Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610 - Sacred Choral Music Album by The Sixteen | Perfect for Classical Music Lovers & Church Performances
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Album Description
Two-CD Set.
Following the success of their Monteverdi Selva morale e spirituale recordings, The Sixteen and Harry Christophers release a work often classed as one of the most significant collections of sacred music ever written: Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610. It is a work grand in conception and structure; revolutionary techniques established in his secular music, such as recitar cantando - speak through singing - are brought to the church platform with stunning effect.
Harry writes:
'Its variety alone makes it unique – thrilling psalm settings with virtuosic writing for both multi-part choir and instrumentalists to exotic and sensual settings of texts from the Song of Songs for solo voices. Every movement is full of luscious harmonies, drama and an evocative musical language which is so beautifully constructed for all concerned.'
Artists
The Sixteen Harry Christophers
Behind-the-Scenes Video
Track Listing
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
CD 1 1. Deus in adiutorium meum intende 2. Dixit Dominus 3. Nigra sum 4. Laudate pueri 5. Pulchra es 6. Laetatus sum 7. Duo Seraphim 8. Nisi Dominus 9. Audi coelum 10. Lauda Ierusalem (high) 11. Sonata sopra Sancta Maria 12. Ave maris stella
CD 2 Magnificat (high) 1. Mgnificat 2. Et exaltavit 3. Quia respexit 4. Quia fecit mihi magna 5. Et misericordia 6. Fecit potentiam 7. Deposuit potentes 8. Esurientes 9. Sucepit Israel 10. Sicut locutus est 11. Gloria Patri 12. Sicut erat
13. Lauda Ierusalem (low)
Magnificat (low) 14. Mgnificat 15. Et exaltavit 16. Quia respexit 17. Quia fecit mihi magna 18. Et misericordia 19. Fecit potentiam 20. Deposuit potentes 21. Esurientes 22. Sucepit Israel 23. Sicut locutus est 24. Gloria Patri 25. Sicut erat