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Monteverdi ' IL BALLO DELL'INGRATE'

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(soprano) (contralto)(bass) (soprano)
The Ambrosian Singers
Orpington Junior Singers The New London Quartet:
Erich Gruenberg (violin)
Lionel Bentley (violin) Keith Cummings (viola) Douglas Cameron (cello) with Eugene Cruft (double-bass)
Continue:
Charles Spinks (harpsichord)
Desmond Dupr é (viola da gamba)
Julian Bream (lute)
Produced by Denis Stevens
II Ballodell'Ingrate was composed by Monteverdi for the festivities at Mantua in June 1608. It is one of the few ballets in the French style to have been preserved in complete form, and owes its conception as well as its text to Ottavio Rinuccini, librettist and francophile.

Contributors

Violin:
Erich Gruenberg
Violin:
Lionel Bentley
Viola:
Keith Cummings
Cello:
Douglas Cameron
Double-Bass:
Eugene Cruft
Harpsichord:
Charles Spinks
Viola:
Desmond Dupr
Unknown:
Julian Bream
Produced By:
Denis Stevens
Amore:
April Cantelo
Venere:
Lorri Lail
Plutone:
Alexander Henderson
Una dell'Ingrate:
Arda Mandikian

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