Browsing through Early Music, with a focus on Masses. Parts from Monteverdi’s Vespro della Beata Vergine in the versions from 1610 and 1650. The version of the “Vespro della Beata Vergine” from 1610 is performed by Apollo’s Fire conducted by Jeannette Sorrell and that of 1650 by La Capella Ducale & Musica Fiata conducted by Roland Wilson.
Wilson used the publication by Vincenti from 1650 with late motets by Monteverdi, and thus made a reconstruction of the ‘alternative’ Mariavespers.
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
From ‘Vespro della Beata Vergine’ (1610):
1. Deus in adjiutorium (Versicle & Response)
2. Laeva ejus sub capite meo (Antiphon)
3. Dixit Dominus (Psalm 109)
4. Nigra Sum (Motet)
Ian Honeyman and Gareth Morrell, tenors. Jennifer Ellis Kampani and Sandra Simon, sopranos. Margaret Bragle, mezzo-soprano. Jeffrey Strauss, baritone. Michael McMurray, bass. Apollo’s Fire: Apollo’s Singers and Cleveland Baroque Orchestra conducted by Jeannette Sorrell
(from the album ‘MONTEVERDI Vespers of 1610’, Avie AV2206, 2010)
Claudio Monteverdi
From ‘Vespro della Beata Vergine’ (Venice 1650):
5. Laetatus sum
6. Alessandro Grandi (1577-1630): Ave maris stella
7. 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):
8. Sonata sopra Santa Maria
9. 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):
10. Magnificat primo (1641)
La Capella Ducale & Musica Fiata conducted by Roland Wilson
(cd Eternal Monteverdi, Deutsche HM 88985375132, 2017)
Addition:
Massimiliano Neri (1623-1673)
11. 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)
