Maria-Vespers

Album by Claudio Monteverdi & Ambrosian Singers & Denis Stevens

Maria-Vespers is a collection of liturgical Vespers music composed by Claudio Monteverdi in 1610. Musically it synthesises late Renaissance polyphony with emerging Baroque features such as concertato contrasts, prominent solo vocal writing and varied instrumental colouration, and it occupies a key place in Monteverdi's output and in the transition from Renaissance to Baroque sacred music.

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  1. 1.
    Maria-Vespers: Deus in Adjutorium
    2:16
  2. 2.
    Maria-Vespers: Dixit Dominus
    9:24
  3. 3.
    Maria-Vespers: Laudate Pueri
    7:38
  4. 4.
    Maria-Vespers: Laetatus Sum
    8:08
  5. 5.
    Maria-Vespers: Nisi Dominus
    7:27
  6. 6.
    Maria-Vespers: Lauda Jerusalem
    5:44
  7. 7.
    Maria-Vespers: Ave Maris Stella
    9:46
  8. 8.
    Maria-Vespers: Magnificat
    20:33

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