A Sunday programme in the ‘baroque spirit’. ‘Vespro della Beata Vergine’ by 17th-century Milanese non Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, by ensemble Magnificat led by Warren Stewart.
40 years after Monteverdi wrote his Maria vespers, Benedictine non Chiara Margarita Cozzolani published her ‘Vespro della Beata Vergine’. She composed, just like other nuns in Santa Radegonda’s musical monastery in Milan, but Cozzolani also published 4 collections.
Cozzolani composed many pslams and motets, especially for Second Vespers for the Celebration of Annunciation. Of Cozzolanis 2 turned over collections from 1642 and 1650, a ‘Vespro della Beata Vergine’ was compiled, which can be heard here integrally.
For an encore you can hear the Magnificat from other Maria verspers, namely by an exact contemporary of Cozzolani: Pier Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676).
Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602-1676/78)
Vespro della Beata Vergine (1642/1650)
1. Versiculus et Responsorium: Deus in adiutorium
2. 1.Antiphona: Missus est
3. Psalm 109: Dixit Dominus
4. in loco 1.Antiphona: Concinant linguæ
5. 2.Antiphona: Ave Maria
6. Psalm 112: Laudate pueri primo
7. in loco 2.Antiphona: O quam bonus es
8. 3.Antiphona: Ne timeas
9. Psalm 121: Lætatus sum
10. in loco 3.Antiphona: Venimus inaltitudinem maris
11. 4.Antiphona: Dabit ei Dominus
12. Psalm 126: Nisi Dominus
13. in loco 4.Antiphona: O gloriosa domina
14. Capitulum: Isaiah 7:14-15
15. Responsorium breve: Angelus Domini
16. Hymnus: Ave maris stella
17. Antiphona ad Magnificat: Gabriel Angelus
18. Magnificat primo
19. in loco Antiphona ad Magnificat: Quid, miseri, quid faciamus?
20. Collecta
21. Benedicamus Domino
22. in loco Deo Gratias: Surgamus omnes
23. Versiculus et Responsorium: Fidelium animæ
Ensemble Magnificat led by Warren Stewart
(MusicaOmnia mo0103, 2001)
Pier Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676)
24. Canzon a 10
From Vespro della Beata Vergine:
25. Antiphona: Spiritus Sanctus. Magnificat
Akademia and Ensemble Vocal Regional de Champagne Ardenne led by Françoise Lasserre. La Fenice led by Jean Tubéry
(Pierre Verany PV796043, 1996)