Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine (1610)

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[Butt’s] flexible approach to the vexed question of the proportional speeds between duple and triple sections produces some surprisingly languid effects…but a dance-like vitality elsewhere…using... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 8th Sep 2017
Catalogue No: CKD569
Label: Linn
Length: 93 minutes

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Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine (1610)

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Joshua Ellicott, Joanne Lunn, John Butt, Esther Brazil, The Dunedin Consort, Matthew Long, Amy Lyddon, His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts, Rory McCleery, Nicholas Mulroy, Peter Harris, Peter Harvey, William Gaunt

I. Deus in adiutorium

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II. Dixit Dominus

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III. Nigra sum

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IV. Laudate pueri Dominum

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V. Pulchra es

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VI. Laetatus sum

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VII. Duo Seraphim

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VIII. Nisi Dominus

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IX. Audi coelum

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X. Lauda Jerusalem

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XI. Sonata sopra Sancta Maria

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XII. Ave maris stella

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XIII. XIIIa. Magnificat

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XIV. XIIIb. Et exultavit spiritus meus

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XV. XIIIc. Quia respexit humilitatem

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XVI. XIIId. Quia fecit mihi magna

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XVII. XIIIe. Et misericordia eius

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XVIII. XIIIf. Fecit potentiam in brachio suo

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XIX. XIIIg. Deposuit potentes de sede

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XX. XIIIh. Esurientes implevit bonis

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XXI. XIIIi. Suscepit Israel puerum suum

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XXII. XIIIj. Sicut locutus est

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XXIII. XIIIk. Gloria Patri

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XXIV. XIIIl. Sicut erat in principio

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Interview, John Butt on Monteverdi's Vespers 1610

18th September 2017

John Butt talks to David about his new recording of Monteverdi's majestic Vespers with the Dunedin Consort and His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts.

The sonic grandeur of Monteverdi's spectacular masterpiece is expertly realized in this recording by John Butt and Dunedin Consort.

Together with the virtuoso players of His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts and a star-studded line up, including Peter Harvey, Joanne Lunn and Nicholas Mulroy, Dunedin Consort delivers the perfect recording to celebrate the 450th anniversary of Monteverdi's birth.

The raison d'être for this recording was reinforced following a performance of the Vespers at the 2016 Lammermuir Festival which wowed the critics: The Herald called it superbly stylish...an exhilarating performance whilst The Scotsman stated it is hard to imagine a more exquisite, deeply felt performance.

In direct contrast to the more typically lavish stagings John Butt's preference for single part performance brings a welcome sense of intimacy to Monteverdi's most famous work.

In eschewing the pomp and circumstance John Butt's approach delivers a fresh, modern performance that allows the individuality of the soloists to shine.

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October 2017

[Butt’s] flexible approach to the vexed question of the proportional speeds between duple and triple sections produces some surprisingly languid effects…but a dance-like vitality elsewhere…using just ten singers creates a great transparency of texture

March 2018

Vital passion (especially in the concerti), fresh, compelling fervour, luminous clarity and exquisite phrasing flow from ten vocal virtuosi and brilliant instrumentalists. Even if one prefers interpretations with a ripieno choir, it must be conceded that small forces of this quality can pack a knock-out punch – che forza!

8th September 2017

a virtuoso display of individual talents.

October 2017

Butt’s innate ability to shape a movement is regularly on show…The contours of the music are further delineated by another of Butt’s performance decisions, which is to find tempo relationships which lead to triple-time sections being about half the speed we have become used to hearing…With so many Vespers recordings out there, this one joins the ranks of those with both a character of its own and something to say.

3rd September 2017

The Dunedin Consort’s 10 voices combine to make a magnificent choral sound in Lauda Jerusalem, yet have the flexibility for the melismatic writing of their solos in Pulchra es and Duo Seraphim.

24th September 2017

Gone are all plainsong antiphons and other contextual additions; what is presented instead is a varied collection of individual pieces of sacred music. This is a shock, though the recording sounds fresh and clear, emphasising transparency without a big reverberant acoustic.

Daily Mail 25th September 2017

If you want some Monteverdi in your life, you can’t do better than this new recording of his Vespers from the Edinburgh-based choir the Dunedin Consort, under their music director John Butt, a man of many talents: a first-class musicologist, a communicator with a gift for explaining complex points, and an excellent conductor.

Record Review 9th September 2017

a brisk bright sounding performance and if you miss the grandeur of the larger forces you gain in clarity, transparency and rhythmic flexibility as well. And the standard of solo singing is outstanding, beautifully ornamented. It's typical Butt, he'll have you rethinking how Monteverdi's Vespers might sound and it's a well matched recording as well.

Classic FM 25th September 2017

Any recording by Butt is an event. And this one, recorded with a small, hand-picked choir of ten voices, is special even by his elevated standard.

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