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Alastair Miles (Performer), Bryn Terfel (Performer), Claudio Monteverdi (Composer), John Eliot Gardiner (Conductor), His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts (Performer), Michael Chance (Performer), English Baroque Soloists (Performer), Ann Monoyios (Performer), Mark Tucker (Performer), Nigel Robson (Performer), Sandro Naglia (Performer)
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listen  1. Vespro della Beata Vergine - Domine ad adiuvandum a 6Nigel Robson 2:09$0.99 Buy Track
listen  2. Vespro della Beata Vergine - Dixit Dominus a 6Ann Monoyios 7:13Album Only
listen  3. Vespro della Beata Vergine - Nigra sum a 1Mark Tucker 3:47$0.99 Buy Track
listen  4. Vespro della Beata Vergine - Laudate, pueri Dominum a 8Ann Monoyios 5:41$0.99 Buy Track
listen  5. Vespro della Beata Vergine - Pulchra es a 2Marinella Pennicchi 3:56$0.99 Buy Track
listen  6. Vespro della Beata Vergine - Laetatus sum a 6Ann Monoyios 6:31$0.99 Buy Track
listen  7. Vespro della Beata Vergine - Duo seraphim a 3Mark Tucker 6:43$0.99 Buy Track
listen  8. Vespro della Beata Vergine - Nisi Dominus a 10English Baroque Soloists 4:36$0.99 Buy Track
listen  9. Vespro della Beata Vergine - Audi coelum a 8Nigel Robson 8:36Album Only
listen10. Vespro della Beata Vergine - Lauda Jerusalem a 7English Baroque Soloists 3:51$0.99 Buy Track


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listen  1. Vespro della Beata Vergine - Sonata sopra Sancta Maria a 1English Baroque Soloists 6:54$0.99 Buy Track
listen  2. Vespro della Beata Vergine - Ave maris stella a 8Michael Chance 8:55Album Only
listen  3. Vespro della Beata Vergine - Magnificat I a 7Ann Monoyios17:39Album Only
listen  4. Vespro della Beata Vergine - Magnificat II a 6Mark Tucker18:28Album Only

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  • Performer: Alastair Miles, Bryn Terfel, His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts, Michael Chance, English Baroque Soloists, et al.
  • Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
  • Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
  • Audio CD (October 12, 1990)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Label: Archiv Produktion
  • ASIN: B0000057DL
  • In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #66,992 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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  1. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206 Domine ad adiuvandum
    Composed by Claudio Monteverdi
    with Ann Monoyios, Sandro Naglia, Michael Chance, Bryn Terfel, Alastair Miles, English Baroque Soloists, Nigel Robson, His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts, Mark Tucker
    Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner

  2. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206 Dixit Dominus
    Composed by Claudio Monteverdi
    with Ann Monoyios, Sandro Naglia, Michael Chance, Bryn Terfel, Alastair Miles, English Baroque Soloists, Nigel Robson, His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts, Mark Tucker
    Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner

  3. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206 Nigra sum
    Composed by Claudio Monteverdi
    with Ann Monoyios, Sandro Naglia, Michael Chance, Bryn Terfel, Alastair Miles, English Baroque Soloists, Nigel Robson, His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts, Mark Tucker
    Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner

  4. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206 Laudate pueri
    Composed by Claudio Monteverdi
    with Ann Monoyios, Sandro Naglia, Michael Chance, Bryn Terfel, Alastair Miles, English Baroque Soloists, Nigel Robson, His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts, Mark Tucker
    Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner

  5. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206 Pulchra es
    Composed by Claudio Monteverdi
    with Ann Monoyios, Sandro Naglia, Michael Chance, Bryn Terfel, Alastair Miles, English Baroque Soloists, Nigel Robson, His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts, Mark Tucker
    Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner

