Although for many, Antonio Vivaldi's contemporary renown may rest primarily with The Four Seasons, his legacy is steadily achieving greater and richly deserved recognition today with the help of collections such as this one abetted by the Aradia Ensemble, a fine period instrumental ensemble with an impressively robust discography. Vivaldi was astoundingly prolific composing hundreds sonatas, sinfonias and concertos, as well as more than forty operas, numerous sacred choral works and around forty cantatas. The works on this recording dedicated to his sacred music range from the virtuosic to the simple, but Vivaldi's vivid musical imagination is in full force throughout. Though his sacred music has generally received less attention than his instrumental works, they are equal to them in their originality and power.

Tracklist:

In Turbato Mare Irato, Rv 627: Aria: In Turbato Mare Irato
In Turbato Mare Irato, Rv 627: Recitative: Splende Serena, O Lux Amata
In Turbato Mare Irato, Rv 627: Aria: Resplende, Bella
In Turbato Mare Irato, Rv 627: Alleluia
In Exitu Israel, Rv 604
Vestro Principi Divino, Rv 633: Aria: Vestro Principi Divino
Vestro Principi Divino, Rv 633: Recitativo: O Felix Culpa
Vestro Principi Divino, Rv 633: Aria: Quid Loqueris Ad Cor
Aria Alternativo: Prata Virete
Vestro Principi Divino, Rv 633: Alleluia
Laudate Dominum Omnes Gentes, Rv 606: Laudate Dominum, Rv 606
Invicti, Bellate, Rv 628: Aria: Invicti Bellate
Invicti, Bellate, Rv 628: Recitativo: Fortes Estote In Bello
Invicti, Bellate, Rv 628: Aria: Dux Aeterne Jesu Care
Invicti, Bellate, Rv 628: Alleluia
Laetatus Sum, Rv 607
O Qui Coeli Terraeque Serenitas, Rv 631: Aria: O Qui Coeli Terraeque
O Qui Coeli Terraeque Serenitas, Rv 631: Recitativo: Fac Ut Sordescat
O Qui Coeli Terraeque Serenitas, Rv 631: Aria: Rosa Quae Moritur
O Qui Coeli Terraeque Serenitas, Rv 631: Alleluia

UPC: 747313332472
Label: Naxos
Release Date: 11.13.15
Format: CD

Vivaldi / Aradia Ensemble / Kevin Mallon - Vivaldi: Sacred Music, Vol. 4 (CD)