for SATB and chamber ensemble A splendid curtain-raiser to Vivaldi's Gloria Fr...(+)
for SATB and chamber ensemble A splendid curtain-raiser to Vivaldi's Gloria Francesco Durante's artful Magnificat has long been misattributed to his pupil Pergolesi in a version for four voices not five. Durante's vocally richer five-voice version has been chosen for the Sacred Choruses volume which this orchestration accompanies and merits performance as an alternative to the familiar four-voice version which may or may not have been Durante's own work.