Vespro della Beata Vergine 1610

Album by Claudio Monteverdi & La Capella Reial de Catalunya & Jordi Savall

Vespro della Beata Vergine (1610) is a collection of sacred music by Claudio Monteverdi, published in 1610. The work blends late Renaissance polyphonic techniques with emerging early Baroque concertato practices, employing grand choral textures, solo vocal writing, instrumental sonorities and basso continuo to mark Monteverdi's shift toward a more text-driven, dramatic approach that occupies a pivotal place in the development of early 17th-century sacred music.
First released: 1989

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Intonatio: Deus in adiutorium. - Responsorium: Domine ad adiuvandum
    2:12
  2. 2.
    Concerto: Audi Caelum
    7:46
  3. 3.
    Antiphona: Angelicam vitam. - Psalmus 109: Dixit Dominus
    9:10
  4. 4.
    Antiphona: Trinitate venerata - Psalmus 147: Lauda Jerusalem
    5:36
  5. 5.
    Concerto: Nigra sum
    3:27
  6. 6.
    Sonata sopra: Sancta Maria
    6:39
  7. 7.
    Antiphona: In Dei orto sata. - Psalmus 112: Laudate pueri
    7:45
  8. 8.
    Hymnus: Ave maris stella
    9:18
  9. 9.
    Antiphona: Hodie beata Barbara - Magnificat
    19:46
  10. 10.
    Concerto: Pulchra es
    4:23
  11. 11.
    Antiphona: paterni oblita amoris. - Psalmus 121: Laetatus sum
    8:45
  12. 12.
    Concerto: Duo Seraphim
    5:23
  13. 13.
    Antiphona: In Sancte Trinitatis. - Psalmus 126: Nisi Dominus
    5:22

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