Monteverdi - Vespro della Beata Virgine

Monteverdi - Vespro della Beata Virgine & G. Gabrieli, Scheidt, Schütz

Ameling, Burrowes, Brett, Johnson, Tear, Hill, Knapp, Noble, Choir of King's College, The Early Music Consort of London (- David Munrow, dir.) - Philip Ledger, cond.; Cambridge University Musical Society, Bach Choir, Wilbraham Brass Soloists, Choirs of King's College, Cambridge - David Willcocks, cond.
EMI forte 7243 5 68631 2 5 [CDx2]

Contents:

CD-1
Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Virgine

1. Deus in adjutorium
2. Psalm 109: Dixit Dominus
3. Concerto: Nigra Sum
4. Psalm 112: Laudate Pueri
5. Concerto: Pulchra es
6. Psalm 121: Laetatus Sum
7. Concerto: Duo Seraphim
8. Psalm 126: Nisi Dominus
9. Concerto: Audi Coelum
10. Psalm 147: Lauda Jerusalem
11. Sonata Sopra "Sancta Maria"
12. Hymn: Ave Maris Stella

CD-2

13. Magnificat

Giovanni Gabrieli

14. Omnes gentes, plaudite manibus
15. O magnum mysterium

Samuel Scheidt

16. In dulci jubilo

Heinrich Schütz

17. Psalm 150

Giovanni Gabrieli

18. Buccinate in Neomenia tuba
19. O Domine Jesu Christe
20. Angelus ad pastores ait
21. Canzon septimi toni à 8 (Sacrae Symphoniae - 1597)
22. Hodie completi sunt
23. Hodie Christus natus est

Playing time: 68' 40" + 62' 27"

Performers:
[1]-[13] Elly Ameling (soprano), Norma Burrowes (soprano), Charles Brett (alto), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Robert Tear (tenor), Martyn Hill (tenor), Peter Knapp (bass), John Noble (bass), Choir of King's College, The Early Music Consort of London (- David Munrow, dir.) - Philip Ledger, cond.;
[14]-[23] Cambridge University Musical Society, Bach Choir, Wilbraham Brass Soloists, Choirs of King's College, Cambridge - David Willcocks, cond.

Recording site and date:
[1]-[13] King's College Chapel, Cambridge, UK [07-08/1975]
[14]-[23] King's College Chapel, Cambridge, UK [10/1973]

Other releases (identical, first and re-releases):
33 r.p.m.: none
Cassette: none
CD: none

Other releases (compilation):
33 r.p.m.: none
Cassette: none
CD: none

Other releases (excerpts):
33 r.p.m.: [1]-[13] were initialy released on LP as EMI SLS 5064; [14]-[23] as EMI/HMV CSD 3755 Venetian Festival Music and Q4-CSD 3755 (quad. version)
Cassette: none
CD: none

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.):
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): 74/894-90 (jan. 1997); [1]-[13] 54/642-857 (nov. 1976 (as EMI/HMV SLS 5064)); [14]-[23] 52/618-946 (nov. 1974 (as EMI/HMV CSD 3755))
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):

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