Monteverdi: The Other Vespers - I Fagiolini

Celebrating Monteverdi’s 450th anniversary - a key new release in this Monteverdi year.

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.

Lodovico Viadana (1560 - 1627)
1. Deus in adiutorium meum 1:44
I Fagiolini, The 24, The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble, Robert Hollingworth
Anonymous

2. Antiphon I 0:20
The 24, Robert Hollingworth
Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)

3. Dixit Dominus, SV264 7:58
I Fagiolini, The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble, Robert Hollingworth
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525 - 1594), Giovanni Battista Bovicelli (1550 - 1594)

4. Ave verum corpus 5:45
I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth
Anonymous

5. Antiphon II 0:30
The 24, Robert Hollingworth
Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)

6. Confitebor tibi, Domine, SV266 6:18
Ignazio Donati (1570 - 1638)

7. Dulcis amor Iesu 4:22
I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth
Anonymous

8. Antiphon III 0:22
The 24, Robert Hollingworth
Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)

9. Beatus Vir, SV268 8:30
I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth
Anonymous

10. Antiphon III 0:22
11. Antiphon IV 0:19
The 24, Robert Hollingworth
Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)

12. Laudate pueri, SV270 7:08
I Fagiolini, The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble, Robert Hollingworth
Dario Castello (1590 - 1644)

13. Sonata in D Minor 4:56
Bjarte Eike, Lynda Sayce, Robert Hollingworth
Anonymous

14. Antiphon V 0:26
The 24, Robert Hollingworth
Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)

15. Laudate Dominum, SV272a 4:15
I Fagiolini, The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble, Robert Hollingworth
Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583 - 1643)

16. Toccata in G 4:00
Catherine Pierron
Anonymous

17. Chapter - Plainchant 0:24
The 24, Robert Hollingworth
Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)

18. Ut queant laxis, SV279a 2:42
I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth
Anonymous

19. Magnificat Antiphon 0:56
The 24, Robert Hollingworth
Giovanni Gabrieli (1553 - 1612)

20. Magnificat a 14 7:24
I Fagiolini, The 24, The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble, Robert Hollingworth
Francesco Usper (1561 - 1641)

21. Sonata a 8 4:32
I Fagiolini, The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble, Robert Hollingworth
Anonymous

22. Benedicamus Domino - Plainchant 1:43
The 24, Robert Hollingworth
Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)

23. Salve, O Regina, SV326 5:26
Robert Hollingworth, Matthew Long, Lynda Sayce

Total Playing Time: 1:20:22