  6. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206 Laetatus sum
    Composed by Claudio Monteverdi
    with Ann Monoyios, Sandro Naglia, Michael Chance, Bryn Terfel, Alastair Miles, English Baroque Soloists, Nigel Robson, His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts, Mark Tucker
    Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner

  7. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206 Duo Seraphim
    Composed by Claudio Monteverdi
    with Ann Monoyios, Sandro Naglia, Michael Chance, Bryn Terfel, Alastair Miles, English Baroque Soloists, Nigel Robson, His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts, Mark Tucker
    Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner

  8. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206 Nisi Dominus
    Composed by Claudio Monteverdi
    with Ann Monoyios, Sandro Naglia, Michael Chance, Bryn Terfel, Alastair Miles, English Baroque Soloists, Nigel Robson, His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts, Mark Tucker
    Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner

  9. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206 Audi coelum
    Composed by Claudio Monteverdi
    with Ann Monoyios, Sandro Naglia, Michael Chance, Bryn Terfel, Alastair Miles, English Baroque Soloists, Nigel Robson, His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts, Mark Tucker
    Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner

  10. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206 Lauda Jerusalem
    Composed by Claudio Monteverdi
    with Ann Monoyios, Sandro Naglia, Michael Chance, Bryn Terfel, Alastair Miles, English Baroque Soloists, Nigel Robson, His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts, Mark Tucker
    Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner

  11. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206 Sonata sopra Sancta Maria
    Composed by Claudio Monteverdi
    with Ann Monoyios, Sandro Naglia, Michael Chance, Bryn Terfel, Alastair Miles, English Baroque Soloists, Nigel Robson, His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts, Mark Tucker
    Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner

  12. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206 Ave maris stella
    Composed by Claudio Monteverdi
    with Ann Monoyios, Sandro Naglia, Michael Chance, Bryn Terfel, Alastair Miles, English Baroque Soloists, Nigel Robson, His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts, Mark Tucker
    Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner

  13. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206 Magnificat a 7
    Composed by Claudio Monteverdi
    with Ann Monoyios, Sandro Naglia, Michael Chance, Bryn Terfel, Alastair Miles, English Baroque Soloists, Nigel Robson, His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts, Mark Tucker
    Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner

  14. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206 Magnificat a 6
    Composed by Claudio Monteverdi
    with Ann Monoyios, Sandro Naglia, Michael Chance, Bryn Terfel, Alastair Miles, English Baroque Soloists, Nigel Robson, His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts, Mark Tucker
    Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner

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John Eliot Gardiner's 1974 recording of Monteverdi's extraordinary Vespers of 1610 was a landmark, helping establish the modern reputations of both music and conductor. In 1989, to celebrate the silver anniversary of his Monteverdi Choir (named in honor of this work), he recorded the cycle again--this time live in the Basilica of San Marco in Venice. He made use of resources he didn't have 15 years earlier, like period instruments and, for soloists, a mix of early-music specialists (Ann Monoyios and Michael Chance) and opera singers (the young Bryn Terfel). As a bonus, he recorded both the standard version of the Magnificat for voices and instruments and Monteverdi's published alternative setting for six voices and organ. Gardiner gives a vigorous, theatrical, yet very detailed account of this music, caressing some phrases, thundering out others, using lots of carefully judged crescendos and decrescendos. On its terms, it works, thanks largely to the wondrous Monteverdi Choir, which can do anything asked of it. But there seems little of the sacred in the performance and almost nothing of the spontaneous or natural--the carefully calibrated effects can come across as overdetermined. In his booklet essay, Gardiner makes quite a point of his fidelity to the published score, yet he liberally adds instruments to double the voices, and he takes an odd liberty with the much-loved duet-trio "Duo seraphim": at the close of each half of the motet, at the words "plena est omnis terra," he has the tenors of his chorus take over from his soloists. If you're uncomfortable with that sort of thing, go for Andrew Parrott's marvelous one-singer-per-part performance or (for those who want a full chorus) for the version of William Christie or that of René Jacobs; if these additions don't faze you and you want a high-powered, adrenaline-rush performance, you'll find it here. --Matthew Westphal


