The Arnold Schoenberg Chor performs Vivaldi's Gloria & Pergolesi's Stabat Mater

Two popular works in performances characteristic of Harnoncourt, with bulging climaxes and eccentric tempos, but glorious singing and great soloists; no texts, as for all these discs.

Michael Tanner

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Michael Tanner

Published: May 10, 2018 at 1:32 pm

COMPOSERS: Pergolesi,Vivaldi
LABELS: Warner
ALBUM TITLE: Pergolesi * Vivaldi
WORKS: Vivaldi: Gloria; Pergolesi: Stabat mater*
PERFORMER: McNair, Von Magnus, *Eva Mei (soprano), Lipovsek (alto), Arnold Schoenberg Chor; Concentus Musicus Wien/Harononcourt
CATALOGUE NO: 9029593159 (1994)

Two popular works in performances characteristic of Harnoncourt, with bulging climaxes and eccentric tempos, but glorious singing and great soloists; no texts, as for all these discs.

Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.
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