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Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine (1610)
Michael Chance, Mark Tucker, Nigel Robson, Bryn Terfel
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, His Majesties Sagbutts and Cornetts, London Oratory Junior Choir, John Eliot Gardiner
This large-scale live recording (Gardiner's second) was made in Venice's St Mark's Basilica. It captures the drama as well as the ceremonial aspect of the work, despite sometimes cloudy recorded...
Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine (1610)
Michael Chance, Mark Tucker, Nigel Robson, Bryn Terfel
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, His Majesties Sagbutts and Cornetts, London Oratory Junior Choir, John Eliot Gardiner
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This large-scale live recording (Gardiner's second) was made in Venice's St Mark's Basilica. It captures the drama as well as the ceremonial aspect of the work, despite sometimes cloudy recorded...
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Contents and tracklist
- Nigel Robson (tenor), His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts (chamberensemble), Ann Monoyios (soprano), Marinella Pennicchi (soprano), Alastair Miles (bass), Mark Tucker (tenor), Bryn Terfel (bass), Jakob Lindberg (theorbo), Sandro Naglia (tenor), Jakob Lindberg (lute), David Miller (theorbo), Christopher Wilson (theorbo), Patrick Russill (chorusmaster), Michael Chance (countertenor), Ian Watson (organ)
- English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, The London Oratory Junior Choir
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1989-05-13
- Recording Venue: Basiliek San Marco, Venice
Awards and reviews
2010
This large-scale live recording (Gardiner's second) was made in Venice's St Mark's Basilica. It captures the drama as well as the ceremonial aspect of the work, despite sometimes cloudy recorded sound (See Archiv 073 035-9 for the spectacular DVD).
June 2010
Gardiner's second [recording of the Vespers], spectacularly recorded live in St Mark's, has a punchy choral sound, near-operatic solo singing (Bryn Terfel and Alistair Miles are among the basses), emphatic enunciation, big contrasts and deliberate exploitation of the building's spaces. Its outright theatricality sets it apart from other performances.
