Monteverdi - Vespers of 1610 (Vespro della Beata Vergine) / Chandler, R. Croft, Atkinson, Numura, Boston Baroque, Pearlman

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This performance of Monteverdi's extraordinary collection of sacred music, which received a 1999 Grammy nomination, has its good points, but it can't really be considered best even in its class. Martin Pearlman leads a relatively large-scale performance, using a 30-member chorus (often doubled by instruments) throughout; he adds some plainchant before the Psalms; he takes the Lauda Jerusalem and Magnificat at high pitch. The instrumentalists play their difficult parts quite creditably, and Pearlman takes some exciting tempos. Unfortunately, his chorus can't always keep up with him: they often sound muddy and, in fast passages, sometimes downright sloppy. The soprano soloists sing attractively but with wider vibratos than ideal for this music; the tenors, however, are very good indeed, with Richard Croft's heartfelt, sensitively embellished, beautifully modulated singing deserving an award for Best Performance of Monteverdi by a Mainstream Opera Singer. If you want a full-scale choral performance, though, you'll do better with that of René Jacobs or William Christie, and Andrew Parrott's reconstruction of a Vespers service (done mostly one-singer-per-part) is not to be missed. --Matthew Westphal

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Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine 1610/Venetian Vespers
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 Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine 1610/Venetian Vespers

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ASIN: B000031WJB
Release Date: 2000-04-11

Tracks:

  1. Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Versiculus, Canto Gregoriano: Deus In Adiutorium
  2. Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Responsorium: Domine Ad Adiuvandum Me Festina
  3. Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Antiphona, Canto Gregoriano
  4. Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Psalmus I: Psalmus 109: Dixit Dominus
  5. Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Con: Nigra Sum
  6. Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Antiphona II, Canto Gregoriano: Maria Virgo Assumpta Est
  7. Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Psalmus II: Psalmus 112: Laudate Pueri
  8. Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Con: Pulchra Es
  9. Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Antiphona III, Canto Gregoriano: In Odorem Unguentorum Tuorum...
  10. Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Psalmus III: Psalmus 121: Laetatus Sum
  11. Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Son
  12. Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Antiphona IV, Canto Gregoriano: Benedicta Filia Tua Domino
  13. Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Psalmus IV: Psalmus 126: Nisi Dominus
  14. Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Con: Audi Coelum
  15. Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Antiphona V, Canto Gregoriano: Pulchra Es Et Decora, Filia...
  16. Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Psalmus IV:: Psalmus V: Psalmus 147: Lauda Jerusalem Dominum
  17. Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Son
  18. Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Capitulum, Canto Gregoriano: In Omnibus Requiem Quaesivi
  19. Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Hymnus: Ave Maris Stella
  20. Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Versus Et Responsorium
  21. Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Antiphona VI, Canto Gregoriano: Hodie Maria Virgo Caelos Ascendit
  22. Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Son Sopra Sancta Maria

Tracks:

  1. Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Magnificat
  2. Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Oratio, Canto Gregoriano: Dominus Vobiscum
  3. Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Versus, Canto Gregoriano: Dominus Vobiscum
  4. Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Con: Duo Seraphim
  5. Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Antiphona Beatae Mariae Virginis: Salve Regina
  6. Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Versus Et Responsorium, Canto Gregoriano: Ora Pro Nobis
  7. Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Oratio, Canto Gregoriano: Domine Vobiscum
  8. Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610: Conclusio, Canto Gregoriano: Divinum Auxilium Maneat Semper...
  9. Selva Morale E Spirituale 1641: Psalmus 109: Dixit Dominus
  10. Selva Morale E Spirituale 1641: Psalmus 110: Confitebor Tibi Domine
  11. Selva Morale E Spirituale 1641: Psalmus 111: Beatus Vir
  12. Selva Morale E Spirituale 1641: Psalmus 112: Laudate Pueri
  13. Selva Morale E Spirituale 1641: Psalmus 116: Laudate Dominum
  14. Selva Morale E Spirituale 1641: Salve Regina

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Just beautiful.......2007-03-20

This CD captures both the gutsy energy and the ethereal beauty of Monteverdi's sacred choral music. I have neither performed nor even listened to his music for a long time, and this CD re-awakened me to its richness and compelling quality. There is a reason why we consider Monteverdi a "great" composer, and this CD shows it.

