Vespro della Beata Vergine, 1610

Album by Claudio Monteverdi & Monteverdi Choir & Monteverdi Orchestra & Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Vespro della Beata Vergine (1610) is a collection of sacred music (Vespers) by Claudio Monteverdi, published in 1610. The work blends late Renaissance polyphony with emerging Baroque concertato textures, juxtaposing choral forces, solo voices and instrumental accompaniment to form an extensive liturgical programme that marks a significant point in Monteverdi's shift towards Baroque idioms.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Deus in adjutorium meum intende
    0:17
  2. 2.
    Domine ad adjuvandum me festina
    2:09
  3. 3.
    Psalmus 109: Dixit Dominus
    8:13
  4. 4.
    Concerto: Nigra sum
    4:29
  5. 5.
    Psalmus 112: Laudate, pueri, Dominum
    6:55
  6. 6.
    Concerto: Pulchra es
    4:24
  7. 7.
    Psalmus 121: Laetatus sum
    8:01
  8. 8.
    Concerto: Duo Seraphim
    7:07
  9. 9.
    Psalmus 126: Nisi Dominus
    5:30

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Concerto: Audi, coelum
    10:13
  2. 3.
    Psalmus 147: Lauda, Jerusalem, Dominum
    4:42
  3. 4.
    Sonata sopra ‘Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis’
    7:27
  4. 5.
    Hymnus: Ave maris stella
    10:09
  5. 6.
    Magnificat
    0:59
  6. 7.
    Et exultavit
    1:31
  7. 8.
    Quia respexit
    1:56
  8. 9.
    Quia fecit mihi magna
    1:05
  9. 10.
    Et misericordia eius
    2:35
  10. 11.
    Fecit potentiam
    1:00
  11. 12.
    Deposuit potentes
    2:33
  12. 13.
    Esurientes implevit bonis
    1:28
  13. 14.
    Suscepit Israel
    1:27
  14. 15.
    Sicut locutus est
    0:54
  15. 16.
    Gloria Patri
    2:44
  16. 17.
    Sicut erat in principio
    1:41

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