Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610 / Sorrell, Apollo's Fire

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Avie Records
Release Date
December 1, 2010
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MONTEVERDI, CLAUDIO
    • PERFORMER
      Simon, Kampani, Bragle, Honeyman, Morrell, Strauss, Mcmurray, Buffett, Apollo's Fire, Apollo's Sing
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      December 01, 2010
    • UPC
      822252220629
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      AV2206
    • LABEL
      Avie Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Choral - Sacred
    Works ⌄

    1. Respond: Domine ad adiuvandum me festina

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Apollo's Singers, Apollo's Fire

      Performer: Jeffrey Strauss

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    2. Antiphon: Laeva ejus sub capite meo

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Apollo's Singers, Apollo's Fire

      Performer: Jeffrey Strauss

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    3. Psalm 109, "Dixit dominus"

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Apollo's Singers, Apollo's Fire

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    4. Concerto: Nigra sum

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Apollo's Fire

      Performer: Ian Honeyman

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    5. Antiphon: Nigra sum sed formorsa

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Apollo's Singers, Apollo's Fire

      Performer: Gareth Morrell

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    6. Psalm 112, "Laudate pueri dominum"

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Apollo's Singers, Apollo's Fire

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    7. Concerto: Pulchra es

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Apollo's Fire

      Performer: Sandra Simon, Jennifer Ellis-Kampani

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    8. Antiphon: Pulchra es et decora

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Apollo's Singers, Apollo's Fire

      Performer: Gareth Morrell

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    9. Psalm 121, "Laetatus sum"

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Apollo's Singers, Apollo's Fire

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    10. Concerto: Duo seraphim

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Apollo's Fire

      Performer: Ian Honeyman, Gareth Morrell

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    11. Antiphon: Iam hiems transit

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Apollo's Singers, Apollo's Fire

      Performer: Jeffrey Strauss

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    12. Psalm 126, "Nisi Dominus"

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Apollo's Singers, Apollo's Fire

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    13. Concerto: Audi coelum

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Apollo's Fire

      Performer: Gareth Morrell

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    14. Audi Coelum: Omnes hanc ergo

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Apollo's Singers, Apollo's Fire

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    15. Antiphon: Virgo prudentissima

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Apollo's Singers, Apollo's Fire

      Performer: Jeffrey Strauss

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    16. Psalm 147, "Lauda Ierusalem"

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Apollo's Singers, Apollo's Fire

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    17. Sonata: Sancta Maria ora pro nobis

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Apollo's Fire

      Performer: John Buffett

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    18. Hymn: Ave maris stella

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Apollo's Fire

      Performer: Meg Bragle, Jeffrey Strauss

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    19. Antiphon: Sancta Maria succure miseris

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Apollo's Singers, Apollo's Fire

      Performer: Jeffrey Strauss

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    20. Magnificat: Magnificat

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Apollo's Fire

      Performer: John Buffett

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    21. Magnificat: Et exultavit

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Apollo's Fire

      Performer: Ian Honeyman, Gareth Morrell

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    22. Magnificat: Quia respexit

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Apollo's Singers, Apollo's Fire

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    23. Magnificat: Quia fecit mihi magna

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Apollo's Fire

      Performer: Jeffrey Strauss, Michael McMurray

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    24. Magnificat: Et misericordia

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Apollo's Fire

      Performer: Jeffrey Strauss, Michael McMurray

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    25. Magnificat: Fecit potentiam

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Apollo's Singers, Apollo's Fire

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    26. Magnificat: Deposuit potentes de sede

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Apollo's Singers, Apollo's Fire

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    27. Magnificat: Esurientes implevit bonis

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Apollo's Fire

      Performer: Jennifer Ellis-Kampani, Meg Bragle

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    28. Magnificat: Suscepit Israel

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Apollo's Fire

      Performer: Sandra Simon, Jennifer Ellis-Kampani

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    29. Magnificat: Sicut locutus est

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Apollo's Singers, Apollo's Fire

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    30. Magnificat: Gloria Patri

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Apollo's Fire

      Performer: Ian Honeyman, Gareth Morrell

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    31. Magnificat: Sicut erat in principio

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Apollo's Singers, Apollo's Fire

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell


Honored among the 30 "Unmissable Albums of the Past 30 Years" by BBC Music!

The Cleveland-based baroque orchestra Apollo's Fire, together with founder / conductor Jeannette Sorrell, launched on Avie in July 2010 with a double release featuring discs of Mozart and J.S. Bach. They follow with their tribute to the 400th anniversary year of Monteverdi's seminal Vespers of the Blessed Virgin, released in anticipation of the group's first European tour which takes them to Spain and Holland, and culminates with their Wigmore Hall debut on 30 November. Vespers has been a signature piece for Apollo's Fire for over ten years, and it's fitting for Sorrell and her vibrant band to bring this magnificent masterwork to wider audiences through this recording. critical acclaim for Apollo's Fire "Resplendent . . . with vibrant attention to dramatic detail. Unlike many accounts of the "Vespers," Sorrell's interpretation conveyed the intense drama that pervades this many-splendored puzzle. She must be one of the best conductors around in this repertoire. In her hands, the glory of Monteverdi's accomplishment couldn't have been more radiant or moving. An Apollo's Fire triumph . . . a thriller from first note to last." - The Cleveland Plain Dealer "A stunning achievement" - Fanfare "Sorrell and her fine young choir lavish attention on every phrase and inflexion. The exhilaration and sense of discovery is utterly infectious" - International Record Review

REVIEW

This recording is stunningly different from the norm. [Jeannette Sorrell] constructs a simulacrum of [17th-century Italians'] religious fervour in the explosive presentation of Dixit Dominus, and their sincere reverence in Ave Maris Stella. The real understanding of style is everywhere. No cautious "note counting" in the complex Duo Seraphim, instead the fluttering lines become the beating wings of angels, and in the startling echo duet of the Gloria Patri (from the Magnificat) we feel the ricochet from the very stones of Monteverdi's church.

--BBC Music Magazine (Anthony Pryer)