St Marks in Venice
Lucie Skeaping takes a look at the music of the two Gabrielis - Andrea and his nephew Giovanni. They both lived in the stimulating musical climate of 16th-century Venice - and had a taste for rich sonorities, composing ceremonial music of huge expression and technical mastery.
Playlist
Andrea Gabrieli: Del gran Tuonante la sorella e moglie (madrigal)
I Fagiolini
Chandos CHAN0697
Track 1
Andrea Gabrieli: Aria della Battaglia (brass)
London Brass
Philip Pickett
Teldec 4509908562
Track 8
Giovanni Gabrieli: Toccata (organ)
Timothy Roberts
Hyperion GCD152341
Track 15
Andrea Gabrieli: O passi sparsi (madrigal)
I Fagiolini
Chandos CHAN0697
Track 8
Giovanni Gabrieli: Sacri di Giove augei sacre Fenici (madrigal)
I Fagiolini
Chandos CHAN0697
Track 25
Giovanni Gabrieli: Sonata no 21 con tre violini
Gabrieli Players
Paul McCreesh
Archiv 4491802
Track 10
Giovanni Gabrieli: Sonata pian' e forte a 8, alla quarta bassa (from Sacrae Symphoniae 1597)
His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts
Timothy Roberts, director
Hyperion GCD152341
Track 8
Giovanni Gabrieli: O Jesu mi dulcissime (motet)
Taverner Consort and Players
EMI Classics CDC7542652
Track 5
Andrea Gabrieli: Canzon francese detta Petit Jacquet (harpsichord)
Siebe Henstra, clavecin
Ricercar RIC167136
Track 4
Giovanni Gabrieli: Magnificat a 33
Gabrieli Consort and Players
Paul McCreesh
Archiv Produktion 449 180-2
Track 18
