The Monteverdi Choir
For over 60 years, the Monteverdi Choir has been recognised as one of the greatest and most influential choirs in the world. Founded in 1964 by Sir John Eliot Gardiner for a performance of the Vespro della Beata Vergine in King's College Chapel, Cambridge, the Choir has become famous for its stylistic conviction and extensive repertoire, encompassing music from the Renaissance period to Classical music of the 20th century. They often appear with the English Baroque Soloists and Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, also founded by John Eliot Gardiner. In 2023, the Choir and English Baroque Soloists performed at the Coronation of HM King Charles III, with The Daily Telegraph proclaiming “if the Monteverdi Choir isn’t singing when I get to the gates of Heaven, I want my money back.” In 2000, the 250th anniversary of Johann Sebastian Bach's death, the choir undertook the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, performing and recording most of his church cantatas in more than 60 historic churches throughout Europe, and some in the U.S. On 5 March 2014 the Choir celebrated its 50th anniversary with a repeat performance of the Monteverdi Vespers from King's College Chapel, in a live broadcast live by BBC Radio 3. In 2023, it was one of the choirs selected to sing at the coronation of Charles III and Camilla. The Choir together with the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique toured Europe with Berlioz's Les Troyens, conducted by Dinis Sousa, in the summer of 2023. The Choir was named ‘Best Choir’ at the Oper! Awards ceremony held at the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam on 29 January 2024. In July 2024, it was announced that John Eliot Gardiner was resigning as Artistic Director of the choir. in December 2024 they Record with The English Baroque Solists a Baroque Christmas : Messe de minuit H.9, In nativitatem Domini canticum H.416, Noëls sur les instruments H.531 & H.534 by Marc-Antoine Charpentier. The conductor is this time Christophe Rousset (Monteverdi productions ltd. SDG737. 2025).
Genre: classical, choral, requiem
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Top Tracks
- Mass in C Minor, K. 427 "Grosse Messe" (Rev. and Reconstr. A. Schmitt & E. Gardiner): 2g. Gloria: Jesu Christe
- Mass in C Minor, K. 427 "Grosse Messe" (Rev. and Reconstr. A. Schmitt & E. Gardiner): 1. Kyrie
- A Midsummer Night's Dream, Incidental Music, Op. 61: No. 3, Lied mit Chor
- Mass in C Minor, K. 427 "Grosse Messe" (Rev. and Reconstr. A. Schmitt & E. Gardiner): 2c. Gloria: Gratias
- A Midsummer Night's Dream, Incidental Music, Op. 61: Finale. Allegro di molto
- Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 1: Air and Chorus. "Or let the merry bells" - "And young and old come"
- Mass in C Minor, K. 427 "Grosse Messe" (Rev. and Reconstr. A. Schmitt & E. Gardiner): 2d. Gloria: Domine
- Mass in C Minor, K. 427 "Grosse Messe" (Rev. and Reconstr. A. Schmitt & E. Gardiner): 2a. Gloria: Gloria
- Mass in C Minor, K. 427 "Grosse Messe" (Rev. and Reconstr. A. Schmitt & E. Gardiner): 2b. Gloria: Laudamus te
- Johannes-Passion, BWV 245, Pt. 1: No. 12, Recit. Und Hannas sandte ihn gebunden (Evangelist, Servant, Peter)
- Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243: I. Magnificat anima mea
- Mass in C Minor, K. 427 "Grosse Messe" (Rev. and Reconstr. A. Schmitt & E. Gardiner): 2e. Gloria: Qui tollis
- Handel: Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV 258 "Zadok the Priest"
- Mass in C Minor, K. 427 "Grosse Messe" (Rev. and Reconstr. A. Schmitt & E. Gardiner): 3b. Credo: Et incarnatus est
- Mass in C Minor, K. 427 "Grosse Messe" (Rev. and Reconstr. A. Schmitt & E. Gardiner): 2f. Gloria: Quoniam
- Oedipus Rex, Prologue and Act I: "Spectateurs, vous allez entendre…"
- Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 190: I. Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied
- Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Pt. 5 "Sunday after New Year": No. 43, Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen
- Mass in C Minor, K. 427 "Grosse Messe" (Rev. and Reconstr. A. Schmitt & E. Gardiner): 3a. Credo: Credo
- Mass in C Minor, K. 427 "Grosse Messe" (Rev. and Reconstr. A. Schmitt & E. Gardiner): 2h. Gloria: Cum Sancto Spiritu
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