The Gabrieli Consort & Players return to the programme that put them on the musical map when they recorded and released it in 1990: A Venetian
Coronation 1595 is a musical recreation evoking the grand pageantry of the Coronation Mass for Venetian Doge Marino Grimani. His love of ceremony and state festivals fuelled an extraordinary musical bounty during his reign and formed the background to the musical riches of the period, especially to the works of Giovanni Gabrieli.
With cornetts, sackbuts and an all-male consort, Paul McCreesh exploits the dazzling polyphony of Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli’s music. The theatrical and ceremonious performance is sure to captivate our audience.
"It’s a marvellous achievement, incorporating the rapturous choral polyphony of
Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli interspersed with passages of organ and period-instrument
arrangements of cornets, sackbuts and shawms. It’s never less than enthralling, especially
the length opening ‘procession'"
"The singing and playing are quite superb, securely and compellingly flamboyant. It’s difficult to single out individuals from such a high-powered and well-integrated team."
Gramophone