Vespro della Beata Vergine

Album by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber & La Capella Ducale & Musica Fiata & Roland Wilson

Vespro della Beata Vergine is a Vespers liturgical composition by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, composed circa 1693. The work is a Baroque sacred setting that combines polychoral and solo-choir textures with elaborate instrumental concertante passages and prominent violin writing, reflecting Salzburg's late 17th-century liturgical style and representing an example of Biber's integration of virtuosic instrumental writing into his ecclesiastical output.
First released: 25th July 2005

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Dixit Dominus a 32
    9:14
  2. 2.
    Sonata a 3
    4:34
  3. 3.
    Laudate pueri
    1:11
  4. 4.
    Sonata a 4 Violis
    3:59
  5. 5.
    Laetatus sum a 7
    7:55
  6. 6.
    Quo abiit dilectus tuus 8
    4:47
  7. 7.
    Nisi Dominus a 2
    9:14
  8. 8.
    Sonata a 3
    5:50
  9. 9.
    Lauda Jerusalem
    1:51
  10. 10.
    Sonata a 6
    5:09
  11. 11.
    Magnificat a 32
    10:08
  12. 12.
    Salve Regina a 2
    4:57
  13. 13.
    Litaniae Lauretanae
    8:51