Browsing through Early Music, with a focus on Masses. Due to Candlemas, we will hear parts from Monteverdi’s Marian Vespers, in versions from 1610 and 1650.
In this hour, we will hear two versions of Monteverdi’s ‘Vespro della Beata Vergine’ performed by Apollo’s Fire conducted by Jeannette Sorrell (1610) and La Capella Ducale & Musica Fiata conducted by Roland Wilson (1650). Wilson uses the 1650 publication of Vincenti with late motets by Monteverdi, thus creating a reconstruction of the “alternative” Marian Vespers.
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
From ‘Vespro della Beata Vergine’ (1610):
- Deus in adjiutorium (Versicle & Response)
- Laeva ejus sub capite meo (Antiphon)
- Dixit Dominus (Psalm 109)
- Nigra Sum (Motette) Ian Honeyman and Gareth Morrell, tenor. Jennifer Ellis Kampani and Sandra Simon, soprano. Margaret Bragle, mezzo-soprano. Jeffrey Strauss, baritone. Michael McMurray, bass. Apollo’s Fire: Apollo’s Singers and Cleveland Baroque Orchestra conducted by Jeannette Sorrell (cd MONTEVERDI Vespers of 1610, Avie AV2206, 2010)
Claudio Monteverdi
From ‘Vespro della Beata Vergine’ (Venice 1650): 5. Laetatus sum
- Alessandro Grandi (1577-1630): Ave maris stella
- Salve Regina Constanze Backes, soprano (6). Georg Poplutz and Hermann Oswald, tenor. Dominik Wörner, bass. La Capella Ducale & Musica Fiata conducted by Roland Wilson (cd Eternal Monteverdi, Deutsche HM 88985375132, 2017)
Claudio Monteverdi From ‘Vespro della Beata Vergine’ (1610):
- Sonata sopra Santa Maria
- Ave maris stella (Hymn) John Buffett, soprano. Margaret Bragle, mezzo-soprano. Jeffrey Strauss, baritone. Apollo’s Fire: Apollo’s Singers and Cleveland Baroque Orchestra conducted by Jeannette Sorrell (cd MONTEVERDI Vespers of 1610, Avie AV2206, 2010)
Claudio Monteverdi From ‘Vespro della Beata Vergine’ (Venice 1650):
- Magnificat primo (1641) La Capella Ducale & Musica Fiata conducted by Roland Wilson (cd Eternal Monteverdi, Deutsche HM 88985375132, 2017)
Additional: Massimiliano Neri (1623-1673)
- Sonata terza à tre La Capella Ducale & Musica Fiata conducted by Roland Wilson (cd Eternal Monteverdi, Deutsche HM 88985375132, 2017)
On the featured image: Mary with Child by Pieter F. de Grebber (Catharijneconvent, Utrecht)
