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Recorded live in Corsica in December, 2004, this eccentric performance occasionally has fine moments but ultimately has too much going against it. The instrumentalists are
These performances feature some voices that have gone on to bigger things, most notably Sandrine Piau, whose contributions to five numbers, particularly “Presso un fiume
Volume 3 of this important series is here, and not surprisingly it proves as finely sung and played as its predecessors. Beginning with the double-choir
Jordi Savall’s Monteverdi Vespers returns at mid-price in a clumsily packaged folding paper album whose design makes it impossible to get at the text and
Fans of the Roger Wagner Chorale will especially welcome this reissue of the group’s 1961 Respighi/Monteverdi recording, presented in exceptionally clear-sounding transfers from the two-
As the sound of choir and instruments fills the room at the opening of Exultent caeli, you can appreciate that this truly is a moment
After hearing the excellent Book 3 in this series from Marco Longhini and his Delitiae Musicae (type Q7709 in Search Reviews), I had to go
Janet Baker’s Scarlatti/Monteverdi recital is rarely cited as one of the gems of her discography, but it deserves that accolade. Perhaps its relative neglect is
On this welcome re-release conductor René Jacobs presents us with a cut-for-performance version of this, Monteverdi’s least overtly accessible opera. The recording followed on the
This is not one of the “great” performances, among a relatively crowded field, of Monteverdi’s spectacular 1610 Vespers. As with many of his fellow musicologist/leaders,
