Monteverdi: Messa a quattro voci et salmi of 1650, Vol. 1 / Christophers, The Sixteen

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Label
Coro
Release Date
May 27, 2016
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      CAVALLI MONTEVERDI
    • PERFORMER
      Sixteen, Harry Christophers
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 27, 2016
    • UPC
      828021614224
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      COR16142
    • LABEL
      Coro
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    Works ⌄

    1. Messa a 4, et salmi, SV 19-204: Dixit Dominus III, SV 191

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Performer: Simon Jones, Andrea Jones, Joseph Crouch, David Miller, Frances Kelly, Alastair Ross

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    2. Messa a 4, et salmi, SV 19-204: Confitebor tibi Domine V, SV 194

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Performer: Grace Davidson, Mark Dobell, Andrea Jones, Simon Jones, Joseph Crouch, David Miller, Frances Kelly, Alastair Ross

    3. Messa a 4, et salmi, SV 19-204: Lauda Jerusalem, SV 202

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Performer: Jeremy Budd, George Pooley, Jimmy Holliday, Andrea Jones, Simon Jones, Joseph Crouch, David Miller, Frances Kelly, Alastair Ross

    4. Magnificat

      Composer: Francesco Cavalli

      Performer: Grace Davidson, Elin Manahan Thomas, Jeremy Budd, Mark Dobell, George Pooley, Jimmy Holliday

    5. Messa a 4, et salmi, SV 19-204: Laetatus sum II, SV 199

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Performer: Simon Jones, Andrea Jones, Joseph Crouch, David Miller, Frances Kelly, Alastair Ross

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    6. Messa a 4, et salmi, SV 19-204: Nisi Dominus I, SV 200

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Performer: Grace Davidson, Mark Dobell, Stuart Young, Andrea Jones, Simon Jones, Joseph Crouch, David Miller, Frances Kelly, Alastair Ross

    7. Laudate pueri Dominum III, SV 196

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Performer: Simon Jones, Andrea Jones, Joseph Crouch, David Miller, Frances Kelly, Alastair Ross

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    8. Laetaniae della Beata Vergine, SV 204

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Performer: Simon Jones, Andrea Jones, Joseph Crouch, David Miller, Frances Kelly, Alastair Ross

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    9. Beatus vir, SV 195

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Performer: Simon Jones, Andrea Jones, Joseph Crouch, David Miller, Frances Kelly, Alastair Ross

      Conductor: Harry Christophers


The music of Monteverdi is revolutionary, heralding in the Baroque era. For the first time, with Monteverdi’s compositions, deep personal emotion was being heard in sacred vocal works. This collection was released after the composers death as the Messa a Quattro voci et salmi, and was composed during Monteverdi’s time serving as director of music at St. Mark’s in Venice. The Sixteen has gained critical acclaim for their previous recordings of Monteverdi’s work, including a Grammy nomination for the ensemble’s 2014 recording of Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610.

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REVIEW:

There is no shortage of first-rate music here, dispelling any notion that the Messa et Salmi only consists of pieces that Monteverdi himself did not think were worthy of preserving for posterity. The Sixteen’s performances have the group’s usual unfussy directness; the sound has no churchy over-resonance about it, either, so that the intricacies of the writing are always perfectly clear.

­– Guardian (UK)