Jordi Savall, Le Concert des Nations, La Capella Reial de Catalunya - Antonio Vivaldi: Juditha Triumphans (2019)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 901 Mb | Total time: 75:56+64:37 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Alia Vox | # AVSA9935 | Recorded: 2006
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 901 Mb | Total time: 75:56+64:37 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Alia Vox | # AVSA9935 | Recorded: 2006
‘Judith triumphant over the barbarians of Holofernes’ is the only survivor of the four oratorios that Vivaldi is known to have composed. The work was commissioned to celebrate the victory of the Republic of Venice over the Turks during the siege of Corfu. All characters, male and female, are interpreted by women (originally the singers of the Ospedale della Pietà in Venice). Although the rest of the oratorio survives completely intact, the overture has been lost and Jordi Savall has selected two existing concertos as introduction, of which the key, mode and no doubt date of composition coincide most closely with the subject of the oratorio.