Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine (1610): Recorded at Basilica di San Maurizio, Pinerolo, Italy, in September and October 2016

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In the large choral items such as Nisi Dominus we are met with a magisterial and uplifting wall of sound, amply supported by a jamboree of instruments from the group La Pifarescha. The solo voiced... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2017, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 13th Apr 2017
Catalogue No: GCD922807
Label: Glossa
Length: 2 hours 3 minutes

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Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine (1610)

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Paola Cialdella (alto), Federica Napoletani (soprano), Giulia Beatini (alto), Elena Bertuzzi (soprano), Sonia Tedla Chebreab (soprano), Alessandro Baudino (tenor), Valentina Coladonato (soprano), Guido Magnano (regal), Francesca Cassinari (soprano), Raffaele Giordani (tenor), Elena Carzaniga (alto), Gianluca Ferrarini (tenor), Matteo Bellotto (bass), Marta Graziolino (harp), Rossana Bertini (soprano), Annalisa Mazzoni (alto), Daniele Carnovich (bass), Luca Guglielmi (organ), Cristiano Contadin (viola da gamba), Massimo Lombardi (tenor)
La Compagnia del Madrigale, Cantica Symphonia, La Pifarescha
Giuseppe Maletto
Recorded: 25-30 September and 2-3 October 2016
Recording Venue: Pinerolo (Basilica di San Maurizio), Italy

Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: I. Domine ad adiuvandum

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Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: II. Dixit dominus

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Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: III. Nigra sum

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Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: IV. Laudate pueri dominum

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Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: V. Pulchra es

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Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: VI. Laetatus sum

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Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: VII. Duo seraphim

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Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: VIII. Nisi Dominus

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Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: IX. Audi coelum

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Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: X. Lauda Ierusalem

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Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: XI. Sonata sopra Sancta Maria ora pro nobis

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Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: XII. Ave maris stella

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Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: XIII. Magnificat I

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Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: XIV. Magnificat II

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On its onward journey across the major secular and sacred landmarks of Italian Renaissance polyphony, La Compagnia del Madrigale now turns its attention to Claudio Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers. This new recording on Glossa presents the award-winning [Gramophone 2014] ensemble in its prime and in the company of Cantica Symphonia and La Pifarescha, all under the direction of Giuseppe Maletto: a veritable cornucopia of present-day early music performers!

The approach taken by these Italian musicians reflects their long experience with such music and covers all areas of the performance including whether to add plainchant, which instruments to use, and crucially, the choices relating to tempi and pitch. In the booklet essay Marco Bizzarini brings his deep understanding of the interplay of words and music in Italy in Monteverdi’s time, underscoring the skill, experience and sheer musicality of La Compagnia del Madrigale.

What emerges is a refreshing, but natural, response to one of the great choral masterworks, for Monteverdi's 450th anniversary year.

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November 2017

In the large choral items such as Nisi Dominus we are met with a magisterial and uplifting wall of sound, amply supported by a jamboree of instruments from the group La Pifarescha. The solo voiced items are very accomplished, though sometimes (Magnificat II, Deposuit) the middle or lower voices are overwhelmed by the fulsome accompaniments and the warm but echoey acoustic.

July 2017

This is a Vespers to catch attention, that's for sure...a performance that reveals the immense beauty of the work, relishes the tensions of its interweaving lines and, within its chosen parameters, releases the madrigalian freedom of its ensemble declamation.

June 2017

the finest, most joy-inducing recording of the Vespers to have come my way in many years. No doubt there will be others in this Monteverdi year, but if they come close to this one in quality then we can count ourselves very lucky indeed

12th May 2017

Shocking...to British ears accustomed to much punchier choral singing. Maletto believes that this is a “north European” aberration and offers instead an “Italian” legato style, very slow tempos, no ornaments except what Monteverdi wrote and everything sung at modern pitch...Not to my taste, but done with conviction.

Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine (1610)

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