Monteverdi: Second Vespers for the Feast of Santa Barbara [Import]

Claudio Monteverdi (Composer), Paul Nicholson (Composer), Giovanni Amigone (Composer), Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (Composer), Harry Christophers (Conductor), Sixteen Orchestra (Orchestra), Paul Nicholson (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Paul Nicholson
• Orchestra: Sixteen Orchestra
• Conductor: Harry Christophers
• Composer: Claudio Monteverdi, Paul Nicholson, Giovanni Amigone, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
• Audio CD (September 9, 1997)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Hyperion UK
• ASIN: B000002ZET
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #68,507 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Organ Improvisation

2. Second Vespers for the Feast of Santa Barbara (as reconstructed by Graham Dixon): Deus in adiutorium meum intende

3. Second Vespers for the Feast of Santa Barbara (as reconstructed by Graham Dixon): Angelicam vitam eligens

4. Second Vespers for the Feast of Santa Barbara (as reconstructed by Graham Dixon): Dixit Dominus Domino meo

5. Second Vespers for the Feast of Santa Barbara (as reconstructed by Graham Dixon): Pulchra es, amica mea

6. Second Vespers for the Feast of Santa Barbara (as reconstructed by Graham Dixon): In Dei orto sata

7. Second Vespers for the Feast of Santa Barbara (as reconstructed by Graham Dixon): Laudate pueri Dominum

8. Sonata for treble instrument & continuo (i) (attrib.)

9. Second Vespers for the Feast of Santa Barbara (as reconstructed by Graham Dixon): Paterni oblita amoris

10. Second Vespers for the Feast of Santa Barbara (as reconstructed by Graham Dixon): Laetatus sum in his

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Disc: 2

1. Second Vespers for the Feast of Santa Barbara (as reconstructed by Graham Dixon): Confitebor tibi Domine

2. Second Vespers for the Feast of Santa Barbara (as reconstructed by Graham Dixon): Exultet celebres virginis

3. Second Vespers for the Feast of Santa Barbara (as reconstructed by Graham Dixon): Ora pro nobis

4. Second Vespers for the Feast of Santa Barbara (as reconstructed by Graham Dixon): Hodie beata Barbara virgo gloriosa

5. Second Vespers for the Feast of Santa Barbara (as reconstructed by Graham Dixon): Magnificat

6. Second Vespers for the Feast of Santa Barbara (as reconstructed by Graham Dixon): Dominus vobiscum

7. Gaude, Barbara, motet for 5 voices (from Motets Book II for 5, 6, & 8 voices)

8. Second Vespers for the Feast of Santa Barbara (as reconstructed by Graham Dixon): Sit nomen Domini benedictum

9. Second Vespers for the Feast of Santa Barbara (as reconstructed by Graham Dixon): Audi coelum verba mea

10. Second Vespers for the Feast of Santa Barbara (as reconstructed by Graham Dixon): Angelus Domini nunciavit Mariae

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Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An intriguing recording, April 18, 1999

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This review is from: Monteverdi: Second Vespers for the Feast of Santa Barbara (Audio CD)

This recording has grown on me. At first I was confused, because Christophers uses such an unusual performing edition of this Vespro that it is almost unrecognizable. But the choral singing here is very beautiful, so this bizarre Vespro has finally won me over. Some of the solo voices are not the most distinctive, but they don't have much to sing, since Christophers gives us a choral version of this masterpiece; so ultimately the somewhat unexciting solo singing is not a major drawback. In this regard I must say that I will never understand one thing: how can a director use any male soloist other than Mark Padmore when Mark Padmore is available. Here Nigra Sum, for example, is sung by Andrew Murgatroyd - and who in the world is Murgatroyd and why did he deserve the honor? So Nigra Sum doesn't sound like much. But then Duo Seraphim sounds like a real winner - one truly terrific track in the entire recording. And why? Because it's got Mark Padmore in it. Of course, this is just my rookie opinion. Murgatroyd sings Nigra Sum on Rene Jacobs' recording of the Vespro as well, so there must be something to his singing that gets him votes more important than mine.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best., July 17, 2006

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This review is from: Monteverdi: Second Vespers for the Feast of Santa Barbara (Audio CD)

This is easily the best version out there. Incredibly underrated masterpiece of a recording. Don't pay attention to the editorial- the solos are brilliant and as always Christophers chorus is indescribable- and his plainchant is even better than McCreesh. Best recording of one the greatest masterpieces of western music.