“Vespro della Beata Vergine” by Claudio Monteverdi Contraponto Ensemble & Tetsuro Hanai

• 1 Intonatione del primo tono 01:24
• 2 Deus in adjutorium / Antiphona: Laeva ejus / Psalmus 109: Dixit Dominus 10:17
• 3 Nigra sum 03:24
• 4 Antiphona: Jam hiems transiit / Psalmus 112: Laudate pueri 06:45
• 5 Pulchra es 03:44
• 6 Antiphona: Dilectus meus / Psalmus 121: Laetatus sum 07:40
• 7 Duo Seraphim 05:54
• 8 Antiphona: Regali ex progenie / Psalmus 126 : Nisi Dominus 05:41
• 9 Audi coelum 07:43
• 10 Antiphona: Dum esset rex / Psalmus 147: Lauda Jerusalem 04:52
• 11 Sonata sopra Sancta Maria 06:46
• 12 Capitulum - Responsorium breve / Hymnus : Ave maris stella 09:35
• 13 Ad magnificat antiphona: Sancta Maria, succurre miseris / Magnificat 19:02
• 14 Capriccio sopra re fa mi sol 04:51
• 15 Kyrie / Pater noster / Oratio / Benedicamus 02:50
• Total Runtime 01:40:28

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Intense live recording! The masterpiece from the early baroque resounds in a big cathedral with resonance of 7 seconds.

Contraponto, one of the most well-known early music ensembles in Japan, celebrated their tenth anniversary in their twentieth regular concert at Sekiguchi Catholic Church St. Maria Cathedral, Tokyo. And the concert is now available as a live footage. Because of the difficulty, “Vespro della Beata Vergine” by Claudio Monteverdi is rare to be seen as a live CD even at overseas. But here it is as a live recording. Performed in an authentic way to imitate the style of Monteverdi’s era, over two hours of performance including the organ’s introduction and postludium, antifina by Gregorian chant, and prayer was fully recorded.

Contraponto Ensemble:
Naomi Hanai, soprano
Aya Kaburagi, soprano
Naoko Kamiaya, soprano
Sachiyo Tamura, soprano
Ryo Sakurada, alt tenor
Taku Sato, alt tenor
Kenichiro Watanabe, alt tenor
Seiji Kanazawa, alt tenor
Shinya Numata, alt tenor
Yasunari Tomimoto, alt tenor
Yasuto Kasuga, bass
Genki Sakurai, bass
Eitaro Matsui, bass
Mari Ono, violin
Hiroki Tanzawa, violin
Hiroko Nishizawa, violone
Kuniko Ueno, cornet
Masahito Kasahara, cornet
Daisuke Hosokawa, cornet
Nobuko Miyashita, trombone
Kuniyasu Oouchi, trombone
Hiroki Mita, trombone
Ririko Maeda, flute, recorder
Kiichi Suganuma, flute, recorder
Yasuto Kasuga, flute, recorder
Hiroshi Kaneko, lute
Asako Ueda, lute
Mie Ito, triple harp
Naoki Ageo, organ
Tetsuro Hanai, conductor

Recorded at Sekiguchi Catholic Church St. Maria Cathedral on June 22, 2015

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