Vespers (1610)
It is only in our time that Monteverdi has taken his place among the great composers. Many performances are to some extent modernised, but in this version of the Vespers the orchestra of the composer's day is used. FELICITY PALMER (soprano)
CHRISTINA CLARKE (soprano)
DAVID BURP-OWES (counter-tenor) PHILIP LANGRIDGE ftenor) CLIFFORD MOULD (tenor) JOHN BARROW (bass) DAVID BEAVAN (baSS)
BOYS OF CHRIST CHURCH
CATHEDRAL CHOIR
SCHOLA CANTORUM OF OXFORD
RICHARD BETHELL , BERNARD THOMAS (recorders)
MICHAEL LAIRD, IAAN WILSON JOHN KING (cornetti) ) PAUL NIEMAN, PAUL
BEER MARTIN NICHOLLS (SackbutS)
SIMON PRESTON, CHARLES DOBSON (organ)
Michael LOWE (theorbo)
CHARLES MILLER (baSSOOn)
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA leader jose-luis GARCIA conducted by ROBERT HAMMERSLEY
(A publ.c concert given in the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, on 11 November 1972)