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Vespers for the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin (Vivaldi)

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Good evening everyone! after a short absence (due to force majeure) I am back and I will get straight to the point: does anyone know or have more or less detailed information about the work in question?

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Reply 4 by Terenzio

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Vivaldi's Vespers for the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin do not exist as an autonomous composition.

They are a discographic assembly made by Rinaldo Alessandrini from various sacred pieces by Vivaldi.

This is the content of the CD titled Vespers for the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin:

Concerto in F major for two choirs, RV 584, for two violins and two organs (5:34)

Intonatio : Deus in adiutorium (:14)

Responsorio : Domine ad adiuvandum me festina : RV 593, for soloists, two choirs and two orchestras (8:00)

Introduction to the Dixit (in loco antiphonae) : Ascende laeta : RV 635, for soprano and strings (8:00)

Psalm 109 : Dixit Dominus : RV 594, for soloists, two choirs and two orchestras (27:00)

Antiphona : Assumpta est Maria in caelo (:36)

Antiphona to Laudate pueri : Maria Virgo assumpta est (:30)

Psalm 112 : Laudate pueri : RV 600, for soprano and orchestra (25:00)

Antiphona : Maria Virgo assumpta est (:32)

Antiphona to Laetatus sum : In odorem unguentorum (:26)

Psalm 121 : Laetatus sum : RV 607, for choir and orchestra (3:12)

Antiphona : In odorem unguentorum (:30)

Antiphona to Nisi Dominus : Benedicta filia tua Domino (:21)

Psalm 126 : Nisi Dominus : RV 608, for contralto and orchestra (22:00)

Antiphona : Benedicta filia tua Domino (:24)

Antiphona to Lauda Jerusalem : Pulchra es et decora (:24)

Psalm 147 : Lauda Jerusalem : RV 609, for soloists, two choirs and two orchestras (6:29)

Antiphona : Pulchra es et decora (:25)

Ave Maris stella (1:51)

Antiphona to Magnificat (:32)

Magnificat, RV 610a, for soloists, two choirs and two orchestras (17:00)

Concerto in C major : for the Most Holy Assumption of Mary the Virgin : RV 581 (in loco antiphonae) for violin and strings (15:00)

Antiphona : Salve Regina, RV 616, for contralto and two orchestras (17:00).

From the RV numbers, you can notice that these are autonomous compositions written in different years.

Check my website page

http://www.flaminioonline.it//Biografie/Vivaldi-catalogo-pagina3.html#IX

http://www.flaminioonline.it//Biografie/Vivaldi-catalogo-pagina3.html#IX

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Reply 5 by antares86

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I actually had that doubt, Terenzio... since I have that CD conducted by Alessandrini, I thought it had been published by Vivaldi (even though the catalog numbers left me perplexed), like the one by Monteverdi.

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