Monteverdi: Christmas Vespers [Import]

Claudio Monteverdi (Composer), Kim Glies Nandfred (Conductor), Søren Gleerup Hansen (Performer), Klaudia Kidon (Performer), Else Torp Schröder (Performer), Lars Pedersen (Performer), Poul Emborg (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Søren Gleerup Hansen, Klaudia Kidon, Else Torp Schröder, Lars Pedersen, Poul Emborg
• Conductor: Kim Glies Nandfred
• Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
• Audio CD (March 1, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Classico
• ASIN: B00004OCT5
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,108,766 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Christmas Vespers for soloists, chorus & orchestra (reconstructed by Denis Stevens): Dixit Dominus (Psalm 110)

2. Christmas Vespers for soloists, chorus & orchestra (reconstructed by Denis Stevens): Confitebor tibi Domine (Psalm 111)

3. Christmas Vespers for soloists, chorus & orchestra (reconstructed by Denis Stevens): Beatus vir (Psalm 112)

4. Christmas Vespers for soloists, chorus & orchestra (reconstructed by Denis Stevens): Laudate Pueri (Psalm 113)

5. Christmas Vespers for soloists, chorus & orchestra (reconstructed by Denis Stevens): Laudate Dominum (Psalm 117)

6. Christmas Vespers for soloists, chorus & orchestra (reconstructed by Denis Stevens): Christe Redemptor omnium (Hymn)

7. Christmas Vespers for soloists, chorus & orchestra (reconstructed by Denis Stevens): Magnificat (Luke 1, 46-55)

Customer Reviews

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars First Recording of Christmas Vespers, February 23, 2005

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This review is from: Monteverdi: Christmas Vespers (Audio CD)

Kim Glies Nandfred directs the Danish Chamber Choir with orchestra and soloists in a first recording of a speculative Christmas Vesper service reconstructed using psalms, hymns and a magnificat from the two large-scale collections Selva morale et spirituale and Messe a quattro voci et salmi by Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643).

The vocal soloists on this recording:

Else Torp Schroder & Klaudia Kidon, sopranos

Kirsten Grove, alto

Poul Emborg & Lars Pedersen, tenors

Per Hoyer & Rune Stensvold, basses

The works on this recording:

1. Dixit Dominus

2. Confitebor tibi Domine

3. Beatus vir

4. Laudate Pueri

5. Laudate Dominum

6. Christe Redemptor omnium

7. Magnificat