5 out of 5 stars wonderful.......2005-09-28

The singing and playing on this recording are truly delightful. The overall concept of the work is good. I love this recording.

But, like too many recordings of the vespers, it includes gregorian chant antiphons sung between the movements. Now either Monteverdi wrote this piece as a "piece" to be performed, in which case I believe the solo movements were meant to take the place of the traditional chant, or it is a collection of wonderful psalm settings and other sacred movements, in which case what is the point of adding music not written by Monteverdi? The same argument goes for the instrumental sonatas thrown in here. My personal belief is that Monteverdi, the first great opera composer, wrote these psalm settings over a period of time, and then put them together with the other movements to make a unified whole for publication. The other recording I own of this work, Gardiner's first recording of it, has a much nicer flow because there is no chant.

I must say that I love the clarity this version gives with one voice on a line, and I play both cd's often.

4 out of 5 stars A reasonable bargain(?).......2005-07-02

Claudio Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 are increasingly becoming to be seen as a landmark work in the history of Western music. This is one of the most outstanding works of the late Renaissance composers of the Seconda Prattica (Second Pratice) amongst whom Monteverdi - one of the fathers of opera - was arguably the most forward looking. In fact Monteverdi is so forward looking he is often described as being an early Baroque composer. Elements of the work are highly conservative such as the widespread writing in multiple parts - a practice that had already become increasingly unusual by this time (and totally anachronistic by Bach's time), yet the entire work contains a fantastic profusion of colourful music and an instrumental ensemble which is varied to match the mood of each piece. In this regard his music can be compared to the paintings of Titian with its typical Venetian overflow of exuberance and colourfulness, that contrasts markedly with the Northern sobriety of the sacred works of Bach. This a work of unbridled sensuality and yet of luxurious refinement.

I have listened to this version of the Monteverdi Vespers for many years and have always somehow been left feeling partially dissatisfied by it despite the lavish praise heaped upon it by many reviewers over the years. Certainly it has it moments of greatness, yet I wish the reading as a whole would cohere more. Although the singers here are all stars, a star studded legion of singers do not an ensemble make. So I have waited years to find a recording that might surplant it. Years went by and recordings came and went without anything really grabbing my attention. Then recently I discovered a recording that seems to have eluded me: Masaaki Suzuki with the Bach Collegium Japan on the Swedish boutique label Bis (ASIN B00005K2BK).

Of course the virtues of their Bach are well known and many a reviewer has written their story of at first ridiculing the thought of a Japanese period instrument group to then being completely floored by their performances again and again. Suzuki seems to have everything I have every felt was missing in the Parrott, even if here and there Parrott has some altenative insights (the Nisi Dominus is an example where Suzuki seems dangerously over-exuberant!), these moments are rare exceptions. Suzuki fully captures that uninhibited Venetian exuberance of the writing bringing the whole together as a whole rather than just having sporadic moments. Still, the lush modal harmonies seem just that much more succulent and the resultant expressive impact is incomparable. For someone who has tolerated the Parrott for almost ten years the weight of burden being lifted was just huge!

For the price I guess if you need a budget version, then the Parrott is now competitive especially if you prefer your Monteverdi sung one to a part. However, the BIS recording for Suzuki is, as usual from them, just stunning. In the BIS recording there is far greater spaciousness and air around the instruments and voices, with timbre coming through in all its riches without being bleached. The BIS recoridng is fair audiophile quality (it is BIS policy to avoid compression devices or blatant post-production processing), that renders it first choice to anyone for whom recorded sound quality dictates preferences. The EMI recording for Parrott sounds like early 16-bit digital sound at its thinnest and boxiest - a fact exacerbated by the glassiness that comes with Virgin sound transfers (Virgin desperately need to review their remastering and digital transfer equipment/methods). You certainly get what you pay for.

