Monteverdi Vespers 1610: Laetatus sum

Buy or stream the album here: https://orcd.co/ifagmont1610 Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers is one of the landmark works of early Baroque music. It sits at the crossroads of Renaissance polyphony and the newer, dramatic style that would eventually lead to opera. The Vespers redefined what sacred music could sound like — emotionally immediate, virtuosic, and dramatic. Monteverdi specialists I Fagiolini and Robert Hollingworth have waited until their 40th birthday to record the 1610 Vespers. This is a lifetime's work with every nuance of drama and colour brought out in this one-to-a-part performance. I Fagiolini Robert Hollingworth - director Julia Doyle, Martha McLorinan, Nicholas Mulroy, Hugo Hymas, Matthew Long, Frederick Long - singers Lynda Sayce, Eligio Quinteiro - chitarrone Aileen Henry - harp Catherine Pierron - organ William Lyons - dulcian English Cornett & Sackbutt Ensemble Gawain Glenton, Conor Hastings - cornett David Brutti - tenor cornett Emily White, Tom Lees - tenor sackbut Adrian France - bass sackbut Recording Producer - Alexander Van Ingen Recording Engineer - David Rowell Church of St Jude-on-the-Hill Hampstead Garden Suburb, London October 26th, 2025 Film by Polyphonic Camera / Editing - Gregory Browning Camera - Matthew Brodie