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It is hard to imagine a better performance of Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 than this one by the French ensemble Pygmalion under the direction of Raphaël Pichon. 

In their Lammermuir Festival debut, I Fagiolini strike spiritual and musical gold with the Monteverdi Vespers... at least in the first half.

I Fagiolini and the English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble give a very special performance at Kings Place. 

An outstanding performance from Christina Pluhar's army of generals, but a flawed Barbican live stream. 

Jean Tubéry’s virtuosity as a maestro di cornetto made up for disappointing vocalism in Monteverdi’s Vesperis in Festis Beata Mariae Vergine

Sublime orchestral playing and stellar soloists don't quite make up for a lacklustre performance by the Academy's choir in Monteverdi's moving work

Engaging, passionate and life-afirming: Harry Christophers' group The Sixteen give a memorable rendition of Monteverdi's Vespers 1610

The Sixteen's tour of Monteverdi's Vespers nears completion with an absorbing rendition at Guildford Cathedral. 

The four-year old Green Mountain Project have made somewhat of a specialty of Monteverdi's Vespers, and their recent performance at New York city’s Church of St Jean Baptiste proved again that they are worthy of their chosen name.

Monteverdi’s Vespro della Beata Vergine, Durham Cathedral and Sir John Eliot Gardiner – a glorious combination of music and architecture, in the hands of a man who made his name bringing the Vespers out of obscurity and into their well-deserved place in the concert repertoire.

Deux concerts radicalement différents se succédaient en 24h au festival monégasque : d'abord les Vêpres de Monteverdi à la Cathédrale, puis la Seconde école de Vienne en quatuor au One Monte-Carlo.

Wenn sich vom ersten bis letzten Ton Gänsehaut einstellt, dann huldigen die Künstler ihrer Klasse, der Faszination des Komponisten und einer unsterblichen Welt.

En ouverture des festivités rémoises, l'ensemble dirigé par Simon-Pierre Bestion brille par la richesse de ses idées musicales, tandis que les chorégraphies et autres idées scénographiques frisent avec un new age surprenant.

Thomas Hengelbrock y el Balthasar-Neumann Chor & Ensemble estuvieron a la altura del llamado y ofrendaron un justo presente de aniversario a Claudio Monteverdi.

Beim Festschmaus fehlte erstaunlicherweise die Würze. Mehr ensemble- und dirigententypisches Drama, Dynamik- und Kontrastspiel hätten Monteverdi gutgetan, war beim Ansatz jedoch so die Ausnahme, dass der Funke nicht immer übersprang.

La musique de Monteverdi, par sa magnificence, mais aussi sa grande sérénité, nous a communiqué, ce soir-là, dans le contexte brûlant des attentats parisiens, un magnifique message de paix et d’espoir.