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Release Date: 26-10-1998
Label: Celestial Harmonies
Catalog Number: 13095-2
Barcode: 13711309522
Musical Style: Classical
Track Listing:
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Domine Ad Adiuvandum Me; Claudio Monteverdi [01:55] | 13 | Two Motets- Das ist je gewiblich wahr; Heinrich Schutz [04:50] |
| 2 | Ricercar a 3; Adriaan Willaert [01:38] | 14 | Two Motets- Selig sind die Toten; Heinrich Schutz [04:20] |
| 3 | Two Italian Madrigals- Al dolce suon; Orlando Di Lasso [03:02] | 15 | Madrigal a 6 Fassa la nave; Adriaan Willaert [04:40] |
| 4 | Two Italian Madrigals- Ove d'altra montagna; Orlando Di Lasso [03:24] | 16 | Concerto in F for Recorder Strings and Continuo Allegro con molto; Antonio Vivaldi [03:14] |
| 5 | Nunc Dimittis; Giovanni Gabrieli [03:03] | 17 | Concerto in F for Recorder Strings and Continuo Largo e cantabile; Antonio Vivaldi [03:14] |
| 6 | Il Piacere Concerto in C for Violin Strings and Continuo op 8 no 6- Allegro; Antonio Vivaldi [02:43] | 18 | Concerto in F for Recorder Strings and Continuo Allegro; Antonio Vivaldi [01:41] |
| 7 | Il Piacere Concerto in C for Violin Strings and Continuo op 8 no 6- Largo; Antonio Vivaldi [02:08] | 19 | Ave Maris Stella; Claudio Monteverdi [07:41] |
| 8 | Il Piacere Concerto in C for Violin Strings and Continuo op 8 no 6- Allegro; Antonio Vivaldi [02:40] | 20 | Singet dem Hernn; Heinrich Schutz [05:43] |
| 9 | O bene mio; Adriaan Willaert [01:58] | 21 | Madrigal a 4 A la dolc' ombra; Cipriano De Rore [01:49] |
| 10 | O Domine Jesu Christe; Giovanni Gabrieli [02:57] | 22 | Praesidium Sara; Orlando Di Lasso [03:39] |
| 11 | Canzon VI a 7; Giovanni Gabrieli [05:35] | 23 | Ricercar del Secondo Tuono; Giovanni Gabrieli [04:08] |
| 12 | Madrigal a 4 Pero piu ferm; Cipriano De Rore [01:41] | ||
Description:
It is amazing to think of music being made in stereo in the 16th century, but that is what was happening in Venice. The dramatic acoustics of St. Mark's Cathedral, one of the architectural wonders of Venice, gave Venetian composers the opportunity to create a type of space music in which singers were placed in different galleries in the church and instructed to perform antiphonally - in stereo, if you like - with one group echoing or answering another. From haunting choral prayers to outrageously colorful and joyous songs, Venice Music includes numerous examples of this remarkable style and presents a musical picture of a city whose artistic life reached a level rarely matched by the greatest cities of the world. Some of the greatest composers of the 16th and 17th centuries are included in Venice Music: Adriaan Willaert, Andrea Gabrieli and Giovanni Gabrieli brought the antiphonal style to a remarkable pinnacle. In fact, in Giovanni Gabrieli's works, his use of multiple choirs anticipated the surround–sound effect of modern movie theaters by four hundred years! Venice maintained strong ties to Germany as well and the prince of music', Orlando di Lasso, was closely linked to Venetian music from his Munich base. Germany's first native composer of international stature, Heinrich Schütz, is similarly connected with the Venice tradition. Venice Music also includes two of the pivotal composers of the 18th century, whose work kept Venice at the forefront of European music long after the echo style had died out. Claudio Monteverdi and Antonio Vivaldi remain two of the cornerstones of classical music; Monteverdi is represented by some of his grand and exuberant Vespers and two of Vivaldi's delightful concertos are included. Like its painters, Venice's musicians developed a style that was immediately identifiable; and like their artistic counterparts, the Venetian composers produced some of the most striking, dramatic and colorful works in all of Europe. Venice Music presents classic recordings of some of the most profound and most extravagant contributions made by this single city–state, which helped shape the development of what we now accept as the great legacy of Western music.'
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