Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610

Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610

Vespro della Beata Vergine and Magnificat
Ritchie, Morison, Herbert, Lewis, Boyce Jones, Gerlin, The London Singers, Ensemble Orchestral de l'Oiseau-Lyre - Anthony Lewis, cond.
L'Oiseau-lyre (France) OLLD 99/100 [LPx2, mono, 25cm]
L'Oiseau-lyre OL 50021/22 [LPx2, mono, 25cm]
L'Oiseau-lyre OLS 107/108 [LPx2, e-stereo, 25cm]

Contents:

Claudio Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610


OLLD 99 / OL 50021 (side 1)

1. Domine ad adiuvandum
2. Psalm 109: Dixit Dominus
3. Concerto: Nigra sum
4. Psalm 112: Laudate pueri

OLLD 100 / OL 50022 (side 2)

5. Concerto: Pulchra es
6. Psalm 121: Laetatus Sum
7. Concerto: Duo Seraphim
8. Psalm 126: Nisi Dominus

OLLD 100 / OL 50022 (side 3)

9. Concerto: Audi Coelum
10. Psalm 147: Lauda Jerusalem
11. Sonata Sopra "Sancta Maria"
12. Hymn: Ave Maris Stella

OLLD 99 / OL 50021 (side 4)

13. Magnificat

Recording site and date:
Paris [9/1953];
Rel.: 1953; 1971 (OLS 107/108)

Performers:
Margaret Ritchie (soprano), Elsie Morison (soprano), William Herbert (tenor), Richard Lewis (tenor), Bruce Boyce (baritone), Geraint Jones (organ), Ruggero Gerlin (harpsichord), The London Singers, Ensemble Orchestral de l'Oiseau-Lyre - Georges Alès, leader & Anthony Lewis, cond.

Reviewed in:
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): 31/369- [01/1954]
Disque: Vol VI, Special 60-1 [Christmas 1953]

Comments:
Information from owned LP (OL 50021 only). The copy I bought was sold in a single sleeve numbered OL 50021 without mention of two LPs or a second sleeve; tracks are 1-4 on side 1 and 13 on second side, obviously an auto-coupling LP.

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