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Gloria in D major from 17,50 €

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The Gloria in D major RV 589 is Vivaldi's most famous sacred work and it is among his most important church music compositions. The Carus edition, the publisher’s inaugural music edition, helped considerably to turn this musically impressive and varied work into one of Vivaldi’s most popular choral works today. The music and text sections of the Carus edition no. 1 have now been subject to a thorough revision. The music has been newly engraved, and a new Foreword and Critical Report by Uwe Wolf reflect the latest research.

The Gloria was probably written between 1713 and 1717 for the Ospedale della Pietà, one of the orphanages in Venice where young girls received a thorough musical training. This musically impressive work in the style of a so-called “cantata mass” is divided into 12 sections which vary in scoring, style of setting, key, and emotional content. Vivaldi’s mastery is shown in the solemn, sonorous choral movements and equally in the more chamber music-like solo movements.

Revised Urtext edition
Complete performance material
Foreword and Critical Report reflect the latest research
carus plus: Vocal score XL, Carus Choir Coach and carus music, the choir app

Very few alterations have been made to the choral parts, so that the new edition can be used in combination with the previous choral score (Carus 40.001/05) without any problems.

Magnificat from 20,00 €

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The office as a priest and the long years as musical director of the Ospedale della Pietà (a large orphonage in Venice) both occasioned and inspired him to compose church music in large variety. The Magnificat RV 160 has come down to us in two versions. The first version is dominated by the choral concept, in the second version the texts of "Et exultavit, Quia respexit, Quia fecit, Esurientes", and "Sicut locutus est" are each given new and extended solo arias that – as the manuscripts reveals – were tailored to voices of girls from the Ospedale who are mentioned by name in the autograph.

The Lord said unto my Lord from 41,00 €

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Beatus vir from 24,00 €

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Credo in G major from 23,00 €

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In exitu Israel from 23,00 €

Wed, 13 May 2026 06:34:25 +0200

One of a total of 13 psalms, the present work based on psalm 113 was probably composed for the Easter Sunday in 1739. In In exitu Israel Vivaldi treats the voices homophonically (in block chords), accompanied by a string orchestra and basso continuo. Although it is rather a short piece the text of psalm 113 is over twice the length of any of the other psalms set by Vivaldi but even set as a single continuous movement it still keeps the composer’s acute sensitivity regarding the emotional content of the text.

Introduzione e Gloria from 35,00 €

Wed, 13 May 2026 06:34:25 +0200

Antonio Vivaldi’s Gloria setting RV 588 is overshadowed by the more prominent work RV 589, although there is no musical reason for this, and the two works are actually related. The reason for this probably lies in the short introduction (aria and recitative) customary at this time, as it sets a sacred, and not a liturgical text. Church and concert goers will be pleasantly surprised by the freshness, beauty, and variety of the work if, thanks to innovative programming, they have the opportunity to get to know this sacred music gem by Vivaldi.

Lauda Jerusalem from 28,00 €

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Laudate Dominum omnes gentes from 17,00 €

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Psalm 110 from 20,00 €

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Psalm 121 from 17,00 €

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Credo from 20,00 €

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Kyrie from 15,00 €

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Antonio Vivaldi’s extensive oeuvre also includes a large repertoire of sacred vocal music, ranging from large-scale mass and vesper compositions to biblical oratorios and solo motets. The double-choir Kyrie in G minor RV 587, composed around the middle of the 1720s, belongs to a group of individual mass movements. The harmonically exposed opening part, a series of excitingly modulating chords that presumably goes back to a foreign model, lends the first "Kyrie" call a high intensity of expression. The "Christe" is performed by the female voices of both choirs; the final movement is an Allegro double fugue in a strict four-part movement with a short Adagio introduction.

O, Lord make haste to help me from 14,00 €

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Psalm 111 from 42,00 €

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Sing in the meadows from 8,50 €

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