Vespri Solenni Per la Festa Di San Marco

Unanimously recognized as one of the leading interpreters of Monteverdi, Rinaldo Alessandrini's recordings of the Madrigals, the 1610 Vespers, L'Orfeo, etc., have become standard references. In celebration of the thirtieth anniversary of his orchestra, Concerto Italiano, Alessandrini returns to his preferred composer creating, in the magnificent Basilica of Mantova, an imaginable Vespers service for San Marco assembled from various parts of the Selva morale e spirituale collection and gathering sublime Dixit Dominus, Laudate pueri, Magnificat e.a. In doing so he has found 'the expressive logic which is at the heart of the liturgies for which this music was composed...' This represents a first step in the recording of the Selva Morale, which will be completed in the coming years. The CD comes with a DVD, 'The Human and the Divine, Alessandrini Conducts Monteverdi' by Claudio Rufa.