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Mozart: Exsultate Jubilate; Motets
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Mozart: Exsultate Jubilate; Motets
by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Emma Kirkby, Christopher Hogwood, Academy of Ancient Music, Westminster Cathedral Boys Choir
Price: $19.99 current as of:
03/13/2010 13:05 EST
Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0028941183224
Label: Polygram Records
Manufacturer: Polygram Records
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Polygram Records
Release Date: October 25, 1990
Studio: Polygram Records
Disc 1:- Exsultate, jubilate, motet for soprano & orchestra, K. 165 (K. 158a): Exsultate, jubilate
- Exsultate, jubilate, motet for soprano & orchestra, K. 165 (K. 158a): Tandem advenit hora
- Exsultate, jubilate, motet for soprano & orchestra, K. 165 (K. 158a): Tu virginum corona
- Exsultate, jubilate, motet for soprano & orchestra, K. 165 (K. 158a): Alleluja
- Regina coeli, antiphon for soprano, chorus & orchestra, K. 108 (K. 74d)
- Ergo interest...Quaere superna, recitative and aria for soprano & orchestra, K. 143 (K. 73a)
- Regina coeli, antiphon for soprano, chorus & orchestra, K. 127
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Even the Emperor's Nightingale never sang more sweetly than Emma Kirkby in 1984, in her vocal prime, when she recorded these resounding anthems of joy. Listeners unfamiliar with "historically informed" performances like this one may wonder why Emma sounds different from other sopranos they have heard. What such a listener might notice first is the absence of sustained vibrato. Singers of the early 20th Century were taught that a constant vibrato was basic to a beautiful tone. Such was not the case ...
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Do not buy this album at the gouge-prices of Amazon sellers, which, as of this writing, range from 25 to 45 dollars! This album is currently available as an import from Decca Eloquence for about $12.
If you respond to Kirkby's elegant voice, which has the character almost of a boy soprano, you will love this album. This Exsultate Jubilate is a slight variant of the familiar staple. Oboes are replaced with flutes and the words are slightly altered, but these changes are minor. Kirkby's ...
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