Monteverdi: Vespers
Jill Gomez, Felicity Palmer, Robert Tear, Philip Langridge, John Shirley-Quirk
Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner
Gardiner's first version was made with some of the finest English singers of the day and the legendary Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
It may not be as polished, but its vitality stands up well... — More…
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Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine (1610)
- Robert Tear (tenor), Jill Gomez (soprano), Nicholas Kraemer (harpsichord), Felicity Palmer (soprano), Malcolm Hicks (organ), James Bowman (countertenor), Philip Langridge (tenor), Alastair Ross (organ), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Robert Spencer (lute), Michael Rippon (bass (vocal)), Jennifer Ward Clarke (cello)
- Monteverdi Choir, Salisbury Cathedral Choristers, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, David Munrow Recorder Ensemble
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1974-02-01
- Recording Venue: St Jude's, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London
1. Deus in adjutorium meum intende
2. Domine ad adjuvandum me festina
3. Psalmus 109: Dixit Dominus
Gabrieli, G: Audite principes a 16, C 123 - Transc. Denis Arnold / Edited for performance John Eliot Gardiner
- Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Choir
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1972-04-14
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Bassano, G: Hodie Christus natus est - Trans. Denis Arnold / Edited for performance John Eliot Gardiner
- Monteverdi Choir, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1972-04-14
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Gabrieli, G: Angelus ad pastores - Transc. Denis Arnold / Edited for performance John Eliot Gardiner
- Charles Brett (countertenor)
- Monteverdi Choir, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1972-04-14
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Gabrieli, G: Quem Vidistis pastores a 12, C 77 - Trans. Denis Arnold / Edited for performance John Eliot Gardiner
- Charles Brett (countertenor), Philip Langridge (tenor), Martyn Hill (tenor)
- Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Choir
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1972-04-14
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Gabrieli, G: Salvator noster a 15, C 80 - Trans. Denis Arnold / Edited for performance John Eliot Gardiner
- John Angelo Messana (alto)
- Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Choir
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1972-04-14
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Gabrieli, G: Hodie Christus natus est - Trans. Denis Arnold / Edited for performance John Eliot Gardiner
- Monteverdi Choir, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1972-04-14
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
O magnum mysterium - Trans. Denis Arnold (1926 / 86) / Ed.for perf.J.E.Gardiner (1943-)
Monteverdi: Exultent caeli
- John Angelo Messana (alto), Martyn Hill (tenor)
- Monteverdi Choir, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1972-04-14
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London