Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine, 1610 [Box set]

Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine, 1610 [Box set]

On this CD:

1. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206
Composed by Claudio Monteverdi
Performed by Roberto Abbondanza, Daniele Carnovich, Paolo Costa, Paolo Costa, Guy Demey, Gian Paolo Fagotto, Montserrat Figueras

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There are more than one dozen recordings of Monteverdi's great masterpiece, the Vespers of 1610, a distinction reserved for very few works and composers from the late 16th and early 17th centuries. With this kind of attention, you'd think that this substantial work for choir, soloists, and instruments would be more easily accessible--but it is in fact a structurally complex and musically intricate compilation of hymns, antiphons, and psalms, concluding with a magnificent setting of the Magnificat. Most recordings can't seem to overcome the strategic and technical problems of presenting such a three-dimensional work on a recording. But this one is different: the music literally comes alive and grabs our attention. If you're in the market for Monteverdi's Vespers, look no further. This is the most dynamic, dramatic version on disc. --David Vernier

Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine, 1610, Music, Claudio Monteverdi, Roberto Abbondanza, Daniele Carnovich, Paolo Costa, Guy Demey, Gian Paolo Fagotto, Montserrat Figueras, Jordi Savall, Capella Reial, Coro del Centro Musica Antica di Padova, La Capella Reial, Montserrat Figueras, Classical

Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine, 1610 [Box set]

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