Monteverdi - Vespro della Beata Virgine

Monteverdi - Vespro della Beata Virgine

Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra - John Elliott Gardiner
Decca SET 593/4 [2 LPs]
Decca 414 572 2DH2 [CDx2]

Contents:

LP-1 & 2
Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Virgine

Playing time: 99' 54" app.

Performers: Jill Gomez (soprano), Felicity Palmer (soprano), James Bowman (counter-tenor), Robert Tear (tenor), Philip Langridge (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Michael Rippon (bass)
The Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra:
Kenneth Sillito, leader
Salisbury Cathedral Boy's Choir
Richard Seal, choir master
Philipp Jones Brass Ensemble
David Munrow Recorder Ensemble
Presumably: David Munrow, John Turner, David Pugsley, Alan Lumsden, Andrew van der Beck
Continuo: Nicholas Kraemer (harpsichorsd), Malcolm Hicks (organ), Alastair Ross (organ), Robert Spencer (lute), Jennifer ward Clarke (cello)
John Elliott Gardiner, dir.

Recording site and date:
St Jude on the Hill, Hamstead Garden Suburb, London, UK, [01/1974];
Rel.: 1974 ?

Compilation:
London 443 482-2 Vespro della Beata Virgine [CDx2]

Reviewed in:
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): 52/623-1850 (april 1975); 63/753 (feb. 1986 (as 414 572-2DH2))
Diapason (#-p.):
Fanfare ( #-p):

Comments:
Information from Gramophone catalogue 1975 & 1991. David Munrow is not stated as a performer, only his recorder ensemble.

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