Rutter, John: Magnificat
parties
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 fourvoices, 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 familiarfour-voice version, which may or may not have b