Monteverdi Vespers - Gardiner

Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine (1610) / Magnificat a 6
Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists - John Eliot Gardiner
Deutsche Grammophon Archiv 429 565 (2 CDs)

Also available on Laserdisc video: Archiv 072 248


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Performers: Ann Monoyios (soprano), Marinella Pennicchi (soprano), Michael Chance (countertenor), Mark Tucker (tenor), Nigel Robson (tenor), Sandro Naglia (tenor), Bryn Terfel (bass), Alastair Miles (bass); Monteverdi Choir, London Oratory Junior Choir, His Majesties Sagbutts & Cornetts, English Baroque Soloists

Playing time: 106'

Recording date: May 1989 (live in Basilica di San Marco, Venice) & July 1989 (London)

Gardiner's earlier performance:

Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine
English Baroque Soloists / Monteverdi Choir - John Eliot Gardiner
London Decca 414 572 (2 CDs)

Some other recordings by English groups:

Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine
Taverner Consort, Choir & Players - Andrew Parrott
EMI Reflexe 47078 (2 CDs)
Monteverdi: Marian Vespers
New London Consort - Philip Pickett
L'Oiseau Lyre 425 823 (2 CDs)
Monteverdi: Vespers
Tragicomedia - Stephen Stubbs
Atma 22304/5 (2 CDs)
Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Virgine
Cantelo / Beale / Esswood / Partridge / Elwes / Thomas / Munrow - London Bach Orchestra - Louis Halsey
BBC Radio Classics 5691877 (2 CDs)

A related program:

Venetian Vespers - 1643
Monteverdi / Rigatti / Grandi / Cavalli
Gabrieli Consort & Players - Paul McCreesh
Deutsche Grammophon Archiv 437 552 (2 CDs)

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Todd M. McComb