Antonio Vivaldi – Motets (Magda Kalmar) [1987]

Laudate pueri Dominum, "Psalm 112", RV 601
01. Laudate pueri
02. Sit nomen
03. A solis ortu
04. Excelsus
05. Suscitans
06. Ut collocet
07. Gloria
08. Gloria - Sicut erat
09. Amen
In furore giustissimae irae, RV 626
10. Aria: In furore iustissimae irae
11. Recitative: Miserationum Pater piissime
12. Aria: Tunc meus fletus evadet laetus
13. Alleluia
Nulla in mundo pax sincera, RV 630
14. Aria: Nulla in mundo pax sincera
15. Recitative: Blando colore oculos
16. Aria: Spirat anguis
17. Alleluia

MAGDA KALMAR (Soprano)
Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra (Budapest)
Frigyes Sándor (Conductor)

This CD is not separately available any more, but it's included in the Brilliant Classics Vivaldi Masterworks box. I've just posted a review of Laudate Pueri and In Furore as sung by Sandrine Piau with the Accademia Bizantina. It's worth a listening-test comparison of the two performances, if both are available to you.

The three motets on this CD are among Vivaldi's most emotionally vibrant vocal compositions. Written for a soprano with both a Mozartian coloratura range, up to Queen of the Night pitches, and Donizetti agility, they make maximum demands on the singer. Magda Kalmar acquits herself well on this CD - excellent pitch, ringing tones without warbling vibrato, athletic phrasing - but she's not Sandrine Piau. She doesn't have the expressiveness or the subtle control of dynamics, and her highest half-octave timbre is slightly wiry. Still, she's awfully good, easily good enough to deserve a hearing. It's the orchestra that is sorrily deficient - an oversized ensemble of modern instruments playing by conservatory tuning without any audible sense of Baroque phrasing. For poor Magda, it must feel like dancing on a plush carpet. I've never heard a side-by-side comparison of two recordings that demonstrates more clearly the value of historical performance practices. ---Giordano Bruno, amazon.com

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