Some versions are choralbased, others use one voice per part. Dixit dominus psalm 109 from claudio monteverdis vespro della beata vergine, 1610 jolle. Vespers of 1610 monteverdi vespro della beata vergine da concerto, composta sopra canti fermi edition. Monteverdi vespro della beata vergine nisi dominus. The 450th anniversary of claudio monteverdis birth is the cue for a year of music in his home. It forms by far the larger part of the composers first significant publication of sacred music, entitled. Wins out handily over william christies versions and other recent issues. Claudio monteverdi s most famous work, the 1610 vespers of the blessed virgin mary, evokes all the glory of the italian seicento, combining plainchant melodies, exquisite polyphony and the drama of the newly invented operatic style. Fanfare record magazine sorrell and her fine young choir. Monteverdi vespro della beata vergine vespers of 1610. Claudio monteverdis vespro della beata vergine vespers for the blessed virgin. Monteverdis pioneering vespers monteverdi stood on the divide between two great musical periods, the renaissance and the baroque. Since the first vinyl recordings of the work in 1953, the vespers have been recorded in numerous versions. Monteverdi, vespers of 1610 the sixteen harry christophers coro, 2015.
Of the most blessed virgin a mass for six voices for church choirs, and vespers for more voices with several sacred concertos suitable for princely chapels or. The nisi dominus especially, a test for any choir, is electric. Rinaldo alessandrinis brilliantly realized recording of monteverdis vespers is an intimate, slightly pared down version of the early baroque masterpiece. Here are the monteverdi vespers as youve never heard them before. Vespers, religious works, for 6 voices, 2 mixed choruses, orchestra, for voices and chorus with orchestra, scores featuring the voice, scores featuring the soprano voice, scores featuring the tenor voice, scores featuring the bass voice, scores featuring mixed chorus, scores featuring the orchestra, latin language collection. Vespers, an album by claudio monteverdi, orchestra of the age of enlightenment, choir of the enlightenment, robert howarth on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes.
From the warlike moments in dixit dominus to the blatant sarcasm in nisi dominus and all the joy, love, fury and exultation in between, the vespers should leave you breathless and enriched. Claudio monteverdi, andrew parrott, taverner consort monteverdi. I would urge you to read the psalms first, either as an act of faith or to appreciate them as poetry. Monteverdis vespro della beata virgine a goodmusic. In 1989, to celebrate the silver anniversary of his monteverdi choir named in honor of this work, he recorded the cycle againthis time live in the basilica of san marco in venice. Claudio monteverdi vespro della beata vergine vespers 1610. Working in the warm acoustic of romes palazzo farnese, he employs just one singer per part, and eliminates instrumental doublings in the choral movements except where they are expressly indicated. Bbc two monteverdi in mantua the genius of the vespers.
John eliot gardiners 1974 recording of monteverdi s extraordinary vespers of 1610 was a landmark, helping establish the modern reputations of both music and conductor. Absolute masterpiece of music history, monteverdi displays a variety of contrasting styles. Nisi dominus custodierit civitatem, frustra vigilat qui custodit eam. Providing accurate modern editions is difficult due to the ambiguities of early 17thcentury notation. This is a discography of the recordings of vespro della beata vergine by claudio monteverdi also known as his vespers of 1610. Vespers of 1610, an album by claudio monteverdi, the sixteen, harry christophers on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Live multicamera recording of a concert featuring monteverdi vespers. Vespers of 1610 monteverdi english translation by john kilpatrick biblical sections based on king james bible 1. Monteverdis vespers is an exceptional collection of sacred music, both in the inventiveness of the compositions that it contains and in the debate that it has provoked over its use in the seventeenth century and over monteverdis intentions in publishing it. Monteverdi vespers vespro della beata vergine, vespers lets get the beancounting out of the way first. Vespers 1610 this is the only edition which keeps abreast of modern scholarship and is flexible enough to suit all performance needs. Scoring soli ssattbb, coro satbsatb, 2 fl, 2 fifari, 3 ctto, 3 trb, 2 vl, 3 va, vc, vn, bc. Claudio monteverdi 15671643 vespro della beata vergine. John kilpatrick, 2010 vocal full part 1 score score 1.
Nisi dominus, a 3 voci et due violini alt ernative. A threepage pdf can be emailed, outlining the complications and the editors approach to solving them, as well as simply listing what is available. Monteverdi vespers programme by academy of ancient music issuu. Nisi dominus 1650, claudio monteverdi 15671643 jolle greenleaf and molly quinn, soprano marc molomot, jason mcstoots, sumner thompson and scott mello, tenor jesse blumberg and david.
Monteverdis 1610 vespers is a choral masterpiece of unprecedented musical scope and audacious beauty. Monteverdi, the 1610 vespers and the beginnings of the modern. Cd ii 01 sonata sopra sancta maria ora pro nobis 02 ave maris stella 03 magnificat i 04 magnificat ii. This handbook provides a guide to the music in all its aspects from an introduction to the service of vespers itself, through the. These files are based on the oxford choral works edition. I see these vespers as a great incantatory ritual that connects the sacred with the pagan, the intimate with the collective. Abstractthe elevated status of monteverdis 1610 vespers over the last.
Video mix was done live and projected onto a large screen above the performers. Claudio monteverdi vespers 1610 vespro della beata. Interestingly, the recording was made in the same st marks cathedral that monteverdi intended it for. Claudio monteverdi concentus musicus wien, nikolaus. Vespro della beata vergine nisi dominus score youtube. Claudio monteverdi concentus musicus wien, nikolaus harnoncourt, jurgen jurgens vespro della beata vergine marienvesper 1610. Vespro della beata vergine monteverdi festival cremona. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries vesper psalms were often set for double choir, and in the thrilling setting of nisi dominus monteverdi utilizes two. Following the success of their monteverdi selva morale e spirituale recordings, the sixteen and harry christophers release a work often classed as one of the most significant collections of sacred music ever written.
As a result, studies of the monteverdi vespers have hardly begun to treat the major historical issues posed. Here we get monteverdi s later thoughts on the dixit dominus, laudate pueri and magnificat all in strong performances. Duo seraphim nisi dominus audi caelum lauda jerusalem sonata sopra sancta maria. Nisi dominus, sv 200 monteverdi, claudio first publication. Vespers of 1610 monteverdi english translation by john. This vespers has been linked with the cathedrals of st peter, rome and st mark, venice, but the inclusion of the gonzaga. Monteverdis vespers of 1610 is quite simply one of the greatest. That is to say a single voice is allotted to each of monteverdis two 5part vocal choirs, making a total of ten singers, all of whom are employed in the works marked for voices and substantial instrument forces such as the opening 6part deus in adiutorium or all ten voices like nisi dominus, scored for two 5part choirs and. Monteverdi vespro della beata vergine nisi dominus score. The vespers are accompanied, on the second disc, by excerpts from the taverner consorts earlier recording of monteverdi s selve morale e spirituale of 1640. Simon russell beale travels to italy to explore the story of the notorious duke of mantua and his longsuffering court composer claudio monteverdi during the turbulent times of the late italian. The monteverdi choir, the philip jones brass ensemble, monteverdi orchestra, john eliot gardiner. Claudio monteverdi taverner consort taverner choir taverner players andrew parrott vespro della beata vergine 1610.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Nisi dominus, claudio monteverdi the green mountain. Sir john eliot gardiner conducts monteverdis vespro della beata vergine with the monteverdi choir and the english baroque soloists. One thing though, i think that the sopranos are a half step flat on measure 38 same on 45, the.