Monferrato/ Ensemble Celadon/ Bundgen - Salve ReginaOf those composers who held the highest positions at St Mark's basilica in Venice, Natale Monferrato (1610 85) is manifestly one of the most thoroughly forgotten nowadays. After working with the leading musicians of this prestigious institution, he succeeded Francesco Cavalli as maestro di cappella in 1676. His output, consisting exclusively of sacred music, includes some twenty collections published between 1647 and 1681. Although he wrote a great

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