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John Eliot Gardiner's 1974 recording of Monteverdi's extraordinary Vespers of 1610 was a landmark, helping establish the modern reputations of both music and conductor. In 1989, to celebrate the silver anniversary of his Monteverdi Choir (named in honor of this work), he recorded the cycle again--this time live in the Basilica of San Marco in Venice. He made use of resources he didn't have 15 years earlier, like period instruments and, for soloists, a mix of early-music specialists (Ann Monoyios and Michael Chance) and opera singers (the young Bryn Terfel). As a bonus, he recorded both the standard version of the Magnificat for voices and instruments and Monteverdi's published alternative setting for six voices and organ. Gardiner gives a vigorous, theatrical, yet very detailed account of this music, caressing some phrases, thundering out others, using lots of carefully judged crescendos and decrescendos. On its terms, it works, thanks largely to the wondrous Monteverdi Choir, which can do anything asked of it. But there seems little of the sacred in the performance and almost nothing of the spontaneous or natural--the carefully calibrated effects can come across as overdetermined. In his booklet essay, Gardiner makes quite a point of his fidelity to the published score, yet he liberally adds instruments to double the voices, and he takes an odd liberty with the much-loved duet-trio "Duo seraphim": at the close of each half of the motet, at the words "plena est omnis terra," he has the tenors of his chorus take over from his soloists. If you're uncomfortable with that sort of thing, go for Andrew Parrott's marvelous one-singer-per-part performance or (for those who want a full chorus) for the version of William Christie or that of René Jacobs; if these additions don't faze you and you want a high-powered, adrenaline-rush performance, you'll find it here. --Matthew Westphal

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5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely marvellous!, December 9, 1998
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Monteverdi's Vespers is one of my favourite musical works and it constantly astounds me that something written nearly 500 years ago can reach out across the centuries and "grab" one. I have about 6 different versions. I must confess that I go for the "grand" interpretation, as opposed to the "devotional" interpretation (e.g., Parrott). Of all the "grand" versions I've heard, this reigns supreme. Gardiner has probably done more than any other conductor to bring this work into the central repertoire, to take its rightful place alongside the B Minor Mass and "Messiah", so it's not surprising. Recorded in St,Mark's Cathedral, Venice (one historical theory says that this is where it was performed) with a small band of singers and players, the feeling and committment of the ensemble really hits you. In particular, the totally appropriately-named Monteverdi choir sing brilliantly. A colossal achievement! Somebody's going to have to work darn hard to better it!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Extraordinary, September 2, 2000
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This is simply an extraordinary performance from both a documentary and aesthetic perspective.

Recorded at St. Mark's Basilica in Venice, where Monteverdi was composer-in-residence from 1613, the sound quality is outstanding. I've heard so many choral performances recorded in Renaissance churches that sound lost and empty. The engineers have done something special here -- they have produced a disc that SOUNDs like what I imagine a performance of the Vespers would have sounded to Monteverdi's ears.

The performances themselves are about the best I have heard from the Monteverdis and the soloists. Not one voice sounds out of harmony or rhythm, and not one instrument sounds a false not. That is almost unheard of in a live recording.

I'm not sure that this is the definitive recording of this work, but I haven't heard many that have come close. Frankly, though the one-voice-per-part approach favoured by some HIP ensembles would be totally inappropriate. Venice wanted its music BIG and that's how Monteverdi wrote it.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding performance, March 22, 2000
By Francesco C. (Montreal, Canada) - See all my reviews
The Vespri conducted by Gardiner are - as usual in his case - absolutely outstanding. The quality of the soloists and the circumstance that the Monteverdi Choir keeps on using male voices for their alto and soprano lines make the CD a must for those of us who enjoy historical performances.

In my opinion, only comparable, and in some cases superior (the brass section is unbelievable), to the Savall recording.

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