Monteverdi: Vespro Della Beata Vergine
Label: PAN CLASSICS Catalog: PC10240 Format: CD La Capella Ducale; Musica Fiata; Roland Wilson, directionClaudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) After decades of experience with the music of Monteverdi as well as his contemporaries and predecessors, Roland Wilson views the work in the context of its own time when polychorality and proportion played a decisive role in the music. An intelligent analysis of the printed parts reveal that Monteverdis symmetrical structures are mirrored here in the ensemble which reflects that which he had available; 12 singers divided into two 6-part groups perfectly balanced by the two instrumental-choirs (3 cornetti /3 trombones,6 strings) . The whole work is performed using this 4- choir basis supported by a large continuo-group of 2 organs, 3 chitarroni, harp, and lirone. Price: $27.98 |