Name: Vespro Della Beata Vergine
Genre: Music
Released: 06 Jun 1989
Rating: 10
Cast: John Eliot Gardiner, Ann Monoyios, Marinella Pennicchi, Mark Tucker, Nigel Robson

Vespro Della Beata Vergine

HD 10 90 minutes

This large-scale live recording (Gardiner's second) was made in Venice's St Mark's Basilica. It captures the drama as well as the ceremonial aspect of the work, despite sometimes cloudy recorded sound.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide. “Gardiner's second [recording of the Vespers], spectacularly recorded live in St Mark's, has a punchy choral sound, near-operatic solo singing (Bryn Terfel and Alistair Miles are among the basses), emphatic enunciation, big contrasts and deliberate exploitation of the building's spaces. Its outright theatricality sets it apart from other performances.