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The Monteverdi Choir was founded in 1964 by Sir John Eliot Gardiner for a performance of the Vespro della Beata Vergine in King's College Chapel, Cambridge.A specialist Baroque ensemble, the Choir has become famous for its stylistic conviction and extensive repertoire, encompassing music from the Renaissance period to Classical music of the 20th century.
Lost work (ref. Monteverdi letter 26 March ) [7] 1611: Sacred: 2 motets: 2–5 voices: Lost work (ref. Monteverdi letter 26 March ) [7] 1614: Madrigal/song: 107–116: Il sesto libro de madrigali (Sixth Book of Madrigals, 10 pieces, details table L below) 5–7 voices, basso continuo: Monteverdi, Venice 1614, repub. 1615, 1620, 1639
The collection of various works in different instrumentation was published in Venice in 1640 and 1641. While the 1610 publication summarizes Monteverdi's sacred works written for Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Selva morale e spirituale presents works composed at San Marco, Venice, where Monteverdi had served since 1613. [4]
The choir was founded in 1955 as the "Chor am Italienischen Kulturinstitut" (Choir at the Italian Cultural Institute), but renamed the same year after Claudio Monteverdi, then a largely unknown composer. [2] Since 1961 it has been the chamber choir of the University of Hamburg, where Jürgens worked as a director of music from 1961 to 1993. [3]
The first recording of L'incoronazione, with Walter Goehr conducting the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich in a live stage performance, was issued in 1954. This LP version, which won a Grand Prix du Disque in 1954, [1] is the only recording of the opera that predates the revival of the piece that began with the 1962 Glyndebourne Festival production.
While Monteverdi's own impressions of the work are unknown, the duke realised the potential of this new art form and sought to gain prestige from the patronage of it. [4] Therefore, he commissioned Monteverdi in late 1606 for a work which is now considered as the "birth of Western Opera", [5] L'Orfeo, on a libretto by Alessandro Striggio the ...
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English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir John Eliot Gardiner: LP (1987): Deutsche Grammophon Archiv Produktion 419 250-1 (2 discs) CD 919870 DG Archiv Produktion 419 250-2 {2 CDs} [15] [18] 1991 John Mark Ainsley Julia Gooding Catherine Bott (La musica, Messenger, Proserpina) New London Consort Philip Pickett: CD (1993): Decca L'Oiseau Lyre ...