Tafelmusik Chamber Choir - Gloria - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir salutes it's 40th anniversary season with the of Gloria, a program originally recorded and released by CBC Records in 2008. Ivars Taurins directs the 25-voice choir and the orchestra under Music Director Emerita Jeanne Lamon in this program of sacred baroque works that distinguishes Tafelmusik as being Inchhead and shoulders above most of it's competitors. Tafelmusik's performance breathes such fresh life into this ancient score that it catches one up in it's rare enthusiasm.Inch (Fanfare) Soprano Ann Monoyios, countertenor Matthew White, and tenor Colin Ainsworth are the featured vocal soloists. The recording opens with Gloria in excelsis Deo by J.S. Bach, a festive if rarely performed work that the composer later adapted for the Mass in B Minor. Paired with Vivaldi's exuberant and joyous Gloria, Tafelmusik Inchemphasizes the legato of the vocal line, allowing the clipped rhythms of the accompanying orchestra to buoy the music along naturally.Inch (Fanfare). With it's gracious airs and it's lively choruses, Mondonville's Dominus regnavit is a splendid example of the 18th-century grand motet. Album Tracks 1. Gloria in Excelsis Deo, BWV 191 I. Gloria in Excelsis Deo 2. Gloria in Excelsis Deo, BWV 191 II. Gloria Patri Et Filio Et Spiritui Sancto 3. Gloria in Excelsis Deo, BWV 191 III. Sicut Erat in Principio 4. Dominus Regnavit I. Dominus Regnavit 5. Dominus Regnavit II. Et Enim Firmavit 6. Dominus Regnavit III. Parata Sedes 7. Dominus Regnavit IV. Elevaverunt Flumina 8. Dominus Regnavit V. Testimonia Tua 9. Dominus Regnavit VI. Gloria Patri 10. Gloria in D Major, RV 589 I. Gloria in Excelsis Deo 11. Gloria in D Major, RV 589 II. Et in Terra Pax 12. Gloria in D Major, RV 589 III. Laudamus Te 13. Gloria in D Major, RV 589 IV. Gratias Agimus Tibi 14. Gloria in D Major, RV 589 V.