''Vespro della Beata Vergine'' discography

This is a discography of the recordings of Vespro della Beata Vergine by Claudio Monteverdi – otherwise known as Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610. The list may not be complete, particularly in respect of the most recent issues. Since the first vinyl recordings of the work in 1953, the Vespers have been recorded in numerous versions, involving both modern and period instruments. Some versions are choral-based, others use "one voice per part". In a few cases, for example the Stevens recording, the "sacred concertos"^{[n 1]} that divide the psalms are replaced by antiphonal chants.

In the list, the "Year" column indicates year of initial issue of each recording. For pre-1982 recordings, details of the first compact disc issue are included; thereafter, all issues refer to CDs. Where the date of recording is significantly earlier than the issue date, a note has been added. Many of the recordings have been reissued, sometimes multiple times, often under different labels – reissue details are not included.

List of recordings

Notes and references

Notes

Citations

Sources

• Kurtzman, Jeffrey (199). The Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 : Music, Context, Performance. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-816409-2. 
• Whenham, John (1997). Monteverdi: Vespers 1610. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-45377-6.