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.
First released: 1985

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Concerto: Audi, coelum
    10:13
  2. 2.
    Deus in adjutorium meum intende
    0:17
  3. 3.
    Psalmus 147: Lauda, Jerusalem, Dominum
    4:42
  4. 4.
    Domine ad adjuvandum me festina
    2:09
  5. 5.
    Psalmus 109: Dixit Dominus
    8:13
  6. 6.
    Sonata sopra ‘Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis’
    7:27
  7. 7.
    Hymnus: Ave maris stella
    10:09
  8. 8.
    Concerto: Nigra sum
    4:29
  9. 9.
    Psalmus 112: Laudate, pueri, Dominum
    6:55
  10. 10.
    Magnificat
    0:59
  11. 11.
    Et exultavit
    1:31
  12. 12.
    Concerto: Pulchra es
    4:24
  13. 13.
    Quia respexit
    1:56
  14. 14.
    Psalmus 121: Laetatus sum
    8:01
  15. 15.
    Concerto: Duo Seraphim
    7:07
  16. 16.
    Quia fecit mihi magna
    1:05
  17. 17.
    Psalmus 126: Nisi Dominus
    5:30
  18. 18.
    Et misericordia eius
    2:35
  19. 19.
    Fecit potentiam
    1:00
  20. 20.
    Deposuit potentes
    2:33
  21. 21.
    Esurientes implevit bonis
    1:28
  22. 22.
    Suscepit Israel
    1:27
  23. 23.
    Sicut locutus est
    0:54
  24. 24.
    Gloria Patri
    2:44
  25. 25.
    Sicut erat in principio
    1:41

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