The Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643): Arianne & Poppea.
1. Madrigals book II No. 1 & 2 (1590).
Concerto Italiano conducted by Rinaldo Alessandrini.
2. Vespro della Beate Virgine: 5 parts (1610).
Collegium Vocale Gent conducted by Philippe Herreweghe.
3. Lament d’Arianne (1623).
Cathy Berberian, mezzo-soprano.
Concentus Musicus Wien conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
4. The Coronation of Poppea: act III (1642).
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano. Catherine Bott and Sylvia McNair, sopranos. Michael Chance, countertenor. John Eliot Gardiner’s English Baroque Soloists.
