1615 Gabrieli in Venice Vocal & Song Chamber Kings College

1615 Gabrieli in Venice

GIOVANNI GABRIELI

In ecclesii (a14), C78 *

7:45

Solos: Gabriel May treble, Patrick Dunachie alto, Toby Ward tenor

JS, HR, JW cornett / AW, AN, SS sackbutt / TE, RG organ

Choral: Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Conductor: Stephen Cleobury

Canzona Seconda (a6), C196 **

4:07

JS, JW, HR cornet / AW, AN, SS sackbutt / SC organ

Suscipe, clementissime Deus (a12), C70 *

4:50

AW, AN, MTS, SD, MS, SS sackbutt / TE, RG organ

Choral: Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Conductor: Stephen Cleobury

Hodie completi sunt dies Pentecostes (a8), C57 *

4:04

KM dulcian /RG organ (choir I)/TE organ (choir II)

Choral: Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Conductor: Stephen Cleobury

Iubilate Deo omnis terra (a10), C65 *

5:18

Solos: Patrick Dunachie, Oliver Finn alto / Benedict Kearns baritone

JW, JS cornett / AW, SD, AN, AH, GM sackbutt / KM dulcian / TE, RG organ

Choral: Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Conductor: Stephen Cleobury

Canzona Terza (a6), C197 **

3:27

HR, JW cornett / JS tenor cornett / AW, AN, SS sackbutt / SC organ

Quem vidistis pastores? (a 14), C77 *

8:41

Solos Patrick Dunachie, Oliver Finn alto / Daniel Lewis, Philip Barrett, Toby Ward, Sebdastian Johns tenor / Benedict Kearns baritone

JW, JS cornett / AW, SD, AN, GM sackbutt / KM dulcian / TE, RG organ

Choral: Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Conductor: Stephen Cleobury

Sonata XXI, 'con tre violini' (a4), C214 **

4:27

JS, HR, JW cornett / SC organ

Exultavit cor meum in Domino (a6), C53 *

4:34

NP dulcian / RG organ

Choral: Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Conductor: Stephen Cleobury

10.

Surrexit Christus (a11), C66 *

4:12

Solos: Oliver Finn alto / Benedict Kearns baritone / Robin Mackworth-Young bass

JW, HR cornett / WK, DB viola / AW, AN, MTS, SS sackbutt / RG, TE organ

Choral: Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Conductor: Stephen Cleobury

11.

Canzona Prima (a5), C195 **

3:34

JW, JS cornett / AW, AN, SS sackbutt / SC organ

12.

Litaniæ Mariæ Virginis (a8), C63 *

11:42

KM dulcian / RG organ (choir I) / TE organ (choir II)

Choral: Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Conductor: Stephen Cleobury

13.

Magnificat (a14), C79 *

6:29

Choir I: Benedict Kearns baritone / JW, JS, HR cornett / SD sackbutt / TE organ

Choir II: Philip Barrett tenor / AW, AN, AH, GM sackbutt / RG organ

Choir III: Choir of King's College, Cambridge / TE organ

Conductor: Stephen Cleobury

Total time: 73:10

* from Symphoniæ Sacræ Ioannis Gabrielii serenissimæ reipublicæ Venetiarum organistæ in ecclesia divi Marci. Liber secundus (1615)

** from Canzoni et Sonate (1615)

Chamber: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornets

cornett Jeremy West (JW), Jamie Savan (JS), Helen Roberts (HR)

tenor cornett Jamie Savan (JS)

sackbutt Adam Woolf (AW), Abigail Newman (AN), Stephanie Dyer (SD), Martyn Sanderson (MS), Miguel Tantos Sevillano (MTS), Stephen Saunders (SS), Guy Morley (GM), Ashley Harper (AH)

viola Wendi Kelly (WK), David Brooker (DB)

dulcian Nicholas Perry (NP), Keith McGowan (KM)

organ Tom Etheridge (TE), Richard Gowers (RG) Stephen Cleobury (SC)

Tracks 1-3, 6 & 8-11 recorded 11-13 January 2015

Tracks 4-5, 7 & 12-13 recorded 22-23 June 2015

"... it’s an exciting recording of this consistently brilliant music, with some delightful solos commencing with treble Gabriel May’s pure and confident start to the disc-opener In ecclesiis " *****

Catherine Groom - Early Music Today magazine - March-May 2016

Performance **** Recording ****

"... the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge here shows its pedigree. The choral sound is candid and transparent, the lower, adult voices sensitively balanced so as not to swamp the delicate timbre of the boy choristers. His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts offer flawless, vocally-inspired ensemble playing, their plangent wind instruments gleaming and glimmering liek gold mosaics in San Marco. Stephen Cleobury favours stately and reverential tempos that let the music breathe ..."

Kate Bolton-Porciatti - BBC Music magazine - February 2016

Performance ***** Sonics (Stereo) ****½ (Multichannel) *****

"Stephen Cleobury directs and balances his forces with exemplary skill ensuring throughout that the solo voices are never overwhelmed by the brass and that the full splendour of the music is communicated to the listener The sound is breathtaking in its ability to recreate the justly famous acoustic of the chapel in one’s listening room In every way an inspiring release."

Graham Williams - HR Audio.net - 10 December 2015

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