Music from the Venetian Ospedali (1998) San Francisco Girls Chorus Sharon J. Paul, Conductor Music from the Venetian Ospedali is the first recording to feature adolescent female voices performing music sung by the young female orphans of the 18th-century Venetian ospedali. The ospedali repertoire is considered to be the largest existing collection of music for female voices and is known for its great rhythmic vitality, vivid solo writing, and a clear tonal framework and musical form. This recording reflects the essence of 18th-century Venice, a city whose history is vividly preserved in its music. In a review, the New Yorker declared the Chorus' rendition of Vivaldi's Gloria "fresh" and described the Chorus as "tremendously accomplished." Track Listing: Tracks 1-11: Gloria in D Major, RV 589 (c. 1716), Antonio Vivaldi Track 1: Gloria in excelsis deo Track 2: Et in terra pax hominibus Track 10: Quoniam tu solus sanctus Tracks 12-14: Pange lingua No. 2 (c. 1727), Giovanni Porta Tracks 15-20: Magnificat (between 1724-1739), Nicola Porpora Track 20: a href="/design/music/ospedali/Ospedali-20.rm">Sicut erat in principio Tracks 21-32: Missa pro defunctis (1767), Francesco Brusa Track 30: Sanctus Track 31: Adoramus Te Total playing time: [64:42] Performers: Chorissima and Virtuose with SFGC Sinfonia (Violin I: Carla Moore - Concertmaster, Elizabeth Blumenstock, Cynthia Albers; Violin II: George Thomson, Lisa Grodin, Maria Caswell; Viola: David Bowes, Stephanie Railsback; Bass: Michelle Burr; Oboe: Gonzalo Ruiz; Cello: David Morris; Organ: R. Bryan Baker; Trumpet: Fred Holmgren)