Monteverdi: Vespro Della Beata Vergine, SV 206 [special edition with DVD]

 
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Monteverdi: Vespro Della Beata Vergine, SV 206 [special edition with DVD]
Ann Monoyios, Marinella Pennicchi, Michael Chance, Mark Tucker, Bryn Terfel, Alastair Miles / English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

[ Deutsche Grammophon / Archiv CDs plus DVD / 3 CD/DVD ]

Release Date: Friday 15 May 2020

In March 1964, as a student at King's College, Cambridge, John Eliot Gardiner led a performance of Monteverdi's Vespers that not only launched his career as a conductor, but also provided the impetus to create his world-renowned Monteverdi Choir. In 1989, to mark the Monteverdi Choir's 25th anniversary, he made the legendary live recording in St. Mark's, Venice (where Monteverdi had held the position of maestro di cappella), which is represented in this deluxe hardback edition. This performance was also filmed by the BBC, and is included alongside the CDs.

"An atmospheric and distinctive performance beautifully accommodated to its deluxe setting … a gloriously public Vespers, and thoroughly Venetian for that." Gramophone

"This large-scale live recording (Gardiner's second) was made in Venice's St Mark's Basilica. It captures the drama as well as the ceremonial aspect of the work, despite sometimes cloudy recorded sound." Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010

"Gardiner's second [recording of the Vespers], spectacularly recorded live in St Mark's, has a punchy choral sound, near-operatic solo singing (Bryn Terfel and Alistair Miles are among the basses), emphatic enunciation, big contrasts and deliberate exploitation of the building's spaces. Its outright theatricality sets it apart from other performances." Gramophone Magazine, June 2010

Tracks:

1. Domine ad adiuvandum a 6 (Live At Basiliek San Marco, Venice / 1989)
2. Dixit Dominus a 6 (Live At Basiliek San Marco, Venice / 1989)
3. Nigra sum a 1 (Live At Basiliek San Marco, Venice / 1989)
4. Laudate, pueri Dominum a 8 (Live At Basiliek San Marco, Venice / 1989)
5. Pulchra es a 2 (Live At Basiliek San Marco, Venice / 1989)
6. Laetatus sum a 6 (Live At Basiliek San Marco, Venice / 1989)
7. Duo seraphim a 3 (Live At Basiliek San Marco, Venice / 1989)
8. Nisi Dominus a 10 (Live At Basiliek San Marco, Venice / 1989)
9. Audi coelum a 8 (Live At Basiliek San Marco, Venice / 1989)
10. Lauda Jerusalem a 7 (Live At Basiliek San Marco, Venice / 1989)
11. Sonata sopra Sancta Maria a 1 (Live At Basiliek San Marco, Venice / 1989)
12. Ave maris stella a 8 (Live At Basiliek San Marco, Venice / 1989)
13. Magnificat I a 7 (Live At Basiliek San Marco, Venice / 1989)
14. Magnificat II a 6 (Live At Basiliek San Marco, Venice / 1989)
15. I&II Deus in adiutorum / Domine ad adiuvandum (Video)
16. 3. Psalmus 109: Dixit Dominus (Video)
17. 4. Concerto: Nigra sum (Video)
18. 5. Psalmus 112: Laudate, pueri, Dominum (Video)
19. 6. Concerto: Pulchra es (Video)
20. 7. Psalmus 121: Laetatus sum (Video)
21. 8. Concerto: Duo Seraphim (Video)
22. 9. Psalmus 126: Nisi Dominus (Video)
23. 10. Concerto: Audi, coelum (Video)
24. 11. Psalmus 147; Lauda, Jerusalem, Dominum (Video)
25. 12. Sonata sopra 'Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis' (Video)
26. 13. Hymnus: Ave Maria stella (Video)
27. XIV Magnificat - Anima mea Dominum (Video)
28. 15. Magnificat: Et exultavit (Video)
29. 16. Magnificat: Quia respexit (Video)
30. 17. Magnificat: Quia fecit mihi magna (Video)
31. 18. Magnificat: Et misericordia eius (Video)
32. 19. Magnificat: Fecit Potentiam (Video)
33. 20. Deposuit potentes (Video)
34. 21. Esurientes implevit bonis (Video)
35. 22. Suscepit Israel (Video)
36. 23. Sicut locutus est (Video)
37. 24. Gloria Patri (Video)
38. 25. Sicut erat in principio (Video)
39. Applaus (Video)
40. MenuDVD / His Majesties Sagbutts and Cornetts, English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, The London Oratory Junior Choir, John Eliot Gardiner / Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206

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