baritone vocals, soloist Furio Zanasi bass vocals [coro madrigalia] Alejandro Meerapfel bass vocals [coro madrigalia] Gaston Sister bass vocals [coro madrigalia] Michele Modena bass vocals [ensemble vocale dello studio di musica antica antonio il verso] Filippo Munda bass vocals [ensemble vocale dello studio di musica antica antonio il verso] Ugo Guagliardo bass vocals, soloist Daniele Carnovich bass vocals, soloist Ivan García bassoon [fagotto - ensemble elyma] Paolo Tognon choir Coro Madrigalia choir Ensemble Vocale Dello Studio Di Musica Antica Antonio Il Verso composed by Claudio Monteverdi contrabass [ensemble elyma] Luigi Polsini cornet [les sacqueboutiers de toulouse] Judith Pacquier cornet [les sacqueboutiers de toulouse] Philippe Matharel countertenor vocals [coro madrigalia] Christophe Heuga countertenor vocals [ensemble vocale dello studio di musica antica antonio il verso] Giuseppe Sportaro countertenor vocals, soloist Fabian Schofrin countertenor vocals, soloist Martin Oro directed by [direction] Gabriel Garrido directed by [les sacqueboutiers de toulouse], cornet [les sacqueboutiers de toulouse] Jean-Pierre Canihac ensemble Les Sacqueboutiers De Toulouse flute [flauti diritti e traversi - ensemble elyma] Amico Dolci flute [flauti diritti e traversi - ensemble elyma] Piero Cartosio flute [flauto diritto - ensemble elyma] Daniele Ficola harp [ensemble elyma - basso continuo] Consuelo Giulianelli harpsichord [ensemble elyma - basso continuo] Ignazio Schifani lute [arciliuto - ensemble elyma - basso continuo] Hernán Vives lute [ensemble elyma - basso continuo], theorbo [ensemble elyma - basso continuo] Silvio Natoli mezzo-soprano vocals [coro madrigalia] Francesca Puddu mezzo-soprano vocals [ensemble vocale dello studio di musica antica antonio il verso] Daniela Algeri mezzo-soprano vocals [ensemble vocale dello studio di musica antica antonio il verso] Fortunata Prinzivalli mezzo-soprano vocals [ensemble vocale dello studio di musica antica antonio il verso] Irene Ientile mezzo-soprano vocals [ensemble vocale dello studio di musica antica antonio il verso] Luisa Migliorino orchestra Ensemble Elyma organ [ensemble elyma - basso continuo] Basilio Timpanaro organ [ensemble elyma - basso continuo] Guido Morini producer [assistant] Gonzalo Martinez producer [réalisation musicale] Gabriel Garrido soprano vocals [coro madrigalia] Caroline Rilliet soprano vocals [coro madrigalia] Marie Sabine Clemençon soprano vocals [coro madrigalia] Nadia Ortega soprano vocals [coro madrigalia] Nora Tabbush soprano vocals [ensemble vocale dello studio di musica antica antonio il verso] Annelise De Blasi soprano vocals [ensemble vocale dello studio di musica antica antonio il verso] Donatella Triolo soprano vocals [ensemble vocale dello studio di musica antica antonio il verso] Elisa Di Fatta soprano vocals [ensemble vocale dello studio di musica antica antonio il verso] Grazia Gullotta soprano vocals [ensemble vocale dello studio di musica antica antonio il verso] Letizia Manzella soprano vocals [ensemble vocale dello studio di musica antica antonio il verso] Picci Ferrari soprano vocals [ensemble vocale dello studio di musica antica antonio il verso] Teresa Amari soprano vocals, soloist Adriana Fernández soprano vocals, soloist Emanuela Galli tenor vocals [coro madrigalia] Gonzalo Martinez tenor vocals [coro madrigalia] Jerome Brunetière tenor vocals [ensemble vocale dello studio di musica antica antonio il verso] Alessio Manno tenor vocals [ensemble vocale dello studio di musica antica antonio il verso] Angelo Quartarone tenor vocals [ensemble vocale dello studio di musica antica antonio il verso] Giovanni Caccamo tenor vocals [ensemble vocale dello studio di musica antica antonio il verso] Giuseppe Costanzo tenor vocals [ensemble vocale dello studio di musica antica antonio il verso] Vincenzo Di Betta tenor vocals [ensemble vocale dello studio di musica antica antonio il verso] Vincenzo Lisi tenor vocals, soloist Francesc Garrigosa tenor vocals, soloist Mario Cecchetti tenor vocals, soloist Pablo Pollitzer tenor vocals, soloist Rodrigo Del Pozo theorbo [ensemble elyma - basso continuo], lute [ensemble elyma - basso continuo] Eduardo Egüez trombone [les sacqueboutiers de toulouse] Bernard Fourtet trombone [les sacqueboutiers de toulouse] Daniel Lassalle trombone [les sacqueboutiers de toulouse] Thierry Durand viola da gamba [ensemble elyma - basso continuo], violone [ensemble elyma - basso continuo] Andrea De Carlo viola da gamba [ensemble elyma] Cristiano Contadin viola da gamba [ensemble elyma] Diana Fazzini violin [ensemble elyma] Olivia Centurioni violin [ensemble elyma] Pablo Valetti violoncello [ensemble elyma - basso continuo] Andrea Fossà violoncello [ensemble elyma] Alessandro Palmeri violone [ensemble elyma - basso continuo], lyre [ensemble elyma - basso continuo] Sabina Colonna Preti Manufactured By kdg France Vespro Della Beata Vergine, da concerto, composto sopra canti fermi (1610).
Released in 'fat' double jewel case with 16-page booklet including credits, liner notes in French and English, lyrics in Latin and French.
L'enregistrement a eu lieu à Erice, province de Trapani, dans l'église San Martino, du 18 au 26 juillet 1999. Matrix / Runout: KDG FR K617100CD1 (CD1) Matrix / Runout: KDG FR K617100CD2 (CD2) Mastering SID Code: IFPI L373 (CD1, CD2)