C'est superbe, à coté d'Antenne 2 avec les misérables tatoués, c'est d'un autre niveau ! Misère de la télévision française à coté de ce chef d’œuvre de Monteverdi, le précurseur des tous les autres. J'aurai toujours plaisir à réécouter cette si belle musique. N'oublions pas la " technique" : prise de son superbe, belles images, sobriété des décors.... Bravo à tous les interprètes Un grand moment de plaisir et de bonheur.
Claudio Monteverdi Vespro della B.V. - Domine ad adjuvandum me festina 00:05 L’Orfeo - Dal mio Permesso amato 02:17 Ecco pur ch’a voi ritorno & In questo prato adorno 08:42 Vespro della B.V. - Ave Maris Stella 14:27 Messa a quattro voci et salmi - Laetatus sum 21:59 Vespro della B.V. - Pulchra es 29:58 Giovanni Gabrieli Symphoniae sacrae II - Sonata con tre violini C214 34:20 In ecclesiis a 14 C78 39:46 Sonata pian’ e forte C175 48:01 Gregorio Allegri Miserere 53:57 Giovanni Gabrieli Symphoniae sacrae II - Canzon primi toni a 8 C170 01:05:47 Jubilate deo a 10 C65 01:09:41
@@AthSamaras The singers and musicians also need to be named. The soprano is the new Zsuzsi Toth. The bass is excellent as is all of them. When is your European tour ?
In middelages cathedrals are hospitals....many are in France and U.K....strange energy in this buildings. Today, some cathedrals are very interesting to visit, to be in there for some time. Chartres in France is a very good example. Stunning mental and even physical experiences in there. Open minded people and sensitive people will agree. ..... a must visit. Catharsis.!!!!!
What an absolutely brilliant performance. Why did the performers not get a standing ovation which they totally deserved? The accoustics of the venue are sublime for a modern building.
This concert was simply BRILLIANT and I have already listened to it more times than I would care to admit. Bravo, brava, and bravissimo you exceptionally fine musicians. What a joy it must be to make such beautiful music together! Thank you for sharing your talents with us. The Splendour of Venice was GLORIOUS!
I think that it was likely that their concert was followed by a reception in which everyone was able to be delighted in the occasion all over again, which was certainly great!
I was totally taken by this concert. Great performers, great conducting. It felt authentic. This music was so important for the later development of western music, and it stays wonderful. Thanks !!!
Good comment... as for me, Western music did indeed "develop" after Palestrina, Victoria, Gregorian chant, the Gabrieli's and Monteverdi.. However, it never got even close to getting better. It devolved. This was the pinnacle.
Venice, what a debt we owe it musically. Simply wonderful music. I have long loved Gabrieli and Allegri's Miserere is very famous, but the more I hear of Monteverdi the more I fall in love with his music. His Vespers is a masterpiece that stands up to anything in the Baroque era in my opinion (yes, even Bach's B Minor and his passions). Superb performances here. Thank you so much for this .
@@KokoMcMonkey Hi Daniel. I was only comparing the Vespers to Bach’s B Minor Mass, not the total works of the two composers overall. Few if any could hold a candle to Bach.
I am so enjoying this performance...all of the musicians and singers seem to be just loving making music together. As a professional singer myself, I am longing for the day when it is possible for all of us to sing and play and perform together.
Nothing is perfect in this world, but I am ready to make an exception for this concert. Beautiful music, made with a very high sense of scjholarship and musicianship, great inspired singers and instrumentists; clever use of space The Miserere clearly sits on top of the best interpretations EVER. We should be all so grateful enjoying this in the very sad moment of pandemia.
Is there anything Erin Helyard cannot do? He is amazing. Listen to his playing on RU-vid of Handel's Harmonious Blacksmith on harpsichord. It will blow your mind.
I go back to my introduction the “Glory of Venice” recording, 1989, E.Power Biggs, The Gregg Smith singers: recorded in San Marcos, Venice! Wonderful to hear a new generation capture this splendorous sound! Thank you for making this available!
Claudio Monteverdi was a great musician, most of his music composed during the first half of the XVII century in the cosmopolitan city of Venice. His music marks the transition between the late Renaissance and the early baroque. The Vespro della Beata Vergine, its religious subject notwithstanding, has a secular, dramatic, almost operatic quality. Monteverdi was renowned in life as creator of the madrigal, a highly polyphonic vocal composition of few singers and of great formal perfection and complexity. He has been later recognized as the father of the dramatic opera. He is, no question, one of the summits of early western music, and one of the glories of Venice, where soon Vivaldi will in full joy inaugurate the baroque musical perfection.
@@rAlleuze Thanks for your answer. I did not know Francesco Cavalli. Following your suggestion I searched him and found that he was especially respected as an opera composer in Venice during the XVII century. I heard parts of two of his better known operas, Heliogábalo and Artemisia. Both are musically and dramatically complex and beautiful. He took opera to great heights, became popular in Venice and his operas are presented even today. He may arguably be considered, to some extent, a predictor of "modern" opera on the psychological subjectivity and musical complexity of his works.
