These vespers are for a string orchestra with continuo and female voices (soloists and choir).
Here meant them live at the Ambronay festival; the disc includes the psalm Lauda Jerusalem and three other pieces from various sources, forming a more homogeneous program.
The virtuosity of the music is exerted only very few at the expense of the musical substance. Major keys dominate the discourse bathed more often in a benevolent light atmosphere, the three soloists being responsible occasionally indispensable sound clashes.
Nicolo Porpora is almost exact contemporary of Vivaldi, who also wrote many religious music for orphanages of Venice; the most famous example being his "Juditha triumphans".
I want to say that we should not try to make a comparison, this one quickly turning to the advantage of Vivaldi.
Try listening to this beautiful and inspired music for what it is, a music simple and candid circumstance characteristic of a demonstrative and happy faith, sometimes bordering the atmosphere of the opera, served by a lapped together and enthusiastic, and a chef who did a remarkable job.
This new work will also allow the disk to share the choral repertoire Porpora, composer best known for his numerous operas and vocal outbursts interpreted by the castrato Farinelli for his intimate and tender pages.
I adopts the definition that the chief Martin Gester gives this work: "Nicola Porpora composed a work to an original style that combines Baroque and Classical style nascent, bel canto polyphony, dance music and concert.
A personal synthesis of European styles of the time. "
The sound is vast and beautiful and captures the unique atmosphere of live, you can feel the excitement and pleasure of the singers to interpret this full of bliss offering to the virgin before an audience thrilled.
A great discovery that this spontaneous and joyful music.
