Release Date: 01 October 2003
Label: Hyperion Records Ltd
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 034571174280
Genres: Classical  Baroque  
Composer/Series: Sacred Music Vol.1
Release Date: 01 October 2003
Label: Hyperion Records Ltd
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 034571174280
Genres: Classical  Baroque  
Composer/Series: Sacred Music Vol.1
Description
Here we have the start of an exciting mini series from The King's Consort, recording highlights of the sacred music of Claudio Monteverdi.
The first volume is suitably opulent, with a veritable 'Who's who' of Monteverdi solo singers joined by two dozen chorus singers and a colourful group of instrumentalists under Robert King's lively baton. The repertoire for this opening volume presents a joyous Christmas sequence from the composer's great collection of 1640-41, Selva morale e spirituale, such as might have been heard at a Venetian Vespers, alongside a fine Mass. The spacious recordings are complemented by excellent booklet notes by Monteverdi expert Professor John Whenham.
Monteverdi's unique music is constantly inventive, immensely varied—and uniquely Venetian. A glorious new Hyperion project!
Tracklisting
Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica
Laurence Perkins
Takacs Quartet, Marc-Andre Hamelin
English National Opera Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins
The Gesualdo Six / Owain Park
Steven Osborne
Stephen Hough, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo
Steven Isserlis, Philharmonia Orchestra / Paavo Jarvi
Tabea Debus; Tom Foster
Astrid Knochlein & Ensemble
Irene Roldan; Pablo Fitzgerald; Asako Ueda; Alberto Miguelez Rouco
Jennifer Johnson Cano; Peggy Pearson; Baroklyn; Simone Dinnerstein
Andreina Di Girolamo; Silvia Rambaldi
Fernando De Luca
Ferenc Fricsay; RIAS Symphonie Orchester
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken