Episode 5
Deeply unhappy, Monteverdi looks for a way out of his service to the Dukes of Mantua but the decision is eventually taken out of his hands. Presented by Donald Macleod.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Sestina - Lagrime d'Amante al Sepolcro dell'Amata
Performer: Cantus Cölln, directed by Konrad Junghänel
- Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 05472772822,.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Vespro Della Beata Vergine (Nisi Domius, Audi coelum, Lauda Jerusalem)
Performer: Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Matthew Long (tenor), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Choir of the Enlightenment, directed by Robert Howarth
- Signum SIGCD237,.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Io mi son giovinetta
Performer: Monteverdi: Rutilante in nocte Performer: The Consort of Musicke, directed by Anthony Rooley
- Musica Oscura 070995,.
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Claudio Monteverdi
L'Orfeo, Act V
Performer: Ian Bostridge (Orfeo, tenor); Paul Agnew (Echo, tenor), Christopher Maltman (Apollo, baritone), European Voices, Les Sacqueboutiers, Le Concert d'Astrée, conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm
- Virgin Classics 5456422,.
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