Monteverdi: 1610 Vespers – I Fagiolini

Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers is the landmark collection of early Baroque music. It sits at the crossroads of Renaissance polyphony and the new dramatic style heard in Monteverdi’s first opera, L’Orfeo. This redefined what sacred music could sound like – emotionally immediate and virtuosic, both looking back to the past and driving forward into the future.

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 – and with a new take on the performing pitch.