Jorge, your writings on the Baracoco and Montverdi are most erudite and informative! This period was most definitely the most glorious, the flowering of the High Renaissance, leading into the early Baroque, hinting at the musical glories to come. My favorites from this era would include Monteverdi of course, but also Palestrina, Gesualdo and the incomparable Gabriellis, Andrea and his nephew Giovanni, whose music resounding in St. Mark's Cathedral in Venice sound like heaven on earth!
@@jorgeurzuaurzua4011 I'm glad you find this useful and while I'm at it, don't forget Alessandro Scarlatti (the father of Domenico) who wrote some 115 operas while being in Naples and Rome. ot to mention oratorios and sacred music...
Merci beaucoup ! Très beau concert avec un très beau programme . Et merci aux chanteurs et musiciens ! Merci de pouvoir profiter de concerts souvent magnifiques (je pense également à des concerts de ma région) ayant exigés beaucoup de travail de préparation et trop ignorés . Les médias préfèrent nous gaver de produits kleenex pas chers à produire et vite oubliés ....
Good heavens! What a marvelous production. The Venue. Acoustics. Video quality. Audio quality. Singers. Players. All superb. The Miserere might be the best modern production I've ever heard on RU-vid -- as simple as it can get, at one voice per part, and absolutely ethereal.
The pinnacle of humanity in music in so many facets......for the eye, for the ear, for the heart , for the soul. Thank you , all splendid musicians for this unique masterpiece !!! 💐
Just splendid. As several have said below, it is a leaden time with death and uncertainty all around. Only the music can lead us forward. SPLENDID and thank you so much for showing us a way
Esta obra la he escuchado más de 5 veces en los meses recientes. Destaco la extraordinaria resonancia del espacio donde fue registrado. Felicitaciones por este logro musical. Monteverdi creó una música monumental, arquitectónica, grandiosa....
Soy muy feliz de haber escuchado y presenciado este maravilloso concierto celestial. Enhorabuena a todos los cantantes, músicos y director. Gracias !!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
WOW, Mildly tipsy and while listening to this amalgamation of beautiful voices and superb instrumental acoustics it makes me realize how you miss the good things in life. Sometimes you need to stop and think what is going on around you. Then analyze an produce a thought. One that favorable to your situation. It liberates the mind an awakens a resolution.
Here on December 16, 2020 I am so thankful you gave this concert and that it is here on YT to enjoy. Blessings to all who had a part. This is beautiful beyond words.
I am so pleased that I have found this performance. Apart from the superb performances by wonderful Australian musicians, I thought of two things. 1. Imagine the effect of the opening of the Vespers in St. Mark's when it was first performed - if it was performed first in St. Mark's Venice in 1610? The other thing I thought of was, could Monteverdi have imagined that his music would be performed in a land far from his own (and yet to be discovered by Europeans), and 412 years later?
When I checked out this channel, I couldn’t find this performance anywhere….what’s up with that? Also, the Allegri piece was much better than I anticipated, with parts which were really uplifting. The trick is to maintain that emotion and intention throughout the whole piece, which only singers with incredible stamina and technique can do. I thought the soprano singing the high “C’s” did very well at first, but then started sliding up to the “C,” sometimes with an ornamentation to help her out….this is something I have _literally never_ seen or heard done, in 50 years of professional singing and listening to religious choral works. There were other pieces which were done really well, such as the “Gloria” from the Monteverdi Marian Vespers. Overall, very enjoyable!
Como é grata a saudade dos tempos dos ofícios religiosos celebrados em Latim, missas solenes, bênçãos do Santíssimo... How grateful is the nostalgia for the times of religious services celebrated in Latin, solemn masses, blessings from the Blessed Sacrament...
This damned room resonates as much as a cathedral, it must have been complicated to adjust the sound recording. But what a spelndeur this music is when it is beautifully interpreted like here. Thank you very much, your music is the balm of the soul.
Not simply compelling- on a busy day I can not bring myself to stop watching! The selections are great- the performers wonderful! The antiphonal presentation is a joy to see too! Sorry your cornetto is a bit lost here. Most of all, it makes me grieve that this joyful performance was just a year ago, and at the moment would be totally impossible. I hope you can all begin performing again soon.
Thank you all for bringing in this architecture of supreme beauty. Voices and orchestra simply sublime. If somebody may define what music is. Let´s ask the conductor Erin Helyard.
This is real interesting. I've played many Gabrieli pieces in our brass group but this is the first time I've heard many of the same pieced done with mostly traditional instruments and a choir. Neat stuff for sure. Very talented group. All of them..
I've heard this countless times before because it's so awesome; this group's performance = # 2; # 1 was from Boston 20 some years ago, but only because the Boston group had more instruments, otherwise I'd place both at # 1 it's just unbelievable, awesome music and performance, thank you so much for this
Superbe prestation. Je redécouvre le Miserere d’Allegri à l’aune d’une interprétation que j’estime d’un niveau comparable à celle de A sei voci sous la direction de l’immense et regretté Bernard Fabre-Garrus, enregistrée en novembre 1993.
Well-performed and well recorded! The space could be in an office building, but the acoustic qualities are excellent for the performance. This is an excellent musical experience for a dreary winter day.
Stellar performance, fine renditions of this repertoire are not easy to find on youtube. Congrats to Mr Helyard and his artists. Thanks PCP for sharing this one.