L'Arpeggiata’s Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 on TTN

[doversoul1]

I’ll catch this on Listen again.

TTN Saturday 9 April

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0100n3q

Susan Sharpe presents a performance of Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 recorded in Barcelona last year with early music specialists L'Arpeggiata
1:01 AM
Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643)
Vespro della Beata Vergine (1610)
Núria Rial (soprano), Raquel Andueza (soprano), Miriam Allan (soprano), Luciana Mancini (mezzo-soprano), Pascal Bertin (countertenor), Emiliano Gonzales Toro (tenor), Markus Brutscher (tenor), Jan van Elsacker (tenor), Fernando Guimarães (tenor), Fulvio Bettini (baritone), Hubert Claessens (bass), João Fernandes (bass), Ensemble: L'Arpeggiata

[kernelbogey]

I heard an extract of this on Breakfast this morning just after the news. It sounded as though it was performed with much smaller forces than the JEG recording which I own. Am I correct in that? Was this a choice based on historical evidence?

[doversoul1]

Goodness! You’ve dug out an old thread. As it happens, yesterday was also Saturday 9th, I couldn’t work out why it was not on the playlist.

Here is the CD. It may answer your question.

http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Virgin/6419942

[kernelbogey]

Goodness! You’ve dug out an old thread. As it happens, yesterday was also Saturday 9th, I couldn’t work out why it was not on the playlist.

Here is the CD. It may answer your question.
http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Virgin/6419942

Thank you Doversoul. Yes I searched for the work on the Forum, and thought using this thread an economical solution for my enquiry: sorry for the date confusion, which I hadn't noticed.

Pluhar does choose a single voice for each line: it's the first time I've heard this version.