Claudio Monteverdi: Il Ballo delle Ingrate - Lamento d'Arianna

Claudio Monteverdi: Il Ballo delle Ingrate & Lamento d'Arianna

Ambrosian Singers, London Chambers Players; Deller Consort - Alfred Deller, dir.
Vanguard (Arcade) Classics "The Bach Guild" 08 2030 71 [CD, Europe]-nla
Vanguard (Arcade-France) Classics 302 436 [CD, France]
Vanguard (Arcade) Classics "Alfred Deller Edition" 08 5063 71 [CD, Europe]
Vanguard (Omega) Classics "Alfred Deller Edition" OVC 8100 [CD, NA]

Contents:

Claudio Monteverdi / O. Rinuccini (t)
Published in Ottavo libro de' madrigali (Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi ...), Venice, 1638
Ballo delle ingrate (sv167)

1. Ouverture
2. Amore: De l'implacabili Dio
3. Sinfonia
4. Venere: Udite, Domne, udite
5. Plutone: Belle madre d'Amor
6. Amore e Venere: Ecco ver noi

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7. Ballo
8. Plutone: Dal tenebroso orror
9. Ballo
10. Una delle Ingrate: Ahi troppo e duro

Claudio Monteverdi / O. Rinuccini (t)
Published in Il sesto libro de' madrigali, Venice, 1614
Lamento d'Arianna (sv107)

11. Part One: Lasciatemi morire
12. Part Two: O Teseo, o Teseo mio
13. Part Three: Dove, dov'è la fede
14. Part Four: Ahi che non pur risponde

Playing time: 61'15"

Performers:
[1]-[10] Alfred Deller (Venere, counter-tenor), Eileen McLaughlin (Amore, soprano), David Ward (Plutone, bass), April Cantelo (Una dell' Ingrate, soprano)
Ambrosian Singers
Denis Stevens, cond.
Julian Bream (lute), Desmond Dupré (gamba), Denis Vaughan (harpsichord)
London Chamber Players
Neville Marriner (violin), Peter Gibbs (violon), Kenneth Essex (viola), Derek Simpson ('cello), Anthony Baines (contrabass)
Alfred Deller, dir.
[11]-[14] The Deller Consort
Honor Sheppard (soprano), Sally Le Sage (soprano), Alfred Deller (counter-tenor), Max Worthley (tenor), Philipp Todd (tenor), Maurice Bevan (baritone)
Alfred Deller, dir.

Recording site and date:
[1]-[10] Walthamstow Hall, London UK [1956 rel. 04/1957]
[11]-[14] Walthamstow Hall, London UK [rec. or rel. 03/1966]

Excerpts from (original release):
[1]-[10] Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG-567 [LP, mono] Claudio Monteverdi: Il Ballo delle Ingrate
[11]-[14] Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG-671 [LP, mono] Lamento d'Arianna and other madrigals - Madrigal Masterpieces, vol. 3

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.): 409-188 (Nov. 1994 (as Vanguard Classics 08 5063 71))
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): 71/851-116 (april 1994 (as Vanguard Clasic 08 2030 71)), 72/862-88 (march 1995 (as Vanguard Classics 08 5063 71))
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):

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