One hour of browsing through early music, with an emphasis on Masses.
On today’s programme: parts of the Vespers for the Blessed Virgin by Monteverdi, and motets for Ascension and Pentecost by his contemporary Johann Staden.
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
From ‘Vespro della Beata Vergine’ (1610):
1. Versicle & Response – Deus, in adiutorium
2. Motet – Nigra sum
3. Psalm 113 – Laudate pueri
4. Motet – Duo Seraphim
5. Psalm 127 – Nisi Dominus
Ian Honeyman, tenor. Gareth Morrell, tenor. Jeffrey Strauss, bass. Apollo’s Fire led by Jeannette Sorrell
(CD MONTEVERDI Vespers of 1610, Avie AV2206, 2010)
Johann Staden (1581-1634)
Motets from ‘Kirchenmusik 1’ (1625):
6. Wohl Dem, Der Sich Des Dürftigen Annimmt
7. Christ Fuhr Gen Himmel
8. Komm Heiliger Geist
9. Friedensfürst, Herr Jesu Christ
10. Wenn mein Stündlein vorhanden ist
Windsbacher Knabenchor, Capella de la Torre and Concerto Palatino led by Martin Lehman. Hana Blažíková, soprano. Alex Potter, countertenor. Satoshi Mizukoshi, tenor and Dominik Wörner, bass
(CD Johann Staden – Motetten, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 88875042942, 2015)
Claudio Monteverdi
From ‘Vespro della Beata Vergine’ (1610):
11. Motet – Audi coelum
12. Hymnus – Ave maris stella
From Magnificat:
13. Gloria Patri
14. Sicut erat in principio
Meg Bragle, mezzosoprano. Ian Honeyman, tenor. Gareth Morrell, tenor. Jeffrey Strauss, bass. Apollo’s Fire led by Jeannette Sorrell
(CD MONTEVERDI Vespers of 1610, Avie AV2206, 2010)
