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Bernardo strozzi   claudio monteverdi (c.1630)

Bernardo Strozzi, Portrait of Claudio Monteverdi, c. 1630. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons. 

Today's show comes from a recent release on Decca called 'Monteverdi: The Other Vespers', which combines psalm settings from Monteverdi's 1640/41 collection 'Selva Morale e Spirituale' combined with works by Gabrieli, Castello, and Usper. Robert Hollingworth directs I Fagiolini, The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble, and The 24 (University of York). All music by Claudio Monteverdi, unless indicated otherwise. 

  • Lodovico da Viadana: Deus in adiutorium.
  • Dixit Dominus (secondo, 1641)
  • Confitebor tibi, Domine (secondo, 1641)
  • Beatus vir (primo, 1641)
  • Laudate pueri (primo, 1641)
  • Dario Castello: Sonata in D minor
  • Laudate Dominum (primo, 1641)
  • Francesco Usper: Sonata a 8
  • Giovanni Gabrieli: Magnificat a 14 
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