Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine 1610/Venetian Vespers
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Composer: Claudio MonteverdiConductor: Andrew Parrott
Performer: Taverner Consort
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2000-04-11
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Versiculus, Canto Gregoriano: Deus In Adiutorium
- Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Responsorium: Domine Ad Adiuvandum Me Festina
- Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Antiphona, Canto Gregoriano
- Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Psalmus I: Psalmus 109: Dixit Dominus
- Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Con: Nigra Sum
- Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Antiphona II, Canto Gregoriano: Maria Virgo Assumpta Est
- Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Psalmus II: Psalmus 112: Laudate Pueri
- Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Con: Pulchra Es
- Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Antiphona III, Canto Gregoriano: In Odorem Unguentorum Tuorum...
- Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Psalmus III: Psalmus 121: Laetatus Sum
- Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Son
- Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Antiphona IV, Canto Gregoriano: Benedicta Filia Tua Domino
- Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Psalmus IV: Psalmus 126: Nisi Dominus
- Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Con: Audi Coelum
- Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Antiphona V, Canto Gregoriano: Pulchra Es Et Decora, Filia...
- Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Psalmus IV:: Psalmus V: Psalmus 147: Lauda Jerusalem Dominum
- Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Son
- Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Capitulum, Canto Gregoriano: In Omnibus Requiem Quaesivi
- Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Hymnus: Ave Maris Stella
- Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Versus Et Responsorium
- Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Antiphona VI, Canto Gregoriano: Hodie Maria Virgo Caelos Ascendit
- Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Son Sopra Sancta Maria
- Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Magnificat
- Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Oratio, Canto Gregoriano: Dominus Vobiscum
- Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Versus, Canto Gregoriano: Dominus Vobiscum
- Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Con: Duo Seraphim
- Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Antiphona Beatae Mariae Virginis: Salve Regina
- Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Versus Et Responsorium, Canto Gregoriano: Ora Pro Nobis
- Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Oratio, Canto Gregoriano: Domine Vobiscum
- Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Conclusio, Canto Gregoriano: Divinum Auxilium Maneat Semper...
- Selva Morale E Spirituale 1641: Psalmus 109: Dixit Dominus
- Selva Morale E Spirituale 1641: Psalmus 110: Confitebor Tibi Domine
- Selva Morale E Spirituale 1641: Psalmus 111: Beatus Vir
- Selva Morale E Spirituale 1641: Psalmus 112: Laudate Pueri
- Selva Morale E Spirituale 1641: Psalmus 116: Laudate Dominum
- Selva Morale E Spirituale 1641: Salve Regina
Music reviews of Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine 1610/Venetian Vespers
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Rating: 5 Stars
Claudio Monteverdi's Vespro della Beata Vergine of 1610 is a monument that straddles the transition from the musical values of the late renaissance and the early baroque like the Colossus of Rhodes, incorporating hugely different elements, from antiphonal chant to prima prattica tenor-structured polyphony to secunda prattica accompanied recitativo and operatic aria, yet achieving the kind of unity represented by holding its listeners spellbound. It is, like the Colossus, one of the Seven Wonders of musical history. It's also one of the most frequently performed works of sacred music in the world, ranking only behind Handel's Messiah and bach's B-minor Mass. Accordingly, there have been dozens of recordings of it, and many of them have been quite fine. To 'carry off' the Vespers, one needs above all two virtuosic cornetto-players, three tenor singers of great vocal agility whose voices match closely, and an acoustic that flatters a well-disciplined chorus capable of the restraint needed for polychoral polyphony. Yes yes, everything else needs to be nearly perfect also. Thus there can never be an absolutely ultimate recording of the Vespers; sections of one will always be better than sections of another.
This performance by conductor Andrew Parrott has long been taken as the standard of overall excellence. It is still the best-selling of all recordings of the Vespers, by a wide margin. And it's very good! I've listened to it with pleasure on three continents. But I'm interested in comparing it with other recordings - most of them more recent. You will soon see that almost every major conductor feels a need to perform the Vespers his way:
Nicholas Harnoncourt, with Concentus Musicus Wien
John Eliot Gardiner, with the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra
Konrad Junghaenel, with Cantus Coelln
Jordi Savall, with La Capella Reial
Philippe Herreweghe, with La Chapelle Royale
Rene Jacobs, with Concerto Vocale
Rinaldo Alessandrini, with Concerto Italiano
Stephen Stubbs, with Tragicomedia and Concerto Palatino
Maasaki Suzuki, with Bach Collegium Japan
Frieder Bernius, with Musica Fiata
There are others, but these are the ones I'm familiar with. All of them are excellent in one way or another, IMHO. What I'd like to do is to invite readers who are thrilled or displeased with any performance of the Vespers - those listed or others - to comment on this review, to say specifically what you admire or dislike about the performances. The result will be, I hope, a kind of round-robin evaluation of the current state of performance and recording. Please don't get off-topic, and please avoid denunciations.
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