. . . the singing is very fine, and the solos by Anne Sofie von Otter and Magdalena Kozená alone are worth the price of admission.
THE BEAUTY OF MONTEVERDI
Int. Release 31 Mar. 2017
2 CDs
0289 479 7193 1
Track List
CD 1: The Beauty Of Monteverdi
Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)
L'Orfeo, SV 318
Prologo
English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206
English Baroque Soloists, His Majesties Sagbutts and Cornetts, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir
Mark Tucker, Nigel Robson, Sandro Naglia, English Baroque Soloists, His Majesties Sagbutts and Cornetts, John Eliot Gardiner, Jakob Lindberg, David Miller, Christopher Wilson
English Baroque Soloists, His Majesties Sagbutts and Cornetts, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir
Marinella Pennicchi, Ann Monoyios, English Baroque Soloists, His Majesties Sagbutts and Cornetts, John Eliot Gardiner, Jakob Lindberg, David Miller
L'Orfeo, SV 318
Act 1
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Julianne Baird, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir
Act 2
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists
Mark Tucker, Nigel Robson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir
Act 4
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, John Tomlinson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
Julianne Baird, Howard Milner, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
Act 5
English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
Scherzi musicali, cioč arie, et madrigali in stil recitativo
Magdalena Kožená, Anna Prohaska, La Cetra Barockorchester Basel, Andrea Marcon
Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi
Magdalena Kožená, Jakob Pilgram, Michael Feyfar, Luca Tittoto, La Cetra Barockorchester Basel, Andrea Marcon
Quarto libro de madrigali
Joseph Cornwell, The Consort of Musicke, Anthony Rooley
Madrigals, Book 7
Emma Kirkby, Judith Nelson, David Thomas, The Consort of Musicke
Messa, salmi concertati e parte da capella, et letanie della B. V.
Susan Hemington Jones, Tessa Bonner, Charles Daniels, Andrew Tusa, Peter Harvey, Jonathan Best, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort
L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308
Act 3
Magdalena Kožená, Anna Prohaska, La Cetra Barockorchester Basel, Andrea Marcon
Total Playing Time 1:08:25
CD 2: The Beauty Of Monteverdi
Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)
Selva morale e spirituale
Susan Hemington Jones, Tessa Bonner, Charles Daniels, Angus Smith, Jonathan Best, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort
Angus Smith, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort
Anne Sofie von Otter, Jakob Lindberg
Madrigals, Book 9
Ian Partridge, Nigel Rogers, Christopher Keyte, Colin Tilney, Werner Kauffmann, Jürgen Jürgens, The Monteverdi Choir
Madrigals, Book 9
Emma Kirkby, Judith Nelson, Poppy Holden, The Consort of Musicke
L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308
Act 2
Bernarda Fink, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
Constanze Backes, Marinella Pennicchi, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
Act 3
Marinella Pennicchi, Catherine Bott, Constanze Backes, Bernarda Fink, Anne Sofie von Otter, Sylvia McNair, Dana Hanchard, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
Quinto Libro dei Madrigali
The Consort of Musicke
Selva morale e spirituale
Charles Pott, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort
Magdalena Kožená, Private Musicke, Pierre Pitzl
Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206
Edited by Paul McCreesh
Joseph Cornwell, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort
Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort
Total Playing Time 1:10:56
