Search - Brett, Caddy, Kings College Cambridge :: The Glory of Venice: Music of Andrea & Giovanni Gabrieli [Australia]

One of the Finest Ensemble CDs of Gabrieli's Venice

Grady Harp | Los Angeles, CA United States | 04/16/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Though this 1987 Decca [..]Argo recording is no longer readily available in the catalogue, it is so fine that surely it will be re-mastered and re-released. Watch for it or search the available sources. It is just that excellent a recording!



Stephen Cleobury conducts the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, with Richard Farnes and Stephen Layton as organists and soloists Charles Brett (counter tenor), William Kendall and Peter Hall (tenors) and Ian Caddy (bass) in a selection of works by Giovanni Gabrieli in the wonderfully resonant acoustic of the King's College Chapel. The included works are 'Quem vidistis pastores?', 'Canzones IV a 6', XII a 8, and per sonar a 4', 'O Jesu mi dulcissime', 'Jubilate Deo', 'In ecclesiis', 'Timor et Tremor', and 'O magnum mysterium'. Cleobury mixes the works for brass alone with the antiphonal works with chorus and soloists. The music is haunting and sonorous and exquisitely balanced.



Gabrieli's music, though internationally performed, always conjures his home of Venice. Listening to this excellent collection of works transports the listener to that most beautiful of cities, La Serenissima! Highly recommended. Grady Harp, April 06

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Alright

M. C. Colver | henderson, nv United States | 03/28/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"`This is an alright selection, nothing to be too excited about. I think that there are probably better Gabrieli sets to buy (Venetian Church Music, Andrew Parrott/Taverner Consort), but there are a few tunes on this CD that are well played. I strongly dislike this rendition of "In ecclesiis," finding the young boys voices too untrained and faulty. An OK buy, but look around for something to really light your eyes up (or...ears)."