Giovanni Croce

Robert Hollingworth explores the life and work of Venetian composer Giovanni Croce, a priest and choirmaster at Saint Mark's and a 16th-century contemporary of Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli. Including sacred music recorded by the BBC Singers conducted by Robert Hollingworth as well as some of Croce's more satirical compositions for the Carnival masquerades.

Croce: Ecco l'Alma beata
BBC Singers
Robert Hollingworth (director)
BBC recording

Croce: Mascarata da Furlani
I Fagiolini
Robert Hollingworth (director)
With Eligio Quinteiro (chitarrino)
Carnevale Veneziano: The Comic Faces of Giovanni Croce
CHANDOS CHAN 0665 Track 11

Croce: Veni in hortum meum; Percussit Saul mille
BBC Singers
Robert Hollingworth (director)
BBC recording

Croce: Missa Percussit Saul - Kyrie and Gloria
BBC Singers
Robert Hollingworth (director)
BBC recording

Croce/Thomas Morley: Hard by a crystal fountain
King's Singers
The Triumphs of Oriana
SIGNUM SIGCD 082 Track 24

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Croce: Shew mercy, Lord, on me
BBC Singers
Robert Hollingworth (director)
BBC recording

Croce: Mascarata da Lenguazi
Eligio Quinteiro (chitarrino)
I Fagiolini
Robert Hollingworth (director)
Carnevale Veneziano: The Comic Faces of Giovanni Croce
CHANDOS CHAN 0665 Track 4

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Croce: Ecco (Poor Luckless Pantalone)
I Fagiolini
Robert Hollingworth (director)
Carnevale Veneziano: The Comic Faces of Giovanni Croce
CHANDOS CHAN 0665 Track 29

Croce: Occhi mentre mirate
BBC Singers
Robert Hollingworth (director)
BBC recording

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Croce: Godi felice seno
BBC Singers
Robert Hollingworth (director)
BBC recording

Croce: Descendi in hortum meum
BBC Singers
Robert Hollingworth (director)
BBC recording.