Vespro della Beata Vergine

Album by Claudio Monteverdi & Taverner Consort & Taverner Choir & Taverner Players & Andrew Parrott

Vespro della Beata Vergine is a collection of sacred vocal works by Claudio Monteverdi, published in 1610. Musically it blends Renaissance polyphonic techniques with emerging early Baroque concertato practice, employing solo voices, choir and a varied instrumental ensemble with basso continuo to produce contrasting textures, and it represents a pivotal point in Monteverdi's development and in the evolution of large-scale liturgical composition.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Versiculus: Deus in adiutorium (Canto gregoriano)
    0:13
  2. 2.
    Responsorium: Domine ad adiuvandum me festina (Monteverdi)
    1:53
  3. 3.
    Antiphona I: Assumpta est Maria in caelum (Canto gregoriano)
    0:29
  4. 4.
    Psalmus I: Dixit Dominus (Monteverdi)
    8:07
  5. 5.
    Concerto: Nigra sum (Monteverdi)
    3:45
  6. 6.
    Antiphonia II: Maria Virgo assumpta est (Canto gregoriano)
    0:42
  7. 7.
    Psalmus II: Laudate pueri (Monteverdi)
    6:04
  8. 8.
    Concerto: Pulchra es (Monteverdi)
    3:37
  9. 9.
    Antiphona III: In odorem unguentorum tuorum currimus (Canto gregoriano)
    0:33
  10. 10.
    Psalmus III: Laetatus sum (Monteverdi)
    6:54
  11. 11.
    Sonata a 2 per violine e violone (Giovanni Paolo Cima)
    4:20
  12. 12.
    Antiphona IV: Benedicta filia tua Domino (Canto gregoriano)
    0:38
  13. 13.
    Psalmus IV: Nisi Dominus (Monteverdi)
    4:50
  14. 14.
    Concerto: Audi coelum (Monteverdi)
    7:30

Disc 2

  1. 1.
    Antiphona V: Pulchra es et decora (Canto gregoriano)
    0:38
  2. 2.
    Psalmus V: Lauda Jerusalem (Monteverdi)
    4:48
  3. 3.
    Sonata a 3 per violino, cornetto e violone (Giovanni Paolo Cima)
    3:17
  4. 4.
    Capitulum: In omnibus requiem quaesivi (Canto gregoriano)
    0:46
  5. 5.
    Hymnus: Ave Maria stella (Monteverdi)
    8:08
  6. 6.
    Versus Et Responsorium: Exaltata est sancta Dei Genitrix (Canto gregoriano)
    0:31
  7. 7.
    Antiphona VI: Hodie Maria caelos ascendit (Canto gregoriano)
    0:33
  8. 8.
    Magnificat (Monteverdi)
    17:18
  9. 9.
    Sonata sopra Sancta Maria (Monteverdi)
    6:24
  10. 10.
    Oratio: Dominus vobiscum (Canto gregoriano)
    1:07
  11. 11.
    Versus: Dominus vobiscum; Benedicamus Domino (Canto gregoriano)
    0:24
  12. 12.
    Concerto: Duo Seraphim (Monteverdi)
    4:53
  13. 13.
    Antiphona Beatae Mariae Virginis: Salve Regina (Monteverdi)
    5:14
  14. 14.
    Versus et Responsorium: Ora pro nobis (Canto gregoriano)
    0:22
  15. 15.
    Oratio: Dominus vobiscum (Canto gregoriano)
    1:01
  16. 16.
    Conclusio: Divinum auxilium maneat semper nobiscum (Canto gregoriano)
    0:18

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