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

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

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Details

Composer
MONTEVERDI, CLAUDIO
Artist
Simon, Kampani, Bragle, Honeyman, Morrell, Strauss, Mcmurray, Buffett, Apollo's Fire, Apollo's Sing
Format
CD
Label
Avie Records
Released
Dec 01, 2010
Catalog #
AV2206
UPC
822252220629

About

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)

Tracklist 31 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Respond: Domine ad adiuvandum me festina 02:10
    Track
    1
    Title
    Respond: Domine ad adiuvandum me festina
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Performer
    Jeffrey Strauss
    Ensemble
    Apollo's Singers, Apollo's Fire
    Conductor
    Jeannette Sorrell
  3. 2 Antiphon: Laeva ejus sub capite meo 00:19
    Track
    2
    Title
    Antiphon: Laeva ejus sub capite meo
    Duration
    00:19
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Performer
    Jeffrey Strauss
    Ensemble
    Apollo's Singers, Apollo's Fire
    Conductor
    Jeannette Sorrell
  4. 3 Psalm 109, "Dixit dominus" 07:13
    Track
    3
    Title
    Psalm 109, "Dixit dominus"
    Duration
    07:13
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Ensemble
    Apollo's Singers, Apollo's Fire
    Conductor
    Jeannette Sorrell
  5. 4 Concerto: Nigra sum 04:05
    Track
    4
    Title
    Concerto: Nigra sum
    Duration
    04:05
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Performer
    Ian Honeyman
    Ensemble
    Apollo's Fire
    Conductor
    Jeannette Sorrell
  6. 5 Antiphon: Nigra sum sed formorsa 00:26
    Track
    5
    Title
    Antiphon: Nigra sum sed formorsa
    Duration
    00:26
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Performer
    Gareth Morrell
    Ensemble
    Apollo's Singers, Apollo's Fire
    Conductor
    Jeannette Sorrell
  7. 6 Psalm 112, "Laudate pueri dominum" 05:53
    Track
    6
    Title
    Psalm 112, "Laudate pueri dominum"
    Duration
    05:53
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Ensemble
    Apollo's Singers, Apollo's Fire
    Conductor
    Jeannette Sorrell
  8. 7 Concerto: Pulchra es 04:02
    Track
    7
    Title
    Concerto: Pulchra es
    Duration
    04:02
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Performer
    Sandra Simon, Jennifer Ellis-Kampani
    Ensemble
    Apollo's Fire
    Conductor
    Jeannette Sorrell
  9. 8 Antiphon: Pulchra es et decora 00:24
    Track
    8
    Title
    Antiphon: Pulchra es et decora
    Duration
    00:24
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Performer
    Gareth Morrell
    Ensemble
    Apollo's Singers, Apollo's Fire
    Conductor
    Jeannette Sorrell
  10. 9 Psalm 121, "Laetatus sum" 06:29
    Track
    9
    Title
    Psalm 121, "Laetatus sum"
    Duration
    06:29
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Ensemble
    Apollo's Singers, Apollo's Fire
    Conductor
    Jeannette Sorrell
  11. 10 Concerto: Duo seraphim 05:51
    Track
    10
    Title
    Concerto: Duo seraphim
    Duration
    05:51
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Performer
    Ian Honeyman, Gareth Morrell
    Ensemble
    Apollo's Fire
    Conductor
    Jeannette Sorrell
  12. 11 Antiphon: Iam hiems transit 00:24
    Track
    11
    Title
    Antiphon: Iam hiems transit
    Duration
    00:24
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Performer
    Jeffrey Strauss
    Ensemble
    Apollo's Singers, Apollo's Fire
    Conductor
    Jeannette Sorrell
  13. 12 Psalm 126, "Nisi Dominus" 04:36
    Track
    12
    Title
    Psalm 126, "Nisi Dominus"
    Duration
    04:36
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Ensemble
    Apollo's Singers, Apollo's Fire
    Conductor
    Jeannette Sorrell
  14. Disc 2
  15. 1 Concerto: Audi coelum 04:41
    Track
    1
    Title
    Concerto: Audi coelum
    Duration
    04:41
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Performer
    Gareth Morrell
    Ensemble
    Apollo's Fire
    Conductor
    Jeannette Sorrell
  16. 2 Audi Coelum: Omnes hanc ergo 03:56
    Track
    2
    Title
    Audi Coelum: Omnes hanc ergo
    Duration
    03:56
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Ensemble
    Apollo's Singers, Apollo's Fire
    Conductor
    Jeannette Sorrell
  17. 3 Antiphon: Virgo prudentissima 00:47
    Track
    3
    Title
    Antiphon: Virgo prudentissima
    Duration
    00:47
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Performer
