Vespro della Beata Virgine

Album by Claudio Monteverdi & Chœur Novantiqua de Sion & Ensemble La Fenice & Bernard Héritier

Vespro della Beata Vergine is a collection of sacred music by Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi, published in 1610. The work blends late-Renaissance polyphony with emerging Baroque concertato techniques, employing expansive choral textures, solo voices and varied instrumental forces including basso continuo, and it occupies a pivotal place in Monteverdi's career and in the development of large-scale liturgical music.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Deus in adjutorium
    2:54
  2. 2.
    Antienne grégorienne: Psaume 109. "Dixit Dominus"
    9:01
  3. 3.
    Concerto: "Nigra sum"
    3:41
  4. 4.
    Antienne grégorienne: Psaume 112. "Laudate pueri"
    7:26
  5. 5.
    Concerto: "Pulchra es"
    3:45
  6. 6.
    Antienne grégorienne: Psaume 121. "Laetatus sum"
    8:07
  7. 7.
    Concerto: "Duo Seraphim"
    5:59
  8. 8.
    Antienne grégorienne: Psaume 126. "Nisi Dominus"
    5:50

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Concerto: "Audi coelum"
    9:02
  2. 3.
    Antienne grégorienne: Psaume 147. "Lauda Jerusalem, Dominum"
    5:20
  3. 4.
    Sonata sopra "Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis"
    6:46
  4. 5.
    Antienne grégorienne: Hymnus. "Ave Maris stella"
    10:38
  5. 6.
    Antienne grégorienne: Magnificat
    27:04

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