So take your pick - the cheap and easy option of Parrott or the rich fullness of Suzuki's Dionysian exuberance. Also there is always Rinaldo Alessandrino version for those insistent on hearing this sung one to a part - the sound there is even better than on the BIS.

5 out of 5 stars Punctilious Research and Performance Practice.......2004-12-29

Recorded in 1983 and 1984 at All Saints’ Church, Tooting (London), this double CD is still something of a classic, presenting Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers in punctilious historical performance practice, basically using, despite the large forces involved, soloists to perform most of the material. Together with Hugh Keyte, Andrew Parrott researched the history of church music in Venice at the end of the 16th and the first half of the 17th centuries, and then arranged the Vespers in a form which, although certainly not the only one possible, would have been acceptable for sacred service at St. Mark’s Cathedral in Venice during the first years of Monteverdi’s tenure there. The one unhistorical aspect of the recording is the use of female sopranos, but as Andrew Parrott points out, the sound of "castrati" just cannot be reproduced today, and he feels that using boys or countertenors would not be as appropriate as using genuine soprano voices.

This is, of course, a very British production, and a large number of Britain’s early music stars (at least from the early 80’s) were involved in the production. There are solo passages sung by Emma Kirkby, David Thomas, Nigel Rogers, Tessa Bonner, Evelyn Tubb, Emily Van Evera, Margaret Philpot, Rogers Covey-Crump, Andrew King, Richard Wistreich and others, and the Taverner Players count some of Britain’s most distinguished period instrument players among their ranks: John Holloway, Micaela Comberti, Trevor Jones, Mark Caudle, Susan Sheppard, Jennifer Ward-Clarke, Francis Baines, Bruce Dickey, Lisa Beznosiuk, Rachel Beckett, Anthony Bailes, Nigel North, John Toll … and so the list goes on. If you are a fan of the British early music scene, you will have heard of all these names and will know what a wonderful treat awaits you when you turn your CD player on.

And a wonderful treat it is indeed, although the opening Gregorian chant with its empty church echo does sound a little strange. But from Track 2 onwards, the whole begins to sound glorious, a continuous stream of delightful vocal and instrumental passages with all the wonderful typically Monteverdian sounds that early music fans have come to appreciate. Special mention for Nigel Rogers, Andrew King and Joseph Cornwell who offer a superb “Duo seraphim” without the high-voiced contortions of a René Jacobs. Of the female soloists, only Emily Van Evera sounds a little sharp on occasion, but that is something that can be accepted in view of the total quality of the recording. Personally, I have come to love and appreciate this version a little more than Philip Pickett’s 90’s version for Decca’s early music imprint L’Oiseau-Lyre, where the sound is never quite so convincing as here.

5 out of 5 stars Easily the best recording of the Vespers.......2004-03-13

Andrew Parrott's recording is rightly considered by critics and listeners alike as THE recording of Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610. Using minimal forces, the individual voices layering upon one another can be clearly heard, not drowned out into a mass of sound as in many "fuller" recordings. The only other "five-star" recording of the Vespers is the Konrad Junghanel with Cantus Colln.
If I could only own one recording of this work, the Andrew Parrott would me the one.
Monteverdi: Vespers 1610
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    Release Date: 2006-06-13

    Tracks:

    1. VESPERS Deus in adiutoruium meum intende
    2. PSALM: Dixit Dominus
    3. CONCERTO: Nigra sum
    4. PSALM: Laudate pueri
    5. CONCERTO: Pulchra es
    6. PSALM: Laetatus sum
    7. CONCERTO: Duo Seraphim
    8. PSALM: Nisi Dominus
    9. CONCERTO: Audi caelum
    10. PSALM; lAUDA iERUSALEM
    11. Sonata sopra Sancta Maria
    12. HYMN: Ave maris stella

    Tracks:

