I Fagiolini – Monteverdi: The Other Vespers (2017) [Qobuz 24bit/96kHz]

2017 marks the 450th anniversary of Monteverdi’s birth. To celebrate I Fagiolini are celebrating Monteverdi’s works, along with their 30th anniversary, with a new authentic vespers setting.

Forming a response to Monteverdi’s timeless masterpiece Vespro della Beata Vergine (1610), these Other Vespers are centred around works from the end of his life, in 1640 following 23 years as maestro at St. Mark’s Venice. Including the celebrated Beatus vir.

A truly Venetian Vespers, arranged in a setting that could have been performed in Venice in Monteverdi’s time, with his sacred choral works alongside music of his contemporaries.

Culminating in Giovanni Gabrieli’s powerful and moving Magnificat in 14 parts: for three separate ‘choirs’.

To coincide with I Fagiolini’s 30th anniversary: the ensemble has always enjoyed a close association with Monteverdi.

Robert Hollingworth is a Monteverdi specialist; this is an authentic take on the repertoire, including the incredible soundworld of the cornetto muto alongside four male voices of I Fagiolini, in the Palestrina/Bovicelli Ave verum corpus – the first recording of such a reconstruction.

Tracklist:

01. Deus in adiutorium meum – I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth, The 24 & The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble
02. Antiphon I – The 24 & Robert Hollingworth
03. Dixit Dominus, SV 264 – I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth & The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble
04. Ave verum corpus – I Fagiolini & Robert Hollingworth
05. Antiphon II – The 24 & Robert Hollingworth
06. Confitebor tibi, Domine, SV 266 – I Fagiolini & Robert Hollingworth
07. Dulcis amor Iesu – I Fagiolini & Robert Hollingworth
08. Antiphon III – The 24 & Robert Hollingworth
09. Beatus Vir, SV 268 – I Fagiolini & Robert Hollingworth
10. Antiphon III (Reprise) – The 24 & Robert Hollingworth
11. Antiphon IV – The 24 & Robert Hollingworth
12. Laudate pueri, SV 270 – I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth & The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble
13. Sonata in D Minor – Bjarte Eike, Lynda sayce & Robert Hollingworth
14. Antiphon V – The 24 & Robert Hollingworth
15. Laudate Dominum, SV 272a – Robert Hollingworth, I Fagiolini & The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble
16. Toccata in G Major – Catherine Pierron
17. Chapter (Plainchant) – The 24 & Robert Hollingworth
18. Ut queant laxis, SV 279a – I Fagiolini & Robert Hollingworth
19. Magnificat Antiphon – The 24 & Robert Hollingworth
20. Magnificat à 14 – I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth, The 24 & The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble
21. Sonata à 8 – I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth & The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble
22. Benedicamus Domino (Plainchant) – The 24 & Robert Hollingworth
23. Salve, O Regina, SV 326 – Robert Hollingworth, Matthew Long & Lynda sayce