Ludus Modalis & Bruno Boterf – Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

The present recording constitutes more than just a new version of the Vespers. It is the first recording of the Vespers in the alternative version proposed by the composer, without concertato instruments. It reveals the underlying matrix of the work we all know, the ‘original version’ to which Monteverdi added concertato instruments for use in large-scale performances. Respecting the structure of the Office of Vespers, Ludus Modalis has chosen to frame the psalms with the antiphons corresponding to a Marian ceremony. The interpretation proposed here is one influenced by the Renaissance tradition. It places the work in perspective in a musical world at the point of equilibrium between prima and seconda prattica, between the achievements of tradition and the contributions of modernity.

Tracklist:
1-01. Vincent Bouchot – Intonatio: Deus in adjutorium meum intende (00:09)
1-02. Ludus Modalis / Bruno Boterf – Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: I. Responsorium. Domine ad adjuvandum me festina a sei voci (01:09)
1-03. Bruno Boterf / Vincent Bouchot / Serge Goubioud / Benoît Descamps – Antiphona: Dum esset rex (i) (00:22)
1-04. Ludus Modalis / Bruno Boterf – Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: II. Psalmus 109. Dixit Dominus a sei voci (07:46)
1-05. Bruno Boterf / Vincent Bouchot / Serge Goubioud / Benoît Descamps – Antiphona: Dum esset rex (ii) (00:25)
1-06. Bruno Boterf / Jean-Luc Ho / Mélusine Pas – Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: III. Concerto. Nigra sum mottetto ad una voce (03:14)
1-07. Bruno Boterf / Vincent Bouchot / Serge Goubioud / Benoît Descamps – Antiphona: Laeva ejus (i) (00:21)
1-08. Ludus Modalis / Bruno Boterf – Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: IV. Psalmus 112. Laudate pueri a otto voce sole nell’organo (06:55)
1-09. Bruno Boterf / Vincent Bouchot / Serge Goubioud / Benoît Descamps – Antiphona: Laeva ejus (ii) (00:23)
1-10. Anne Magouët / Kaoli Isshiki-Didier / Jean-Luc Ho / Anne-Marie Blondel – Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: V. Concerto. Pulchra es a due voci (03:49)
1-11. Bruno Boterf / Vincent Bouchot / Serge Goubioud / Benoît Descamps – Antiphona: Nigra sum (i) (00:26)
1-12. Ludus Modalis / Bruno Boterf – Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: VI. Psalmus 121. Laetatus sum a sei voci (07:51)
1-13. Bruno Boterf / Vincent Bouchot / Serge Goubioud / Benoît Descamps – Antiphona: Nigra sum (ii) (00:30)
1-14. Bruno Boterf / Vincent Bouchot / Serge Goubioud / Anne-Marie Blondel – Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: VII. Concerto. Duo seraphim a tre voci (06:20)
1-15. Bruno Boterf / Vincent Bouchot / Serge Goubioud / Benoît Descamps – Antiphona: Jam hiems transiit (i) (00:26)
1-16. Ludus Modalis / Bruno Boterf – Vespro Della Beata Vergine, Sv 206: VIII. Psalmus 126. Nisi Dominus A Dieci Voci (04:58)
1-17. Bruno Boterf / Vincent Bouchot / Serge Goubioud / Benoît Descamps – Antiphona: Jam hiems transiit (ii) (00:29)
1-18. Ludus Modalis / Bruno Boterf – Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: IX. Concerto. Audi coelum ad una voce sola, poi nella fine à sei voci (07:36)
1-19. Bruno Boterf / Vincent Bouchot / Serge Goubioud / Benoît Descamps – Antiphona: Speciosa facta es (i) (00:24)
1-20. Ludus Modalis / Bruno Boterf – Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: X. Psalmus 147. Lauda Jerusalem a sette voci (05:08)
1-21. Bruno Boterf / Vincent Bouchot / Serge Goubioud / Benoît Descamps – Antiphona: Speciosa facta es (ii) (00:29)
2-01. Anne-Marie Blondel – Toccata avanti il recercar, F12.43 (01:02)
2-02. Anne Magouët / Kaoli Isshiki-Didier / Edwige Parat / Alice Duport-Percier / Franck Poitrineau / Volny Hostiou / Anne-Marie Blondel – Recercar con obligo di cantar la quinta parte senza toccarla, F12.44 (02:57)
2-03. Ludus Modalis / Bruno Boterf – Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: XI. Hymnus. Ave maris stella a otto voci (08:31)
2-04. Bruno Boterf – Antiphona: Beatam me dicent omnes generationes (00:23)
2-05. Ludus Modalis / Bruno Boterf – Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: XII. Magnificat secondo a sei voci (18:22)