosi Saxoniae
Ludwig Güttler
Track List:
Vivaldi - Gloria D major, RV 589
01. Gloria in excelsis Deo (Allegro)
02. Et in terra pax hominibus (Andante)
03. Laudamus te (Allegro)
04. Schmelzer - Sonata natalis
Hasse - Mass in G minor
05. 2. Gloria. Gloria in excelsis Deo
06. 2. Gloria. Gratias agimus tibi
Torelli - Concerto a 4 in forma di Pastorale per il Santissimo Natale, for 2 violins, cello & continuo in G minor, Op. 8/6
07. 1. Grave - Vivace
08. 2. Largo
09. 3. Vivace
Zelenka - Missa Dei Patris for soloists, chorus, instruments & continuo in C major, ZWV 19
10. 2. Gloria. Gloria in excelsis Deo
11. 2. Gloria. Domine Deus
Manfredini - Concerto Grosso in C major, Op. 3/12 "Christmas Pastorale"
12. 1. Largo
13. 2. Largo
14. 3. Allegro
Fasch - Missa Brevis for 4 soloists, chorus & orchestra in D
15. 2. Gloria. Et in terra pax
16. 2. Gloria. Laudamus te (Cantabile)
17. 2. Gloria. Gratias
18. 2. Gloria. Domine Deus (Andante)
19. 2. Gloria. Quoniam
20. 2. Gloria. Cum Sancto Spiritu
Bach - Weihnachtsoratorium (Christmas Oratorio), in six parts, BWV 248 (BC D7)
21. Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe
22. Sinfonia
Cantata No. 191, "Gloria in excelsis Deo," BWV 191 (BC E16)
23. 1. Coro. Gloria in excelsis Deo
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