The four Vivaldi sacred works included on this album are attractive pieces with strong links to various aspects of the composer's operatic language. The third work, Canta in prato, ride in monte, RV 623 (Sing in the meadow, laugh on the hill), is especially interesting with its religious pastoral text, but all four pieces, for solo voice and orchestra (the first and third for soprano voice and the second and fourth for a high contralto), have plenty of vocal fire and vivid contrasts of mood. The Canadian singers featured, ...
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The four Vivaldi sacred works included on this album are attractive pieces with strong links to various aspects of the composer's operatic language. The third work, Canta in prato, ride in monte, RV 623 (Sing in the meadow, laugh on the hill), is especially interesting with its religious pastoral text, but all four pieces, for solo voice and orchestra (the first and third for soprano voice and the second and fourth for a high contralto), have plenty of vocal fire and vivid contrasts of mood. The Canadian singers featured, Tracy Smith Bessette (soprano) and Marion Newman (designated a mezzo-soprano in the booklet and a contralto on the back cover) come from backgrounds in Romantic and contemporary opera and certainly have the equipment to handle Vivaldi's writing. Each generates considerable momentum in athletic passages. But the performances as a whole don't quite jell. The contrast between Smith Bessette's vibrato-dripping, hard-cornering voice and the smooth, circumspect sounds of the Arcadia...
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