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Despite four wonderful volumes of Monteverdi's sacred music from The King's Consort, nothing will prepare you for the ecstatic consequences of taking seriously at least one aspect of Monteverdi's... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Release Date: 2nd May 2006
Catalogue No: CDA67531-2
Label: Hyperion
Series: Monteverdi Sacred Music
Length: 2 hours 16 minutes

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Monteverdi: Vespers

Work length1:28:34

$27.50

$37.50

Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Rebecca Outram (soprano), Charles Daniels (tenor), James Gilchrist (tenor), Peter Harvey (bass), Robert Macdonald (bass), Daniel Auchincloss (tenor), Robert Evans (bass), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor)
King's Consort, King's Consort Choir
Robert King

I. Deus in adiutorium meum intende

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Movement 02. Psalm. Dixit Dominus

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Movement 03. Concerto. Nigra sum

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Movement 04. Psalm. Laudate pueri

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Movement 05. Concerto. Pulchra es

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Movement 06. Psalm. Laetatus sum

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Movement 07. Concerto. Duo Seraphim

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Movement 08. Psalm. Nisi Dominus

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Movement 09. Concerto. Audi caelum

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Movement 10. Psalm. Lauda Jerusalem

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XI. Sonata sopra Sancta Maria

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Movement 12. Hymn. Ave maris stella

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Movement 13. Magnificat Part 01. Magnificat

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Movement 13. Magnificat Part 02. Anima mea Dominum

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Movement 13. Magnificat Part 03. Et exultavit spiritus meus

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Movement 13. Magnificat Part 04. Quia respexit humilitatem

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Movement 13. Magnificat Part 05. Quia fecit mihi magna

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Movement 13. Magnificat Part 06. Et misericordia eius

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Movement 13. Magnificat Part 07. Fecit potentiam in brachio suo

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Movement 13. Magnificat Part 08. Deposuit potentes de sede

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Movement 13. Magnificat Part 09. Esurientes implevit bonis

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Movement 13. Magnificat Part 10. Suscepit Israel puerum suum

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Movement 13. Magnificat Part 11. Sicut locutus est

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Movement 13. Magnificat Part 12. Gloria Patri

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Movement 13. Magnificat Part 13. Sicut erat in principio

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Monteverdi: Magnificat II a 6 voci

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Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Rebecca Outram (soprano), Charles Daniels (tenor), James Gilchrist (tenor), Daniel Auchincloss (tenor), Peter Harvey (bass), Robert Evans (bass)
King's Consort, King's Consort Choir
Robert King

I. Magnificat

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II. Anima mea Dominum

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III. Et exultavit spiritus meus

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IV. Quia respexit humilitatem

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V. Quia fecit mihi magna

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VI. Et misericordia eius

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VII. Fecit potentiam in brachio suo

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VIII. Deposuit potentes de sede

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IX. Esurientes implevit bonis

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X. Suscepit Israel puerum suum

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XI. Sicut locutus est

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XII. Gloria Patri

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XIII. Sicut erat in principio

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Monteverdi: Missa 'In illo tempore' (1610)

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Matthew Halls (organ)
King's Consort Choir
Robert King

I. Kyrie

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II. Gloria

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III. Credo

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IV. Sanctus

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V. Benedictus

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VI. Agnus Dei I

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VII. Agnus Dei II

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A dazzling array of soloists join King - his choir and orchestra on top form - in presenting this new recording of a true masterpiece to the world: a project made possible by the generosity of all the many hundreds of people who donated to Hyperion’s appeal for recording funds in 2005.

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2010

Despite four wonderful volumes of Monteverdi's sacred music from The King's Consort, nothing will prepare you for the ecstatic consequences of taking seriously at least one aspect of Monteverdi's so-called seconda pratica – using much freer counterpoint, with an increasing hierarchy of voices: that the word is mistress of the music. And what ecstasy! Never mind the majestic opening psalm: just listen to the eloquent gestures in the 'Dixit Dominus', which range from the declamatory to the reticent with astonishing flexibility. Or the freedom and delicacy of tenor James Gilchrist in the 'Nigra sum', equally matched by the fragile spaciousness of Caroline Sampson's and Rebecca Outram's 'Pulchra es'.
Spaciousness soon loses its fragility in the propulsive 'Nisi Dominus' and the 'Lauda Jerusalem' with its luxuriant finale. And although the 'Sonata sopra Sancta Maria' is still preferable with a solo soprano line, its instrumental variations are here dispatched with such fluency it's hard not to be won over; the 'Ave maris stella' is similarly eloquent.
The second disc includes equally superb performances of the alternative six-voice Magnificat and the Missa In illo tempore.
The cumulative effect here is of a dazzling chiaroscuro that Monteverdi surely would have recognised. With its use of full choir, King's recording has room to manoeuvre – which gives the imagination more room to take flight.

June 2006

The majesty and the ecstasy - King's forces are glorious in Monteverdi… Never mind the majestic opening psalm: just listen to the eloquent gestures in the 'Dixit Dominus', which range from the declamatory to the reticent with astonishing flexibility. Or the freedom and delicacy of tenor James Gilchrist in the 'Nigra sum', equally matched by the fragile spaciousness of Caroline Sampson's and Rebecca Outram's 'Pulchra es'.

June 2010

More than any other version, this one sounds like its director has set out to enjoy himself and forget the musicological baggage. Gleefully choral and revelling in presenting the Vespers as a work of splendour, it benefits from some strong solo singing (notably from Charles Daniels and James Gilchrist)

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