Claudio Monteverdi et al. - Venetian Vespers

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Paul McCreesh's second major recording (and second Gramophone Award winner) reconstructs Vespers for the Feast of the Annunciation at San Marco circa 1643, using music by Monteverdi and contemporaries including Cavalli, Grandi, and Rigatti. The music is less dense and lavishly scored than on A Venetian Coronation, but more virtuosic and varied--ranging from Finetti's sweet, languid "O Maria, quæ rapis" for two falsettists and Monteverdi's lively "Laudate Dominum" for solo tenor, to Marini's sensuous sonata for three violins and Monteverdi's spectacular "Lætatus sum" for six singers, two violins, two trombones, and bassoon over a repeated four-note bass. There is so much excitement here that even the opening of "Lætatus sum"--four measures of only the repeating bass--shimmers with energy. --Matthew Westphal 

Contents:

Disc: 1

1. Sacristy Bell (after G. Gabrieli)
2. Organ: Intonazione
3. Versicle & Response: Deus in adiutorium - Domine ad adiuvandum
4. Antiphon: Angelus Domini
5. Rigatti - Psalm: Dixit Dominus
6. Grandi - Motet: O intemerata
7. Antiphon: Beata es Maria
8. Monteverdi - Psalm 112: Laudate peuri
9. Banchieri - Organ: Suonata prima
10. Antiphon: Beatam me dicent
11. Monteverdi - Psalm 121: Laetatus sum
12. Finetti - Motet: O Maria, quae rapis corda hominum
13. Antiphon: Haec est quae nescavit
14. Rigatti - Psalm 126: Nisi Dominus
15. Banchieri - Organ: Dialogo secondo
16. Antiphon: Ante thronum
17. Cavalli - Psalm 147: Lauda Jerusalem
18. Grandi - Motet: O quam tu pulchra es

Disc: 2

1. Organ: Praeambulum
2. Chapter: Ecce virgo
3. Monteverdi - Hymn: Deus qui mundum crimine iacentem
4. Versicle & Response: Ave Maria / Dominus tecum
5. Antiphon: Spiritus Sanctus
6. Rigatti - Magnificat
7. Marini - Sonata con tre violini in eco
8. Collect: Dominus vobiscum - Deus, qui de beatae Mariae
9. Dismissal: Dominus vobiscum - Benedicamus Domino
10. Monteverdi - Motet: Laudate Dominum
11. Fasolo - Organ: Intonazione
12. Rigatti - Motet: Salve regina

 
Gabrieli Consort and Players
dir. Paul McCreesh