Monteverdi - Beatus Vir

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• Monteverdi - Beatus Vir
Claudio Monteverdi
Beatus Vir
The Taverner Choir and Consort (on Period-Instruments)
Andrew Parrott
EMI

[@IpCrackle]

Monteverdi's music is so delightful to listen to. Also, i find that his style of melody, use of repetition, and technique of arrangement are actually somewhat "pop"-ish. Obviously his music is a lot more beautiful and substantial than the popular music of today, but what differentiates him from both his Renaissance predecessors and later-Baroque and Classical followers is his music doesn't strive to be "complex", "sophisticated", "natural" or "humble"-- it had no agenda other than sounding good!

[@80907kittygirl]

By far, the best recording I have heard of this piece. I just love it. I could listen to it over and over. I think the tempo is just right and sthe blend is perfect.

[@ChrisTheGregory]

Monteverdi was right at the tail edge of the Renaissance, and so it's almost certain that the relationship between the 4/4 and 3/4 sections was a fixed proportion. They key to finding a good tempo for this piece is to figure out that proportion, then select a tempo where the 4/4 sections aren't too slow and the 3/4 section isn't too fast. Of course you also have to figure in the acoustics of the hall, as lots of reverb would muddy and blur the notes in a fast tempo.

[@googlekopfkind]

wow monteverdi was a master

[@01jocooper]

People leave comments like "too slow" on something like the music of Monteverdi amuse me... Are they scholars of early music?

[@PerPassione]

Absolutely love this piece *sigh*

[@winksie]

the painting is by tiepolo

[@monteverdi1567]

Since the model for this piece ("Chiome d'oro" ) is often taken at a really fast clip, there are some who feel this piece must be done at the same pace. I tend to disagree-- I would take this work a *shade* or two faster HOWEVER. . .that being said, this is beautifully done, with careful and sensitive attention to details like phrasing blend, diction, etc, and there is no denying the joy and conviviality of the music, or the skill of the performers and their interpretation.

[@Fabio_Costa_Music]

I find the square tempo perfect: one has to let the harmony/counterpoint sink in; doing this one can understand the joy of "beatus" as a harmonious one, in harmony with nature, counterpoint, etc, but I agree that the triple time might be more jubilant, dancing - and you can stretch it a bit then for the fusae.

[@treblechoir99]

Very nice and clear. Rewarding voice.

[@PrincepsMusicae]

M e r a v i g l i o s o ! ! !

[@hfcpa36]

@ccoraxfan i am aware of that, am i not entitled to enjoy this piece of music and derive from it what i see and feel and think? Good heavens people, stop criticising others and just enjoy the music!!!

[@dreuxschwartz]

splendid old baroque piece! 5 stars.

[@TheChiesa]

Divinely beautiful!

[@ChevySpeedAddict]

8:38-8:50 = magnificient!

[@zipo2525]

8:37 the amen is awesome (:

[@shelobfirexx]

This is one of my favourite pieces, and thats sayin alot cus im one of the people who stand there for 100+ bars looking like a lemon not singing in the middle!! (for the ju cundus bit)

[@bebetonguga]

It´s really a wonderful version! Really enjoyable.

[@apyucca]

it's my favourite pieceof music--I have several old recordings on vinyl which are wonderful, Austin

[@PippinRally]

Beautiful piece. I'm singing this in choir at the moment, but 2:52 all the way to 6:11 is a slight problem to us Altos. There's no Alto part...*sigh*

[@ApacheNL1]

this is so beautiful

[@olialto7]

@captainmorgan757 I didn't realise the Virgin Mary was Immaculately conceived. She conceived Immaculately, yes, but did she not have two parents like the rest of us?

[@herbelliot]

music from the renaissance yet there is something about this piece that feels modern, as for the Amen at the end if feels like the birth of the symphonic sound

[@amandaeliasch]

I love this it sends me to another time

[@lewisbreland]

I can not imagine a more beautiful piece of music EVER written! Paid for and advocated by the Church! Beautiful beyond words! FEEL IT! It's friggin remarkable. Beatus vir or "His beauty!" is the most profound piece of music in our canon of music...the finest piece EVER written by ANYONE...um...EVER! It's simple, it's emotional, it's gorgeous...like a fine painting...it IS the Mona Lisa of Sacred Christian music...of HUMAN culture. It is divine! AND I'm an atheist! :D lol

[@voxceleste8]

Thank you for this offering! We did this in college choir, as humble as it was, and everyone loved it! The instruments add so much to the impact of this psalm. I enjoy all your postings...thanks again! Fr. Joseph H.

