JOHANN ROSENMÜLLER Vespro della Beata Vergine (Marienvesper). Venedig, um 1675 Cantus Cölln, Concerto Palatino, Konrad Junghänel

The Venetian triumph of a German in exile.
After having been considered the "Alpha & Omega Musicorum" in Germany, in 1655 Rosenmüller succeeded in escaping from Saxony where he had been imprisoned for an offence against morality… Shortly afterwards he began a new life in the City of the Doges and went on to become one of the most highly esteemed composers of the day. Dominated by an impressive Dixit Dominus of 621 bars, these Vespers of the Blessed Virgin are in the direct lineage of a Venetian tradition already glorified by Monteverdi and Cavalli.