A Venetian Coronation 1595: Works By Andrea & Giovanni Gabrieli - GABRIELI CONSORT / PAUL MCCRESH

The fifth release in the Rediscoveries series from Virgin Classics is the celebrated 1990 recording A Venetian Coronation 1595 by Paul McCreesh and his Gabrieli Consort & Players. The album presents a musical reconstruction of the coronation mass for Venetian Doge Marino Grimani. Gramophone wrote of the recording: "Without doubt, this is one of the finest records of Italian Renaissance polyphony to appear for a long time; imaginative in conception, varied in content, and both exciting and thought-provoking in execution."

A Venetian Coronation 1595 won the Early Music Gramophone award, establishing a benchmark for an area of repertoire that quickly became one of Virgin Classics greatest strengths. Paul McCreesh s Gabrieli Consort & Players initially focused on the Venetian polychoral music reflected in their choice of name. A Venetian Coronation features works by Giovanni Gabrieli, Cesare Bendinelli, Magnus Thomsen and Andrea Gabrieli and it immediately created a sensation.

1        Bells    0:50
2        Intonazione Ottavo Tono 0:37
3        Canzona [13] À 12 2:51
4        Introit    3:04
5        Sonata 333 1:54
6        Toccata 1 1:08
7        Intonazione Primo Tono 1:01
8        Kyrie À 5 1:59
9        Christe À 8 2:07
10        Kyrie À 12 3:07
11        Gloria À 16 5:10
12        Collect    1:21
13        Intonazione Terzo E Quarto Toni 0:46
14        Epistle    1:00
15        Canzona [16] À 15 4:16
16        Gospel    1:52
17        Intonazione Settimo Tono 1:11
18        Offertory: Deus Qui Beatum Marcum À 10 2:55
19        Preface    2:53
20        Sanctus & Benedictus À 12 4:30
21        Fanfare Sarasinetta 1:02
22        Sonata [6] À 8 Pian E Forte 5:16
23        Pater Noster    1:58
24        Canzona [9] À 10 4:18
25        Intonazione Quinto Tono Alla Quarta Bassa 0:36
26        Communion: O Sacrum Convivium À 5 4:43
27        Postcommunion    1:24
28        Benedictus Dominus Deus Sabaoth 3:15
29        Motet: Omnes Gentes À 16 4:31