Composer: Vincenzo Bellavere, Girolamo Diruta, Andrea Gabrieli, Claude Gervaise, Giacomo Gorzanis, Giuseppe Guami, Claudio Merulo, Annibale Padovano, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Girolamo Parabosco, Julio Segni da Modena, Adrian Willaert
Performer: Gawain Glenton, Silas Wollston
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Delphian
Catalogue: DCD34261
Release: 2021
Size: 1.15 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Gabrieli: Ricercare del XII tuono
02. Willaert: Jouissance vous donneray
03. Segni da Modena: Musica Nova: Ricercar XIII
04. Parabosco: Ricercar 14 ‘Da pacem Domine’
05. Padovano: Ricercar del sesto tono alla terza
06. Gabrieli: Pass’ e mezzo
07. Willaert: A la fontaine
08. Segni da Modena: Ricercar 5
09. Merulo: Toccata 8
10. Diruta: Ricercare à 4
11. Gabrieli: Caro dolce ben mio, perche fuggire
12. Bellavere: Toccata
13. Diruta: Toccata di Salto Cativo del sesto tuono
14. Gervaise: Pavane ‘La venissiene’
15. Palestrina: Introduxit me rex in cellam
16. Guami: Toccata del secondo tono
17. anon.: El todescho
18. Gorzanis: Il todeschino
19. Gorzanis: Padoana del todeschino
20. Guami: La Brillantina
With the arrival of Adrian Willaert at St Mark’s Cathedral in 1527, Venice at last boasted a musician of international reputation to match its growing image as a ‘city rich in gold but richer in renown, mighty in works but mightier in virtue’.
The establishment of Venice as the world leader in music publishing, and the coming and going of international musicians, made the Floating City anything but insular, and artistic competition was order of the day, with organists duelling to outdo each other in invention and grace; while on the streets a different culture of lively dances gave rise to more opportunities for instrumentalists to show off their improvisational skills.
Intimate yet exuberant, scholarly yet unrestrained, Gawain Glenton and Silas Wollston’s exploration of the often dazzlingly virtuosic repertoire shows how the enduring ‘myth of Venice’ was built in sound just as much as it was in marble.