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Special offer. Monteverdi: Vespers

Jill Gomez, Felicity Palmer, Robert Tear, Philip Langridge, John Shirley-Quirk

Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner

Gardiner's first version was made with some of the finest English singers of the day and the legendary Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
It may not be as polished, but its vitality stands up well... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…
  • Catalogue No: 4434822
  • Label: Decca
  • Series: Double Decca
  • Length: 2 hours 19 minutes

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Contents

Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine (1610)

Work length1:39:07
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  • Robert Tear (tenor), Jill Gomez (soprano), Felicity Palmer (soprano), Philip Langridge (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Michael Rippon (bass), Nicholas Kraemer (harpsichord), Malcolm Hicks (organ), Alastair Ross (organ), Robert Spencer (lute), Jennifer Ward Clarke (cello), James Bowman (countertenorvocalist), Sir John Eliot Gardiner (workeditor)
  • Monteverdi Choir, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, Salisbury Cathedral Choristers, David Munrow Recorder Ensemble
  • Sir John Eliot Gardiner
  • Recorded: 1974-02-01
  • Recording Venue: St Jude's, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London

1. Deus in adjutorium meum intende

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2. Domine ad adjuvandum me festina

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3. Psalmus 109: Dixit Dominus

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4. Concerto: Nigra sum

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5. Psalmus 112: Laudate, pueri, Dominum

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6. Concerto: Pulchra es

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7. Psalmus 121: Laetatus sum

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8. Concerto: Duo Seraphim

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9. Psalmus 126: Nisi Dominus

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10. Concerto: Audi, coelum

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11. Psalmus 147; Lauda, Jerusalem, Dominum

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12. Sonata sopra 'Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis'

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13. Hymnus: Ave Maria stella

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14. Magnificat: Magnificat

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15. Magnificat: Et exultavit

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16. Magnificat: Quia respexit

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17. Magnificat: Quia fecit mihi magna

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18. Magnificat: Et misericordia eius

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19. Magnificat: Fecit Potentiam

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20. Deposuit potentes

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21. Esurientes implevit bonis

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22. Suscepit Israel

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23. Sicut locutus est

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24. Gloria Patri

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25. Sicut erat in principio

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Gabrieli, G: Audite principes a 16, C 123 - Transc. Denis Arnold / Edited for performance John Eliot Gardiner

Work length7:01
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  • Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Choir
  • Sir John Eliot Gardiner
  • Recorded: 1972-04-14
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Bassano, G: Hodie Christus natus est - Trans. Denis Arnold / Edited for performance John Eliot Gardiner

Work length2:29
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  • Monteverdi Choir, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
  • Sir John Eliot Gardiner
  • Recorded: 1972-04-14
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Gabrieli, G: Angelus ad pastores - Transc. Denis Arnold / Edited for performance John Eliot Gardiner

Work length2:11
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  • Charles Brett (countertenorvocalist)
  • Monteverdi Choir, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
  • Sir John Eliot Gardiner
  • Recorded: 1972-04-14
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Gabrieli, G: Quem Vidistis pastores a 12, C 77 - Trans. Denis Arnold / Edited for performance John Eliot Gardiner

Work length10:21
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  • Charles Brett (countertenorvocalist), Philip Langridge (tenor), Martyn Hill (tenor)
  • Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Choir
  • Sir John Eliot Gardiner
  • Recorded: 1972-04-14
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Gabrieli, G: Salvator noster a 15, C 80 - Trans. Denis Arnold / Edited for performance John Eliot Gardiner

Work length6:05
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  • John Angelo Messana (altovocalist)
  • Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Choir
  • Sir John Eliot Gardiner
  • Recorded: 1972-04-14
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Gabrieli, G: Hodie Christus natus est - Trans. Denis Arnold / Edited for performance John Eliot Gardiner

Work length4:41
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  • Sir John Eliot Gardiner (workeditor)
  • Monteverdi Choir, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
  • Sir John Eliot Gardiner
  • Recorded: 1972-04-14
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

O magnum mysterium - Trans. Denis Arnold (1926 / 86) / Ed.for perf.J.E.Gardiner (1943-)

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Monteverdi: Exultent caeli

Work length7:48
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  • John Angelo Messana (altovocalist), Martyn Hill (tenor)
  • Monteverdi Choir, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
  • Sir John Eliot Gardiner
  • Recorded: 1972-04-14
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
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