Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206
2. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206
3. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206
4. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206
5. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206
6. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206
7. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206
8. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206
9. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206
10. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206
11. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206
12. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206
13. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206
14. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206
15. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206
16. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206
17. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206
18. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206
19. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206
20. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206
21. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206
22. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206

Disc 2:

1. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206
2. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206
3. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206
4. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206
5. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206
6. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206
7. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206
8. Dixit Dominus, motet for 6 voices and 6 strings (from Vespers), SV 206/2
9. Confitebor tibi, Domine II, motet for 3 voices & 2 violins (from Salve morale e spirituale), SV 266
10. Confitebor tibi, Domine III (Terzo alla francese), motet for 5 voices/or 1 voice & 4 strings (from Salve morale e spirituale), SV 267
11. Laudate, pueri, Dominum, motet for 8 voices & organ (from Vespers), SV 206/4
12. Lauda, Jerusalem, Dominum, motet for 7 voices (from Vespers), SV 206/10
13. Salve Regina (II), for 2 voices (from Selva morale e spirituale), SV 284
14. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6061 in Music
• Released on: 2000-04-11
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: .24 pounds

Customer Reviews

Most wonderful version
I first heard this recording in 1991 and I believe it is still one of the very best recordings available. The singing is absolutely wonderful ... the rustic string sounds and the clear voices (no fat wobbles here but no pinched hooting sopranos either). The Vespers is interspersed with chant and convincingly played Cima sonatas. The sound is spacious in the chorus and intimate in the ensemble passages with very little reverberations. An example of the high caliber voices can be heard in the "Duo Seraphim" (the tempo chosen is no sweat for those 3 tenors). With a star-studded ensemble including Emma Kirkby, Nigel Rogers (I love his voice!), Roger Covey-Crump, John Holloway, Bruce Dickey, Lisa Beznosiuk, and members at one time or another of the Tallis Scholar, the Hilliard Ensemble, Academy of Ancient Music, the English Concert; how can one go wrong???? Sorry, this performance doesn't sound like a secular musical orgy. Which is yet another reason why I give it 5 stars.

NOTE: the recording of the Selva Morale e Spirituale is not so great. Don't buy the CD for that ... buy it for the Vespers of 1610.

Easily the best recording of the Vespers
Andrew Parrott's recording is rightly considered by critics and listeners alike as THE recording of Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610. Using minimal forces, the individual voices layering upon one another can be clearly heard, not drowned out into a mass of sound as in many "fuller" recordings. The only other "five-star" recording of the Vespers is the Konrad Junghanel with Cantus Colln.
If I could only own one recording of this work, the Andrew Parrott would me the one.

Relaxing Medieval Paradise
This is a stunning recording, which fully brings to life the work of Monteverdi, a composer often overlooked, although a pioneer of opera.
The musicians perform with confidence and vibrancy. Tracks 1, 9 and 11 on CD 2 are especially good, with many divine passages in which the vocalists weave their parts together gracefully.
The CD is remarkably good value, with two CDs for a rather low price, considering the wonderful quality and variety of works featured, which range from stunning instrumental sections featuring strings and cornets, to lyrical soprano duets.
This CD truly evokes a medieval mood and is a rich masterpiece. I strongly recommend it to anyone with a passion for sacred choral music...the works are extremely uplifting.