[@ApppleMilkk]

Damn, i cant believe i saw his real used instrument at a concert in MY HOMETOWN^^

this is similar to CHIOME D'ORO and QUI LE NAPPE VEZZOSE, absolutely gorgeous

[@PeriodinstrumentfaN]

@01jocooper of course one wants to feel like it ... be they true scholars or not...ahaha ;-)

[@RockyBalboa211]

@olialto7: Catholic teaching states that she was born without Original sin as so to give birth to a perfect sinless Jesus Christ. She had two parents, yet God decided to remove Original sin from her. Protestant teaching denies this though and says that Mary was just a normal person with Original sin. They state that Jesus didn't need anything outside himself to affect his perfection.

[@voxhunden]

There's no such thing as too fast or too slow. Why else is it called an INTERPRETATION? This is perfect as it is.

[@jvercouillie]

The picture fits very well with the lyrics and the melody.

[@Fingalful]

Just because someone's a cretin does not necessarily mean they are a child. There are intelligent children.

[@ApacheNL1]

stunning

[@emandems94]

the amen is glorious

[@eeyoreroxful]

love this piece. I hated it when we started doing it in choir but now i love it, especially the AMEN!!!!

[@PeriodinstrumentfaN]

ooops sorry...my bad...ahaha.... i welcomed u for something i didn't do...aahahaha :-/ sorry about that ....

[@edwardgbell]

@ben3263 According to which treatise? Or do you know that from a letter of the composers? I can't find the information!

[@Christofaaah]

@01jocooper No. Its just that they have an opinion.

[@rallestar1]

@alifeofreason This is a video of Monteverdis music. Get a brain.

[@chubbard09]

what is the painting here?

[@Manowarrior1]

this is heaven! xtc can be used in a positive way

[@Aurongroove]

@ComposerJMA Monteverdi all over!

[@leridab]

sublim

[@FeDaJo2010]

Don't pay attention to this child... ;)

[@purecaffine]

need to listen to this for school

[@shelobfirexx]

i agree with everything - except the guitar

[@PippinRally]

Very difficult to sing but totally worth it when you get it right!

[@MisterTayTay]

UGH!!!! This song is perfect. If one of those 'mainstream' artists finds this unmistakably wonderful piece of art, and 'remakes' it, I will be utterky furious. I cant wait for an opportunity to be apart of a Chorale that would perform this properly. Just as these fine musicians have done. In my opinon the tempo is impeccable at most times, but at others it seems a bit fast for the period. Does anyone know who conducted or performed this piece? I would love to download there works

[@derekstuartclark]

4 would be "beati"

[@ccoraxfan]

@hfcpa36 Why do you include Mary in the same list as the Holy Trinity? Mary is no goddess. She was blessed, indeed, but she was also a normal human being, a sinner in need of salvation like all of us.

[@Biancosh]

This is "Chiome d'oro" from the seventh book of madrigals.

[@ComposerJMA]

I enjoy the alternation of solo going into full chorus

[@vespasian123456]

No its "Beatus Vir" from the Vespers.

[@asderso]

@01jocooper understand that in the "modern age" listening perception has been changed: the modern brain needs fast beats, adrenaline and agresiveness.

[@WilliamEGD]

Wow amazingly beautiful and well crafted piece... One of my favourites so far.

[@emandems94]

that amen is glorious.

[@hfcpa36]

this is mezmerising! beautiful, all to the Praise of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit and The Blessed Virgin Mary!!

[@susansashiko]

Beautiful interpretation.

[@MrAzzhloe]

Let me guess; you listen to garbage like Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj, thinking that it's real music.

[@alleyblue3691]

This song makes me sooo sick! u guys listen 2 this? seriously? u have got 2 b kidding mwah.

[@senzers69]

thumbs up if your here for your college listning test!!!!