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Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Marian Vespers
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Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Marian Vespers
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by Alison McGillivray, Giovanni Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Edward Higginbottom, and Academy of Ancient Music
Price:$33.98
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Listener Reviews & Comments
I bought this recording a few days ago and I have enjoyed it quite a lot. The orchestra and choir are very good and the soloists sing well. Sophie Daneman's sings the first big solo in the Dixit Dominus. The timbre of her voice is very beautiful and Pergolesi's vocal line is very beguiling. However, I find Daneman's vibrato is a little too wide and obvious. If she could have controlled this I would have awarded this recording five stars. Unlike the Vesper Psalms of Biber, Monteverdi, Cavalli, Rosenmüller, Rigatti and other 17th century composers, Pergolesi's works are a much more modest sounding affair. It seems like Italian sacred music was getting thinner and less 'densely' composed in the 18th century? Pergolesi's music is somewhat like Vivaldi's in style. Of course, Pergolesi was a master of beautiful melodies and there is plenty of evidence of that talent in these Vesper Psalms. This recording is well worth investigating by lovers of Baroque music as well as those new to Baroque sacred music. -------------------------------------------------------------- I have now spent a bit more time listening to this set. The choir is good but the soloists use far too much vibrato. I now wish that I hadn't bought this recording. It is pleasant but it seems to me that it will really only please people who do not normally listen to HIP/period instrument recordings. A special 'rap on the knuckles' goes to Sophie Daneman, whose vibrato is completely out of control on this recording. She has a beautiful basic timbre, but she spoils it with a very wide wobble. Listen to Maria Cristina Kiehr for an example of an Early Music soprano who sings this sort of music the right way! (or, at least, in a convincing way) On the evidence of this recording, Ms Daneman wouldn't be out of place in an operetta company singing G&S! I have changed my rating of this CD to a mere 3 stars.
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Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Marian Vespers
by Alison McGillivray, Giovanni Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Edward Higginbottom, and Academy of Ancient Music
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