    1. MAGNIFICAT A 7 Magnificat . . .
    2. . . . anima mea Dominum
    3. Et exultavit spiritus meus
    4. Quia respexit humilitatem
    5. Quia fecit mihi magna
    6. Et misericordia eius
    7. Fecit potentiam in brachio suo
    8. Deposuit potentes de sede
    9. Esureintes implevit bonis
    10. Suscepit Israel puerum suum
    11. Sicut locutus est
    12. Gloria Patri
    13. Sicut erat in principio
    14. MAGNIFICAT a 6 Magnificat . . .
    15. . . . anima mea Dominum
    16. Et exultavit spiritus meus
    17. Quia respexit himilitatem
    18. Quia fecit mihi magna
    19. Et misericordia eius
    20. Fecit potentiam in brachio suo
    21. Deposuit potentes de sede
    22. Esurentes implevit bonis
    23. Suscepit Israel puerum suum
    24. Sicut locutus est
    25. Gloria Patri
    26. Sicut erat in principio
    27. MISSA IN ILLO TEMPORE Kyrie
    28. Gloria
    29. Credo
    30. Sanctus
    31. Benedictu
    32. Agnes Dei I
    33. Agnes Dei II

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    Monteverdi's Vespers, the two Magnificats (one for six voices, one for seven) and the Missa in illo tempore were composed as a collection in 1610, sort of as a resumé for employment in the north of Italy. This is the first time all the works have appeared in a single, two-CD release. While that makes this a very handy set to own, the fact that the performances are splendid is what recommends it to Monteverdi lovers. There are now at least two dozen recordings of all of this music, and this one is as fine as any. Robert King presents the Vespers without antiphons or plainsong and without extra instrumental interludes. He allows the drama to speak for itself (Monteverdi, one of the great opera composers of all time, knew how to touch his listeners' hearts and minds). His chorus and soloists sing the music and text straight, with no uncalled-for flourishes, and the recording does not attempt to emulate St. Mark's Cathedral in Venice. The polyphonic voices are clear, the singers expert and sporting handsome tone (listen to the gloriously acrobatic "Duo Seraphim" for some razzle-dazzle singing). King's tempi in the Vespers, Magnificats, and the Mass seem ideal. A simply beautiful set, highly recommended. --Robert Levine
    Monteverdi - Vespers of 1610 (Vespro della Beata Vergine) / Chandler, R. Croft, Atkinson, Numura, Boston Baroque, Pearlman
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    • Mary must be pretty pleased
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    		 Monteverdi - Vespers of 1610 (Vespro della Beata Vergine) / Chandler, R. Croft, Atkinson, Numura, Boston Baroque, Pearlman
    Claudio Monteverdi , Boston Baroque , Janice Chandler , Richard Croft , Martin Pearlman , Lynton Atkinson , and Christopheren Nomura
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    ASIN: B000003D2F
    Release Date: 1997-10-28

    Tracks:

    1. I. Deus In Adjutorium - Domine Ad Adjuvandum - Christopheren Nomura
    2. Antiphon - Christopheren Nomura
    3. II. Psalm 109: Dixit Dominus - Christopheren Nomura
    4. III. Motet: Nigra Sum - Christopheren Nomura
    5. Antiphon - Christopheren Nomura
    6. IV. Psalm 112: Laudate Pueri - Christopheren Nomura
    7. V. Motet: Pulchra Es - Christopheren Nomura
    8. Antiphon - Christopheren Nomura
    9. VI. Psalm 121: Laetatus Sum - Christopheren Nomura
    10. VII. Motet: Duo Seraphim - Christopheren Nomura
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    Tracks:

