Walter Parker hosts music from the Vespers of the Blessed Virgin of Claudio Monteverdi, published in Venice in 1610, and recorded in St. Mark's Basilica, Venice.  Joe Goetz follows with Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil, or Vespers.

Giovanni Gabrieli: Plaudite, Psalite (excerpt)  (Gregg Smith Singers; Texas Boys Choir; Edward Tarr Brass Ensemble; Vittorio Negri, conductor; "Gabrieli - The Glory of Venice"; Sony 42645)

Monteverdi: Vespers of the Blessed Virgin (excerpts)  (Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists; London Oratory Junior Choir; His Majesties Sagbutts and Cornetts; Ann Monoyios and Marinella Pennicchi, sopranos; Michael Chance, countertenor; Mark Tucker, Nigel Robson and Sandro Naglia, tenors; Bryn Terfel and Alastair Miles, basses; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor; "Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine"; Archiv 429565)