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Venetian Vespers
Monteverdi | Rigatti | Grandi | Cavalli | Finetti | Marini |
Banchieri | G. Gabrieli | Fasolo
Gabrieli Consort & Players
Paul McCreesh (conductor)
Venetian Vespers sees Paul McCreesh and the Gabrielis attempt to recreate a Vespers service as it might have been celebrated in St Mark’s in the mid-17th century. While Monteverdi is the most significant composer in the programme, the bulk of the disc draws on the work of his colleagues from the Venetian basilica to create a plausibly authentic service.
Excerpt: Rigatti: “Nisi Dominus”
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“A real favourite… captures both the historical approach and the time itself.”Fono Forum
“McCreesh shows a real understanding of the placing and choreography of the participants in the musical aspects of the liturgy… The effect overall is a genuine sense of continuity and cohesion between the different works and forces employed rather than a disjointed series of unrelated pieces. And there is some glorious music here, beautifully performed… this is an heroic achievement of the highest possible order.”Gramophone
DG Archiv
DDD 0289 459 4572 9 ATA 2
May 1993