Best Gloria
Antonio Vivaldi's *Gloria in D Major*, cataloged as RV 589, is a Baroque sacred choral work composed around 1715 for the Ospedale della Pietà in Venice. The composition is a twelve-movement setting of the Gloria from the Latin Mass, structured for a mixed choir, vocal soloists, and an accompanying o...
Vivaldi's Gloria in D major, RV 589, a twelve-movement work for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, is among the most performed Baroque choral pieces and was rediscovered and published only in the 20th century.
Francis Poulenc's Gloria is a six-movement sacred work for soprano soloist, mixed chorus, and orchestra, composed in 1959 and 1960. Commissioned by the Koussevitzky Music Foundation, it sets the Latin Gloria from the Roman Catholic Mass and received its first performance in Boston in 1961. The music...
Francis Poulenc's Gloria is a sacred choral work for soprano soloist, mixed chorus, and large orchestra, composed between 1959 and 1960. The work sets the Gloria text from the Latin Mass in six movements, blending solemn religious themes with playful, lighthearted passages characteristic of Poulenc'...
John Rutter's Gloria (1974) is a festive setting for chorus, brass ensemble, and percussion, commissioned by the Voices of Mel Olson in Omaha, Nebraska, and is among his most performed works.
