Credits:Harry ChristophersDescription:ClaudioMonteverdi:SelvamoraleespiritualeVol.IIWithoutdoubt,MonteverdiwasthegreatestoftheearlybaroqueEuropeancomposers.Herevolutionisedthemusicofthetheatreandthechurchbyhisdramaticandimaginativeuseofvoicesandinstrumentsandbyhisdaringharmoniesandrhythms.NexttohisVespersof1610,theSelvamoraleespiritualeof1641ishismostsignificantandvirtuosiccollectionofsacredmusic.Theworksfeaturedonthissecondvolumearebothdemandingandexhilarating:fromtherhythmicvitalityoftheeight-partDixitDominustotherelativesimplicityofthefullchoirsrenderingofhisoldstyleMessaa4dacappella,andculminatingintheextraordinarybasssolo,Abaeternoordinatasum.(CORO)TheSixteenHarryChristophers,conductorTracklisting:1.Laudate Dominum (Terzo) (from Selva morale e spirituale)2.Confitebor tibi Domine (Primo) (from Selva morale e spirituale)3.O ciechi, ciechi (from Selva morale e spirituale)4.Jubilet tota civita