| Description |
1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
001612 001356 003026 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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stereo |
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digital recording |
| Note |
The 1st work a solo cantata for soprano and string orchestra; the 2nd work for 2 violins, violoncello, and string orchestra; the 3rd work for solo voices (SSA), mixed chorus (SATB), and orchestra. |
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Libretto of the 1st work by Antonio Ottoboni. |
| Performer |
Nancy Argenta (1st and 3rd works), Jennifer Smith (3rd work), sopranos; Catherine Wyn Rogers (3rd work), contralto; Choir of the English Concert; English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, harpsichord, organ, and conductor. |
| Note |
Performed on period instruments. |
| Event |
Recorded Dec. 1992, Church of St. Maria Maggiore, Rome. |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
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Program notes by Graham Dixon in English with German, French, and Italian translations, and texts with English translations (8 p. : ill.) in container. |
| Contents |
O di Betlemme altera : pastoral cantata for the birth of Our Lord / Alessandro Scarlatti (16:12) -- Concerto grosso in G minor, op. 6, no. 8 : "Christmas concerto" / Arcangelo Corelli (13:56) -- Gloria, RV 589 in D major / Antonio Vivaldi (30:26). |
| Language |
Sung in Italian (1st work) or Latin (3rd work). |
| Subject |
Solo cantatas, Sacred (High voice)
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Solo cantatas, Sacred (High voice) |
| Genre/Form |
Concerti grossi.
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Concerti grossi.
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| Subject |
Concertos (Violins (2), cello with string orchestra)
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Concertos (Violins (2), cello with string orchestra) |
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Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with orchestra.
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Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with orchestra. |
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Gloria in excelsis Deo (Music)
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Gloria in excelsis Deo (Music) |
| Genre/Form |
Christmas music.
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Christmas music.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Ottoboni, Antonio, 1646-1720, librettist.
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Argenta, Nancy, performer.
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Smith, Jennifer (Soprano), performer.
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Wyn-Rogers, Catherine, performer.
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Pinnock, Trevor, performer, conductor.
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Scarlatti, Alessandro, 1660-1725.
Cantata pastorale per la nascita di nostro Signore.
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Corelli, Arcangelo, 1653-1713.
Concerti grossi, violins (2), cello, string orchestra, op. 6. No. 8.
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Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741.
Gloria, RV 589, D major.
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English Concert (Musical group). Choir, performer.
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English Concert (Musical group), performer.
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| Added Title |
Christmas in Rome |
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O di Betlemme altera.
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Pastoral cantata for the birth of Our Lord.
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Christmas concerto.
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| Music No. |
437 834-2 Archiv Produktion |
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