Vespers of 1610

Album by Claudio Monteverdi & Apollo’s Fire & Jeannette Sorrell

The Vespers of 1610 is a collection of sacred music by Claudio Monteverdi, first published in 1610. Combining late Renaissance polyphony with emerging Baroque textures, it employs concertato contrasts, prominent solo vocal writing and varied instrumental colour, and occupies a key position in Monteverdi's output and in the transition to early Baroque sacred music.
First released: 11th September 2010

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Motet. Audi Coelum
    4:42
  2. 2.
    Versicle & Response. Deus in Adjutorium
    2:10
  3. 3.
    Audi Coelum. Omnes hanc ergo
    3:55
  4. 4.
    Antiphon. Laeva ejus sub capite meo
    0:19
  5. 5.
    Psalm 109. Dixit Dominus
    7:12
  6. 6.
    Antiphon. Virgo prudentissima
    0:47
  7. 7.
    Psalm 147. Lauda, Jerusalem
    4:06
  8. 8.
    Motet: Nigra sum
    4:04
  9. 9.
    Sonata sopra Santa Maria
    6:52
  10. 10.
    Antiphon. Nigra sum sed formorsa
    0:25
  11. 11.
    Hamn. Ave maris stella
    7:45
  12. 12.
    Psalm 112. Laudate pueri
    5:53
  13. 13.
    Magnificat. Antiphon. Sancta Maria succore miseris
    1:03
  14. 14.
    Motet. Pulchra es
    4:01
  15. 15.
    Antiphon. Pulchra es et decora
    0:23
  16. 16.
    Magnificat. Magnificat anima mea
    0:50
  17. 17.
    Psalm 121. Laetatus sum
    6:29
  18. 18.
    Magnificat. Et exultavit
    1:18
  19. 19.
    Motet. Duo Seraphim
    5:50
  20. 20.
    Magnificat. Quia respexit humilitatem
    1:32
  21. 21.
    Magnificat. Quia fecit mihi magna
    1:12
  22. 22.
    Antiphon. Iam hiems transit
    0:24
  23. 23.
    Psalm 126. Nisi Dominus
    4:35
  24. 24.
    Magnificat. Et misericordia
    2:01
  25. 25.
    Magnificat. Fecit potentiam
    1:01
  26. 26.
    Magnificat. Deposuit potentes
    2:25
  27. 27.
    Magnificat. Esurientes
    1:30
  28. 28.
    Magnificat. Suscepit Israel
    1:16
  29. 29.
    Magnificat. Sicut locutus est
    1:01
  30. 30.
    Magnificat. Gloria Patri
    2:19
  31. 31.
    Magnificat. Sicut erat in principio
    2:21

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