Claudio Monteverdi - Il Ballo delle Ingrate

Claudio Monteverdi: Il Ballo delle Ingrate

Masterpiece of the Italian Baroque
A. Deller et al.; Ambrosian Singers; London Chamber Players - Alfred Deller dir.
Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG-567 [LP, mono, NA]
Amadeo AVRS 6069 [LP, stereo, Europe]

Contents:

Claudio Monteverdi / O. Rinuccini (t)
Published in Ottavo libro de' madrigali (Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi ...), Venice, 1638
Ballo delle ingrate (sv167)

1. Ouverture
2. Amore: De l'implacabili Dio
3. Sinfonia
4. Venere: Udite, Domne, udite
5. Plutone: Belle madre d'Amor
6. Amore e Venere: Ecco ver noi

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7. Ballo
8. Plutone: Dal tenebroso orror
9. Ballo
10. Una delle Ingrate: Ahi troppo e duro

Playing time: 44' 51"

Performers:
Alfred Deller (Venere, counter-tenor), Eileen McLaughlin (Amore, soprano), David Ward (Plutone, bass), April Cantelo (Una dell' Ingrate, soprano)
Ambrosian Singers
Denis Stevens, cond.
Julian Bream (lute), Desmond Dupré (gamba), Denis Vaughan (harpsichord)
London Chamber Players
Neville Marriner (violin), Peter Gibbs (violon), Kenneth Essex (viola), Derek Simpson ('cello), Anthony Baines (contrabass)
Alfred Deller, dir.

Recording site and date:
Europe [1956];
Rel.: April, 1957

Compilation:
Vanguard Classics 08 2030 71 [CD] Claudio Monteverdi: Il Ballo dell' Ingrate - Lamento d'Arianna

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.): 409-188 (Nov. 1994 (as Vanguard Classics 08 5063 71))
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): 71/851-116 (april 1994 (as Vanguard Classic 08 2030 71)), 72/862-88 (march 1995 (as Vanguard Classics 08 5063 71))
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):

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