Monteverdi: Selva Morale e Spirituale

Monteverdi: Selva Morale ed altre raccolte spirituali

A Sei Voci - Bernard Fabre Garrus
Astrée 8625
Naïve Astrée 8815

Contents:

1. Dixit Dominus
2. O bone Jesu
3. Laudate pueri Dominum
4. O quam pulchra es
5. Beatus vir
6. Ego dormio
7. Lauda Jerusalem
8. Ego flos campi
9. Salve Regina
10. Magnificat

Performers: A SEI VOCI - Isabelle Poulenard (soprano), Catherine Padaut (soprano), Raoul Le Chenadec (countertenor), Jean-Louis Comoretto (countertenor), Thierry Bréhu (tenor), Maurizio Rossano (tenor), James Gowings (baritone), Philippe Roche (bass), Myriam Gevers (violin), Dario Luisi (violin), Philippe Le Corf (violone), Charles-Edouard Fantin (theorbo), Dominique Ferran (organ); CONSORT DE VIOLES KHÔRA - Sophie Wattilon, Sylvia Abramowicz, Maria-Carolina Concha, Marianne Muller (viols); CHOEUR DE CHAMBRE A SEI VOCI - Amélie Castel, Manuelle Fauvy, Anne-Marie Gaudois, Nelly Heuzé, Lucie Lacoste, Jean-Claude Capitaine, Vincent Lièvre-Picard, Jean-Charles Léon, Denis Ouvrier-Buffet, Christian Rossignol, Jean-Pierre Soubigou (voices); CHOEUR GRADUS AD MUSICAM - François Legée (direction), Margareth Gulia, Marie-Renée Legée, Odile Raoult, Nicole Schneider, Daniel Collette, René Genin, Paul Pierret, Joseph Rouyer, Jean-François Soligot (voices)

Playing time: 69'

Recording date: August 1997 (Dorgogne)

This program is based upon one of Monteverdi's most important and varied publications, the Selva Morale e Spirituale of 1641, which includes forty sacred settings. Although less known than the Vespers, this massive publication contains perhaps Monteverdi's most significant sacred polyphonic writing. The present program also utilizes motets from other publications in which Monteverdi appears in anthology to replace the antiphons which would have been a part of the performance of works from Selva.

Some other recordings featuring music from this collection:

Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale

Cantus Cölln / Concerto Palatino - Konrad Junghänel
Harmonia Mundi 901718/20 (3 CDs)

Monteverdi: Selva Morale

Ensemble Elyma - Gabriel Garrido
Ambronay 001 (3 CDs)

Monteverdi: Selva Morale e Spirituale

Taverner Consort, Choir & Players - Andrew Parrott
EMI Reflexe 47016

Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale

Akademia / La Fenice - Françoise Lasserre
Zig-Zag Territoires 031101 (3 CDs)

Monteverdi: Selva Morale e Spirituale

Les Arts Florissants - William Christie
Harmonia Mundi 901250

Monteverdi: Selva Morale e Spirituale

La Capella Ducale / Musica Fiata Köln - Roland Wilson
Sony Vivarte 53363

Monteverdi: Musica Sacra

Concerto Italiano - Rinaldo Alessandrini
Opus 111 30-150

Monteverdi: Dixit Dominus and other motets

Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge - Richard Marlow
Conifer 212

Other significant Baroque recordings by the present ensemble:

Fabri: Vêpres

A Sei Voci - Bernard Fabre-Garrus
Astrée 8673

Jommelli: Vesperae in Sancto Petro Romae

A Sei Voci - Bernard Fabre-Garrus
Astrée 8590 (2 CDs)

Allegri: Miserere, Missa Vidi turbam magnum, Motets

Ensemble A Sei voci - Bernard Fabre-Garrus
Astrée 8524

Fabri: Vesperae a quattuor Choris

A Sei Voci - Bernard Fabre-Garrus
Astrée 8663

Bencini: Vesperae Beatae Virginis in Sancto Pietro Romae

A Sei Voci - Bernard Fabre-Garrus
Astrée 8540

Bencini: Ave Maria / Missa de Oliveria

A Sei Voci - Bernard Fabre-Garrus
Astrée 8806

Giovanni Gabrieli: Sacrae Symphoniae

A Sei Voci / Les Saqueboutiers de Toulouse
ADDA 242292

Salve Regina

Ensemble A Sei Voci
Accord 205072

And finally the first volume in their Josquin cycle:

Josquin: Missa Ave maris stella / Motets à la Vierge

A Sei Voci - Bernard Fabre-Garrus
Astrée 8507

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