Vivaldi: In furore, featuring Catherine Bott and the Purcell Quartet, is one of the best Baroque offerings to be found in Chandos' early music series, Chaconne. In furore is as outstanding a disc of Antonio Vivaldi's sacred solo music as one is likely to find; Catherine Bott sails over the spindly textures of the Purcell Quartet like a siren's song aloft in the night, as sailors struggle with a storm-tossed vessel. Bott's voice is sweet, airy, and transparent, whereas the Purcell Quartet keeps itself profitably busy in the ...
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Vivaldi: In furore, featuring Catherine Bott and the Purcell Quartet, is one of the best Baroque offerings to be found in Chandos' early music series, Chaconne. In furore is as outstanding a disc of Antonio Vivaldi's sacred solo music as one is likely to find; Catherine Bott sails over the spindly textures of the Purcell Quartet like a siren's song aloft in the night, as sailors struggle with a storm-tossed vessel. Bott's voice is sweet, airy, and transparent, whereas the Purcell Quartet keeps itself profitably busy in the two vocal motets (the title work and In Furore iustissimae irae). The Quartet lets it all hang out in the Concerto a Quattro Op. 12/3, RV 124, the Concerto Madrigalesco, RV129, and the Sonata and Sinfonia al Santo Sepulcro, RVs 130 and 169, respectively. The Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro is heard in its most bracing performance here -- this unusual little piece begins on a pungent discord, the minor second, and the Purcell Quartet makes you feel it, like a dagger going in. These pieces...
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