Mirko Guadagnini; Intende Voci Ensemble; Orchestra Canova - Antonio Caldara: Gloria

A tribute to Italian Baroque, Antonio Caldara and his Gloria a 8 voci, transcribed, performed and recorded for the first time ever, a masterpiece of pompous Venetian sacredness to which the wonderful Lauda by Ottorino Respighi was wanted to be juxtaposed. Two centuries later, the Bolognese composer gives a perfect example of rewriting together medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music. A way to reaffirm the strong bond between Baroque and the 20th century, always a source of great inspiration.

Cristina Fanelli's virtuosic solo in the 'Quoniam�' [is] embellished by sparkling trumpets and oboes and leading to a simply splendid 'Cum sancto spiritu'. � Choir & Organ

Technically and artistically the performers sound perfectly at hope in Respighi's reimagining of an Arcadian baroque pastoral refracted by whiffs of Mahler and Gregorian chant. � Gramophone