Early music specialist and performer Paul McCreesh has spent over 20 years studying and conducting Monteverdi's Vespro della beata vergine and brings authority to his realization of a work (or collection of works) whose ambiguous score has left generations of scholars debating the Vespers' appropriate instrumentation, the ordering of movements, the correct performing keys of some movements, the use of interpolated music from other sources, and questions of whether certain eccentricities are the composer's intention or ...
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Early music specialist and performer Paul McCreesh has spent over 20 years studying and conducting Monteverdi's Vespro della beata vergine and brings authority to his realization of a work (or collection of works) whose ambiguous score has left generations of scholars debating the Vespers' appropriate instrumentation, the ordering of movements, the correct performing keys of some movements, the use of interpolated music from other sources, and questions of whether certain eccentricities are the composer's intention or merely printer's errors. While we can never know exactly what the original performance sounded like, McCreesh's performance with his 12-voice Gabrieli Consort and Players makes a compelling case for his artistic decisions. This version holds together an incredibly diverse musical (and liturgical) experience, including plainchant, delicately accompanied solos, accompanied vocal ensembles for two to 10 voices and full chorus, as well as instrumental ensembles and organ improvisations, and...
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