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The music of Giovanni Gabrieli, as we understand it today, has everything to do with contrasting and concerting textures: different vocal ranges, instrumental combinations, and other overt shifts in sonority. Our understanding of this vibrant music has only been amplified by researchers and musicians who have plumbed the boundaries of this composer's intentions. One of the earliest and most influential early recordings of Gabrieli's music has now been re-released on this CD by l'Oiseau-Lyre. In 1977, Gabrieli's music tended to be the province of collegiate glee clubs and brass choirs. Yet the l'Oiseau-Lyre Florilegium label supported a young Andrew Parrott in his efforts to record Gabrieli's music with solo voices and original instruments. This CD offers a crucial window into the roots of the historical performance practice movement. The series of Venetian pieces for polychoral performance are performed in sumptuously authentic sounds, from the excellent (and typically English) intonation to the rich sonorities of the historical brass instruments that undergird the singing. The director carefully balances the textures between solo voices and choral progressions; each singer also demonstrates a solid grounding in the suppleness and the specific musicality of a seventeenth century melody. The underlying instrumental work involves a very temperate ogran continuo and fairly clean brass textures, with judicious and fairly scant ornamentation. Some of the specific voices -- the unmistakable tones of Nigel Rogers and the beautifully piercing sound of Emma Kirkby -- emerge from the musical textures, but the overall balance between solo and ensemble singing sets a standard for early music ensembles for decades (Rogers Covey-Crump and Paul Elliott also feature in the recording). This disc documents a turning point between naïve readings of early music and more mature expositions of the true music behind the music of the past.
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Symphoniae Sacrae II, 1615 (Giovanni Gabrieli)
Anonymous, Author - Andrew Parrott, Conductor, MainArtist - Taverner Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Giovanni Gabrieli, Composer - John Dunkerley, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Emma Kirkby, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nigel Rogers, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Martyn Hill, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - London Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble, Ensemble, MainArtist - Peter Wadland, Producer
℗ 1978 Decca Music Group Limited
Anonymous, Author - Andrew Parrott, Conductor, MainArtist - Taverner Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Giovanni Gabrieli, Composer - John Dunkerley, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Elliott, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nigel Rogers, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Martyn Hill, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rogers Covey-Crump, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Etheridge, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - London Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble, Ensemble, MainArtist - Peter Wadland, Producer
℗ 1978 Decca Music Group Limited
Anonymous, Author - Andrew Parrott, Conductor, MainArtist - Taverner Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Giovanni Gabrieli, Composer - David Thomas, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - John Dunkerley, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Elliott, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nigel Rogers, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Martyn Hill, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - KEVIN SMITH, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Geoffrey Shaw, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - William Mason, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - London Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble, Ensemble, MainArtist - Peter Wadland, Producer
℗ 1978 Decca Music Group Limited
Anonymous, Author - Andrew Parrott, Conductor, MainArtist - Taverner Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Giovanni Gabrieli, Composer - John Dunkerley, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nigel Rogers, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Timothy Penrose, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Etheridge, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - London Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble, Ensemble, MainArtist - Peter Wadland, Producer
℗ 1978 Decca Music Group Limited
Unknown, Author - Anonymous, Author - Andrew Parrott, Conductor, MainArtist - Taverner Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Giovanni Gabrieli, Composer - John Dunkerley, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Elliott, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nigel Rogers, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Martyn Hill, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Timothy Penrose, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - London Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble, Ensemble, MainArtist - Peter Wadland, Producer
℗ 1978 Decca Music Group Limited
Anonymous, Author - Andrew Parrott, Conductor, MainArtist - Taverner Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Giovanni Gabrieli, Composer - John Dunkerley, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Emma Kirkby, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Elliott, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nigel Rogers, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Timothy Penrose, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - KEVIN SMITH, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - London Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble, Ensemble, MainArtist - Peter Wadland, Producer
℗ 1978 Decca Music Group Limited
Anonymous, Author - Andrew Parrott, Conductor, MainArtist - Taverner Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Giovanni Gabrieli, Composer - John Dunkerley, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Emma Kirkby, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nigel Rogers, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rogers Covey-Crump, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - London Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble, Ensemble, MainArtist - Peter Wadland, Producer
℗ 1978 Decca Music Group Limited
Anonymous, Author - Andrew Parrott, Conductor, MainArtist - Taverner Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Giovanni Gabrieli, Composer - John Dunkerley, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nigel Rogers, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rogers Covey-Crump, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Etheridge, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - London Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble, Ensemble, MainArtist - Peter Wadland, Producer
℗ 1978 Decca Music Group Limited
Anonymous, Author - Andrew Parrott, Conductor, MainArtist - Taverner Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Giovanni Gabrieli, Composer - John Dunkerley, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Emma Kirkby, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nigel Rogers, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Martyn Hill, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - London Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble, Ensemble, MainArtist - John Skinner, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Wadland, Producer
℗ 1978 Decca Music Group Limited
Album review
The music of Giovanni Gabrieli, as we understand it today, has everything to do with contrasting and concerting textures: different vocal ranges, instrumental combinations, and other overt shifts in sonority. Our understanding of this vibrant music has only been amplified by researchers and musicians who have plumbed the boundaries of this composer's intentions. One of the earliest and most influential early recordings of Gabrieli's music has now been re-released on this CD by l'Oiseau-Lyre. In 1977, Gabrieli's music tended to be the province of collegiate glee clubs and brass choirs. Yet the l'Oiseau-Lyre Florilegium label supported a young Andrew Parrott in his efforts to record Gabrieli's music with solo voices and original instruments. This CD offers a crucial window into the roots of the historical performance practice movement. The series of Venetian pieces for polychoral performance are performed in sumptuously authentic sounds, from the excellent (and typically English) intonation to the rich sonorities of the historical brass instruments that undergird the singing. The director carefully balances the textures between solo voices and choral progressions; each singer also demonstrates a solid grounding in the suppleness and the specific musicality of a seventeenth century melody. The underlying instrumental work involves a very temperate ogran continuo and fairly clean brass textures, with judicious and fairly scant ornamentation. Some of the specific voices -- the unmistakable tones of Nigel Rogers and the beautifully piercing sound of Emma Kirkby -- emerge from the musical textures, but the overall balance between solo and ensemble singing sets a standard for early music ensembles for decades (Rogers Covey-Crump and Paul Elliott also feature in the recording). This disc documents a turning point between naïve readings of early music and more mature expositions of the true music behind the music of the past.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 00:50:06
- Main artists: Andrew Parrott His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts
- Composer: Giovanni Gabrieli
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Classical
- Collection: L'Oiseau-Lyre
© 2007 Decca Music Group Limited ℗ 1978 Decca Music Group Limited
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