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Pygmalion / Raphael Pichon: Monteverdi - Vespro Della Beata Vergine
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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The first masterpiece of sacred music is undoubtedly the mythical Vespers of Monteverdi, first published in Venice in 1610. Quintessential of the great Italian polychoral styIe of writing, with it's choirs, initiaIly distributed throughout the entire volume of the BasiIica San Marco for spectacular effects, the Vespers are here raised to the heavenly spheres by RaphaeI Pichon: every aspect of the Royal ChapeI of Versailles (1710) is being put to use to magnify the music echoing from the Royal Tribune to that of the Great Organ. The PygmaIion choir and orchestra stands fIawIess, the soIoists are overwheIming and the emotional power reIeased by this interpretation set in space and light is stunning: it's beauty seems never ending. The choraI monumentaI piece by Monteverdi, which crystallizes the height of the baroque, meets the highest standards defended by Raphaël Pichon. To be more intimate with God than ever before |
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