Mottetto RV 633, Stabat Mater RV 621, Introduzione Al Miserere RV 638, Nisi Dominus RV 608

Comes in standard white-tray jewelcase with 24-page booklet (credits, liner notes in french and english, lyrics in latin, french and italian). Durations are wrongly printed 1'16 for track 4, 0'56 for track 13 and 1'03 for track 16. Release is subtitled "Musique Sacrée pour Contralto, Cordes et Basse continue (Sacred music for contralto, strings and continuo)". No logo "France Telecom" and "Thonon-les Bains" on back cover. on back cover : Stereo original digital recording by Sony System. Recorded at Saint-Hippolyte Basilica, Thonon-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie, France (April 26, 27, 28 & 29, 1988). Manufactured in Switzerland by SDC Suisse SA Distributed by HMI Editions, Pont-l'Abbé, Finistère, France © 1988 ℗ 1987 Harmonic Records Paris France Printed in France / Imprimé en France Digital editing : Translab S.A. Paris, France. Cover picture / Illustration : "Le Pont des Soupirs, le Palais Ducal et Dogana à Venise, peinture à la manière de Canaletto", William Turner, Tate Gallery, London. Réalisé avec le concours de la Fondation France Télécom & de la ville de Thonon-les-Bains. on CD label : © 1988 ℗ 1987 Harmonic Records Paris France Recorded in France. Manufactured in Switzerland in booklet : Vestro Principi Divino Mottetto per contralto, due violini, viola e basso RV 633 Bibliothèque Nationale, Giordano, Turin, M.S. 32 (f. 159-166) Stabat Mater per contralto, archi e basso continuo RV 621 dedicated to Gian Francesco Malipiero Bibliothèque Nationale, Giordano, Turin, M.S. 33 (f. 36-46) Filiae Maestae Jerusalem Introduzione al Miserere per contralto, due violini, viola e basso RV 638 Bibliothèque Nationale, Giordano, Turin, M.S. 33 (f. 54-59) Nisi Dominus (Salmo 126) per contralto, archi e basso continuo RV 608 dedicated to Francesco Degrada Bibliothèque Nationale, Foà, Turin, M.S. 40 (f. 251-297) © 1988 ℗ 1987 Harmonic Records Paris France Printed in France / Imprimé en France For this recording, the Ensemble Il Seminario Musicale played with : Baroque Violin of Pierre Jaquier dit Mathias (Paris 1980-1982) Alto of Carlo Antonio Testore (Milano 1751) Viole d'amore of Carlo Bergonzi (1740) French Violoncello from the XVIII century (Anonymous) Contrabass of Dominicus Busan (Venice 1743) Theorbo of Mathias Durvie (copy M. Sellas, Venice 1638) Baroque Lute of Steven Murphy (copy C. Hoffmann 1690) Elements of the recording system : Recorder : Sony 16 bit linear quantization at 44.1 kHz sampling rate Frequency response : DC to 20 kHz ± 0.5 dB Signal to noise ratio : more than 96 dB unweighted Wow and Flutter : below measurable limit Distortion : lass than .01 % Microphones : 2 Brüel & Kjaer (4003 S and power supply 2812) Microphone dynamic range : - lower limit determined by the room level noise - upper limit 151 dB Monitoring speakers : QUAD ESL-63 'FRED" (Totally homogeneous sound source).