Claudio Monteverdi, Jeffrey Kurtzman

Vespers (1610)

Truly versatile and user-friendly editions; a practical approach for performers, informed by the very highest standard of scholarship. This edition is designed to meet the needs of both the scholar and the performer. It contains the complete music of all fourteen compositions as in Monteverdi's original print, plus the psalm 'Lauda Jerusalem' and the two Magnificats in a choice of pitches. Also provided are a continuo realization, notes on performance, Gregorian antiphons for the feasts of the Virgin, and examples of typical early seventeenth-century embellishments.

Complete performing material is available on hire, and a Critical Commentary is available for sale from the hire library.

2/3 Violins, 3 Trumpets In D, 1 Trumpet In B Flat, 2/3 Violas, 2 Cellos, 1 Double Bass, 3 Trombones, 1 Bass Trombone, 2 Recorders, 2 Flutes