Credo (Vivaldi)


The Credo in E minor is the only extant setting of the Nicene Creed by Antonio Vivaldi. Another setting exists but is of dubious authenticity.

Settings

RV 591

RV 591 has four movements. In a style similar to his psalm setting of In exitu Israel, the first movement adorns the chorus' simple rhythms of crotchets and minims with the orchestra playing semiquavers and quavers. The second movement is a brief choral episode in the
The first movements open with a motif which bears similarity to a brief passage found in the first movement of the Gloria.

Movements

  1. Credo in unum Deum
  2. Et incarnatus est
  3. Crucifixus
  4. Et Resurrexit

    Media

RV 592

RV 592 is a disputed composition, attributed to Johann Adolph Hasse.

Editions