Leaving this eventful year behind with Monteverdi's soothing and inspiring great liturgy...
Claudio Monteverdi
Vespro della Beata Vergine
Margaret Marshall, Soprano, Felicity Palmer, Mezzo-Soprano
Philip Langridge, Kurt Equiluz, Tenor, Thomas Hampson, Baritone, Arthur Korn, Bass
Tölzer Knabenchor, Choralschola der Wiener Hofburgkapelle
Claudio Monteverdi
Vespro della Beata Vergine
Margaret Marshall, Soprano, Felicity Palmer, Mezzo-Soprano
Philip Langridge, Kurt Equiluz, Tenor, Thomas Hampson, Baritone, Arthur Korn, Bass
Tölzer Knabenchor, Choralschola der Wiener Hofburgkapelle
Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Concentus musicus Wien
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Claudio Monteverdi
Vespro della Beata Vergine
Jill Gomez, Soprano, Felicity Palmer, Mezzo-Soprano
James Bowman, Countertenor, Robert Tear, Philip Langridge, Tenor, John Shirley-Quirk, Baritone, Michael Rippon, Bass
Salisbury Cathedral Boys' Choir, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Vespro della Beata Vergine
Jill Gomez, Soprano, Felicity Palmer, Mezzo-Soprano
James Bowman, Countertenor, Robert Tear, Philip Langridge, Tenor, John Shirley-Quirk, Baritone, Michael Rippon, Bass
Salisbury Cathedral Boys' Choir, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
The Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner
Decca 443 482-2 (1972)
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