    Jeffrey Strauss
    Ensemble
    Apollo's Singers, Apollo's Fire
    Conductor
    Jeannette Sorrell
  18. 4 Psalm 147, "Lauda Ierusalem" 04:07
    Track
    4
    Title
    Psalm 147, "Lauda Ierusalem"
    Duration
    04:07
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Ensemble
    Apollo's Singers, Apollo's Fire
    Conductor
    Jeannette Sorrell
  19. 5 Sonata: Sancta Maria ora pro nobis 06:52
    Track
    5
    Title
    Sonata: Sancta Maria ora pro nobis
    Duration
    06:52
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Performer
    John Buffett
    Ensemble
    Apollo's Fire
    Conductor
    Jeannette Sorrell
  20. 6 Hymn: Ave maris stella 07:45
    Track
    6
    Title
    Hymn: Ave maris stella
    Duration
    07:45
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Performer
    Meg Bragle, Jeffrey Strauss
    Ensemble
    Apollo's Fire
    Conductor
    Jeannette Sorrell
  21. 7 Antiphon: Sancta Maria succure miseris 01:03
    Track
    7
    Title
    Antiphon: Sancta Maria succure miseris
    Duration
    01:03
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Performer
    Jeffrey Strauss
    Ensemble
    Apollo's Singers, Apollo's Fire
    Conductor
    Jeannette Sorrell
  22. 8 Magnificat: Magnificat 00:51
    Track
    8
    Title
    Magnificat: Magnificat
    Duration
    00:51
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Performer
    John Buffett
    Ensemble
    Apollo's Fire
    Conductor
    Jeannette Sorrell
  23. 9 Magnificat: Et exultavit 01:19
    Track
    9
    Title
    Magnificat: Et exultavit
    Duration
    01:19
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Performer
    Ian Honeyman, Gareth Morrell
    Ensemble
    Apollo's Fire
    Conductor
    Jeannette Sorrell
  24. 10 Magnificat: Quia respexit 01:33
    Track
    10
    Title
    Magnificat: Quia respexit
    Duration
    01:33
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Ensemble
    Apollo's Singers, Apollo's Fire
    Conductor
    Jeannette Sorrell
  25. 11 Magnificat: Quia fecit mihi magna 01:12
    Track
    11
    Title
    Magnificat: Quia fecit mihi magna
    Duration
    01:12
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Performer
    Jeffrey Strauss, Michael McMurray
    Ensemble
    Apollo's Fire
    Conductor
    Jeannette Sorrell
  26. 12 Magnificat: Et misericordia 02:02
    Track
    12
    Title
    Magnificat: Et misericordia
    Duration
    02:02
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Performer
    Jeffrey Strauss, Michael McMurray
    Ensemble
    Apollo's Fire
    Conductor
    Jeannette Sorrell
  27. 13 Magnificat: Fecit potentiam 01:03
    Track
    13
    Title
    Magnificat: Fecit potentiam
    Duration
    01:03
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Ensemble
    Apollo's Singers, Apollo's Fire
    Conductor
    Jeannette Sorrell
  28. 14 Magnificat: Deposuit potentes de sede 02:27
    Track
    14
    Title
    Magnificat: Deposuit potentes de sede
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Ensemble
    Apollo's Singers, Apollo's Fire
    Conductor
    Jeannette Sorrell
  29. 15 Magnificat: Esurientes implevit bonis 01:30
    Track
    15
    Title
    Magnificat: Esurientes implevit bonis
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Performer
    Jennifer Ellis-Kampani, Meg Bragle
    Ensemble
    Apollo's Fire
    Conductor
    Jeannette Sorrell
  30. 16 Magnificat: Suscepit Israel 01:21
    Track
    16
    Title
    Magnificat: Suscepit Israel
    Duration
    01:21
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Performer
    Sandra Simon, Jennifer Ellis-Kampani
    Ensemble
    Apollo's Fire
    Conductor
    Jeannette Sorrell
  31. 17 Magnificat: Sicut locutus est 01:01
    Track
    17
    Title
    Magnificat: Sicut locutus est
    Duration
    01:01
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Ensemble
    Apollo's Singers, Apollo's Fire
    Conductor
    Jeannette Sorrell
  32. 18 Magnificat: Gloria Patri 02:21
    Track
    18
    Title
    Magnificat: Gloria Patri
    Duration
    02:21
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Performer
    Ian Honeyman, Gareth Morrell
    Ensemble
    Apollo's Fire
    Conductor
    Jeannette Sorrell
  33. 19 Magnificat: Sicut erat in principio 02:21
    Track
    19
    Title
    Magnificat: Sicut erat in principio
    Duration
    02:21
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Ensemble
    Apollo's Singers, Apollo's Fire
    Conductor
    Jeannette Sorrell