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Oh please, Vivaldi only repeats the opening gloria movement 4 times, with different instruments, and then uses it as a bass line... Might I also mention that the first statement of the opening theme is not like the others (ok, it's similar, but it ain't exactly the same). It's certainly not as bad (if you can call that bad...) as his op. 3 no. 5 first movement.... where the entire orchestra plays an A lord knows how many times.
Might I also add that the propter magnum is not really a fugue, it simply uses fugual entrances... vivaldi wasn't a stickler for strict counterpoint, although he could write in strict counterpoint very well, take for instance op. 3, no. 11, the 3rd movement.
As for my favorite composers, the great two are Handel and Bach, with some preference for Handel.
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