Monteverdi / The Sixteen / Christophers Vespers Of 1610 CD

Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 is quite simply one of the greatest works of sacred music ever written, without doubt the most varied and inspired before Handel and Bach began composing their oratorios and passions. It's variety alone makes it unique, from thrilling psalm settings with virtuosic writing for both multi-part choir and instrumentalists, to exotic and sensual settings of texts from the Song of Songs for solo voices. Every movement is full of luscious harmonies, drama, and evocative musical language.

1. Deus in Adiutorium Meum Intende 2. Dixit Dominus 3. Nigra Sum 4. Laudate Pueri 5. Pulchra Es 6. Laetatus Sum 7. Duo Seraphim 8. Nisi Dominus 9. Audi Coelum 10. Lauda Ierusalem 11. Sonata Sopra Sancta Maria 12. Ave Maris Stella 13. Magnificat 14. Et Exaltavit 15. Quia Respexit 16. Quia Fecit Mihi Magna 17. Et Misericordia 18. Fecit Potentiam 19. Deposuit Potentes 20. Esurientes 21. Sucepit Israel 22. Sicut Locutus Est 23. Gloria Patri 24. Sicut Erat 25. Lauda Ierusalem 26. Magnificat 27. Et Exaltavit 28. Quia Respexit 29. Quia Fecit Mihi Magna 30. Et Misericordia 31. Fecit Potentiam 32. Deposuit Potentes 33. Esurientes 34. Sucepit Israel 35. Sicut Locutus Est 36. Gloria Patri 37. Sicut Erat