    1. XI. Sonata Sopra 'Sancta Maria, Ora Pro Nobis' - Claudio Monteverdi
    2. XII. Hymn: Ave Maris Stella - Claudio Monteverdi
    3. XII. Antiphon: XIII Magnificat - Claudio Monteverdi
    4. 1. Magnificat Anima Mea - Claudio Monteverdi
    5. 2. Et Exultavit - Claudio Monteverdi
    6. 3. Quia Respexit - Claudio Monteverdi
    7. 4. Quia Fecit Mihi Magna - Claudio Monteverdi
    8. 5. Et Misericordia - Claudio Monteverdi
    9. 6. Fecit Potentiam - Claudio Monteverdi
    10. 7. Deposuit Potentes De Sede - Claudio Monteverdi
    11. 8. Esurientes Implevit Bonis - Claudio Monteverdi
    12. 9. Suscepit Israel - Claudio Monteverdi
    13. 10. Sicut Locutus Est - Claudio Monteverdi
    14. 11. Gloria Patri - Claudio Monteverdi
    15. 12. Sicut Erat In Principio - Claudio Monteverdi

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    This performance of Monteverdi's extraordinary collection of sacred music, which received a 1999 Grammy nomination, has its good points, but it can't really be considered best even in its class. Martin Pearlman leads a relatively large-scale performance, using a 30-member chorus (often doubled by instruments) throughout; he adds some plainchant before the Psalms; he takes the Lauda Jerusalem and Magnificat at high pitch. The instrumentalists play their difficult parts quite creditably, and Pearlman takes some exciting tempos. Unfortunately, his chorus can't always keep up with him: they often sound muddy and, in fast passages, sometimes downright sloppy. The soprano soloists sing attractively but with wider vibratos than ideal for this music; the tenors, however, are very good indeed, with Richard Croft's heartfelt, sensitively embellished, beautifully modulated singing deserving an award for Best Performance of Monteverdi by a Mainstream Opera Singer. If you want a full-scale choral performance, though, you'll do better with that of René Jacobs or William Christie, and Andrew Parrott's reconstruction of a Vespers service (done mostly one-singer-per-part) is not to be missed. --Matthew Westphal

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Superlative! The Human Voice is a Beautiful Instrument.......2007-05-22

    If anyone has ever doubted the male human voice as being an outstanding instrument, listen to track #10:

    VII. Motet: Duo Seraphim - Christopheren Nomura

    It does not get much better than that.

    Highly recommended, this has gone quickly to the top of my Sacred Choral CD Collection.

    4 out of 5 stars A good version.......2005-01-14

    Will someone please shoot Matthew Westphal and put us all out of our misery? We have to endure his claptrap on this piece constantly. OK, so he loves the museum-piece-vaguely-resuscitated Parrott version. Fine, but I for one am fed up hearing it used to poo-pooh better versions - such as this one. It's not the best - that honour for me belongs to Gardiner in the fabulous "live" version in San Marco, followed by Suzuki with the Bach Collegium Japan, but this is definitely up in the second division. It has antiphons, but they aren't allowed to get in the way, and the singing and playing, while not the best, are pretty darn good. A version to which I shall frequently return.

    5 out of 5 stars Croft's Orphee.......2004-04-26

    To Ricardo (below), Croft's Orphee (Gluck) is scheduled to be released May 11, 2004 by Archiv.

    5 out of 5 stars Mary must be pretty pleased.......2004-04-07

    I only recently discovered the work of Pearlman and the Boston Baroque through their Messiah which is absolutely stunning. So, I was eager to pick this piece up, especially after listening to the brief audio clips on the site.

    I have a bit of early music (des Pres, Tallis, some madrigals and the like) and a lot more baroque. What I really like about the Vespers is that they demonstrate the evolution from early to baroque quite clearly. You get both the sense of chant - and maybe madrigal forms with some of the parts for single voices - as well as the seeds of baroque style, especially in the full choral sections. Where this differs most clearly from early music is the orchestra itself to support and augment the voices.

    However, that is just a description of what it resembles - the thing itself is amazing. Monteverdi used full choirs, split choirs and many parts for individual voice and small groups to create a remarkable audio tapestry. My wife thinks I am a little nuts right now but I urge you to sit down between the speakers, put this on and crank it up a little - especially in the Dixit Dominus. It is astonishing. Pearlman, the orchestra and choir of Boston Baroque have done a fabulous job.

