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MONTEVERDI: THE ‘LOST’ VESPERS
Far from being a new discovery of a unified work that has been lost to the passage of time, The ‘Lost’ Vespers is a curated compilation of Monteverdi’ work that has been hiding in plain sight for the last 350 years. Drawing from Monteverdi’s end-of-life volumes Selva morale and Missa et salmi, the album closely follows the structure of a vespers, alternating between celebration and reflection, light and darkness. What emerges is a glorious presentation, performed by virtuosic masters of Monteverdi’s style.
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MONTEVERDI VESPERS OF 1610
The first American recording of this work in over a decade, The Thirteen’s recording of Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 brings together over 40 performers to produce this awe-inspiring double album. The structure includes monastic chants sung by children’s chorus, full choral writing, intimate solo textures, and fully-orchestrated movements. Featuring specialist early modern brass ensemble Dark Horse Consort, cornetto, violin, cello, theorbo, continuo organ, and the award-winning Children’s Chorus of Washington, The Thirteen is proud to release this album of Monteverdi’s iconic masterpiece on the Acis label.
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THE OUTER EDGE OF YOUTH
Set in a landscape inspired by the coastal redwood forests of Ordway’s native northern California, the work follows two boys on the cusp of maturity who discover that they can understand the birds in the forest. Written as a response to the toxic masculinity in our culture, Ordway’s libretto deals with questions of love and friendship, the astonishing beauty of nature―and the tension between the immobilizing idealism of youth and an adult world rife with pain, inequality, and injustice.
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TRUTH & FABLE
Truth & Fable, features works by Maurice Ravel, Herbert Howells, Amy Beach, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Stephen Paulus Music, and more, this CD is not to be missed. We're proud of this recording, and thankful for everyone who worked to make it a reality: Geoffrey Silver, Acis Productions, Agnes Coakley Cox, Julie Bosworth, Allie Faulkner, Rhianna Leigh Cockrell, P. Lucy McVeigh, Heather Kayan, Sarah Nickerson, David Vanderwal, Gregório Taniguchi, Michael Jones, Robby Eisentrout, Brian Mummert, Raffi Kasparian, Andrew Schmidt, and Max Kuzmyak!
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SNOW ON SNOW
Snow on Snow, an English-language Christmas CD, tells the Christmas story through carols from the 16th through the 21st centuries, and from the Old World to the New. Snow on Snow features music by Steve Pilkington, Thomas LaVoy, Nathan Jones, William Byrd, Christopher Tye, Orlando Gibbons, Benjamin Britten and more!
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VOICE ETERNAL
Voice Eternal presents a virtuosic program of music by Tudor-era composers that explores musical upheaval during the English Reformation through music that is at times epic, intimate, majestic and joyful. With works by Thomas Tallis, King Henry VIII, John Farmer, Thomas Weelkes, Robert Fayrfax, Walter Lambe, and William Cornysh Jr., this album by The Thirteen makes this powerful music come alive for 21st century audiences. The Thirteen is proud to release this album through Affetto Records, distributed by Naxos.
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RADIANT DARK
The Thirteen explores the themes of darkness and light in this CD featuring the finest repertoire of the high Renaissance.
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