Episode 1
Donald Macleod visits Venice for this special series. He visits St Mark's Basilica, where he meets Justine Rapaccioli, vice maestro di capella.
Donald Macleod visits Venice for this special series on Monteverdi.
He visits St Mark's Basilica, where he meets Justine Rapaccioli, the vice maestro di capella.
Responsorium: Domine, ad adiuvandum me festina (Vespro della Beata Vergine)
Monica Piccini, Roberta Invernizzi (sopranos)
Francesco Ghelardini (alto)
Luca Dordolo, Gianluca Ferrarini (tenors)
Daniele Carnovich (bass)
Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini (director)
Credo (Missa in illo tempore)
King's Consort
Robert King (director)
Zefiro torna e 'l bel tempo rimena; Una donna fra l'altre onesta e bella; A dio, Florida bella (Madrigals, Book 6)
Delitiae Musicae
Marco Longhini (director)
Magnificat (Vespro della Beata Vergine)
Anna Simboli, Roberta Invernizzi (sopranos)
Gianluca Ferrarini (tenor)
Pietro Spagnoli, Furio Zanasi (baritones)
Daniele Carnovich, Antonio Abete (basses)
Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini (director).
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