    4 out of 5 stars Wonderful performance, a good "first recording".......2004-03-13

    For one who does not already own this work, Pearlman is a great start. While I personally prefer the Andrew Parrott and Konrad Junghanel recordings, the Boston Baroque is certainly my favorite "more expansive" version. There can never be a "correct" recording of the Vespers as much is left to the conductors preference. Thus, no two recordings are alike, each has it's own flavor.
    This Pearlman set is probably the "safest" disc for one who wants the grand majesty of the music, yet desires the devotional quality as well. Easily and by far much, much better than Gardiner's.
    Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro Della Beata Vergine Marien-Vesper (1610) (Vespers of the Blessed Virgin Mary) [Deutsche Harmonia Mundi]
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      		Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro Della Beata Vergine Marien-Vesper (1610) (Vespers of the Blessed Virgin Mary) [Deutsche Harmonia Mundi]
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      Release Date: 1996-07-16
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      		 Monteverdi: Vespers 1610

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      Release Date: 2005-04-05

      Tracks:

      1. Versiculus - Canto Gregoriano - Deus In Adiutorium
      2. Responsorium - Domine Ad Adiuvandum Me Festina Vespro Beata
      3. Antiphona I - Canto Gregoriano - Assumpta Est Maria In Caclum
      4. Psalmus 1 - Psalmus 109: Dixit Dominus
      5. Concerto - Nigra Sum
      6. Antiphona 2 - Canto Gregoriano - Maria Virgo Assumpta Est
      7. Psalmus II - Psalmus 112: Laudate Pueri
      8. Concerto - Pulchra Es
      9. Antiphona III - Canto Gregoriano - In Odorem Unguentorum Tuorem Currimus
      10. Psalmus III - Psalmus 121: Laetatus Sum
      11. Sonata A 2 Per Violine E Violone - (Giovanni Paolo Cima)
      12. Antiphonia IV - Canto Gregoriano - Benedicta Filia Tua Domino
      13. Psalmus IV - Psalmus 126: Nisi Dominus
      14. Concerto - Audi Coelum

      Tracks:

      1. Antiphonia V - Canto Gregoriano - Pulchra Es Et Decora, Filia Hierusalem
      2. Psalmus V - Psalmus 147: Lauda Jerusalem Dominum
      3. Sonata A 3 Per Violino, Cornetto E Violone (Giovanni Paolo Cima)
      4. Capitulum - Canto Gregoriano - In Omnibus Requiem Quaesivi
      5. Hymnus - Ave Maris Stella
      6. Versus Et Responsorium - Canto Gregoriano - Exaltata Est Sancta Dei Genitrix
      7. Antiphonia VI - Canto Gregoriano - Hodie Maria Virgo Caelos Ascendit
      8. Magnificat
      9. Sonata Sopra Sancta Maria
      10. Oratio - Canto Gregoriana - Dominus Vobiscum
      11. Versus - Cato Gregoriano - Dominus Vobiscum/Benedicamus Domino
      12. Concerto - Duo Seraphim
      13. Antiphonia Beatae Mariae Virginis - Salve Regina
      14. Versus Et Responsorium - Canto Gregoriano - Ora Pro Nobis
      15. Oratio - Canto Gregoriano - Dominus Vobiscum
      16. Conclusio - Canto Gregoriano - DivinumAuxilium Maneat Semper Nobiscum

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Available again!.......2001-04-18

      This is my favorite recording of the 1610 Vespers. It is gorgeous. Emma Kirkby is in it-enough said. I have a different recording of this (John Gardiner) which sounds leaden compared to this beautiful version. This recording is now available as a "Virgin Veritas x2" (Virgin Classics) CD.

      5 out of 5 stars A great recording.......1999-02-03

      The contrasts created between the choir and the solo group are beautiful -- especially in the Dixit Dominus where the gushing pulsating double choir is followed by the light solo group. Nigel Roger's singing is very memorable but partially because of his wonderful reedy sound. This recording sound very atmospheric with the chants and the Cima sonatas (played with religious conviction) interspersed. Some newer recordings may be better (this was recorded in 1984 I think) -- I don't know -- but this recording must certainly be in the top 3.

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