# Claudio Monteverdi — Every Record We Rank

Claudio Monteverdi appears once in our Baroque list, placing as high as No. 6. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.

- **Ranked entries:** 1
- **Appears on:** Baroque
- **Year:** 1607
- **Highest placing:** No. 6 in Baroque
- **Updated:** 2026-08-30
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/artist/claudio-monteverdi/

## Appears on

### [L'Orfeo](https://waxonia.com/track/claudio-monteverdi--lorfeo/)

*1607 · No. 6 in [Baroque](https://waxonia.com/genre/baroque/)*

Not the first opera and the first good one. Monteverdi works out in a single evening that an orchestra can characterise, and the form never looks back.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Claudio%20Monteverdi%20L'Orfeo) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=jUep3sqe35o)

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