Notes and Editorial Reviews
This release of sonatas and canzonas by Giovanni Gabrieli is the realization of what many others have attempted--to faithfully capture the unique sound, spatial orientation, and consequent physical sensation inherent in Gabrieli's carefully constructed harmonic frameworks, released through the timbres of brass, strings, and organ. These performances are a marvel of sonority and virtuosity and ensemble unity--just what this music is all about--and the sound engineering simply blows all competitors out of the cathedral. Of course, the effective recreation of this sound world depends as much on the performing space (with an emphasis on the word "space") as on the notes and instruments.
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Gabrieli enjoyed the incredibly agreeable acoustics and favorable physical setup of Venice's St. Mark's basilica, for which he wrote these pieces, and recordings of his music have been made there--notably the 1967 effort by The Gregg Smith Singers, organist E. Power Biggs, the Gabrieli Consort, and many others, for Columbia records--but the two famed organs on which the composer played and for which he wrote have not survived. These highly regarded instruments were set facing each other and served both as centerpieces and foundations for his St. Mark's works, which also included cornetti, violins, and trombones.
Accepting that today's St. Mark's wouldn't do, the producers of this recording set to finding a similar cathedral with the two requisite organs. Incredibly, they found one--the Basilica of San Petronio in Bologna--and it's a gem, as suitable for this music as modern ears can imagine. The performances by Concerto Palatino are splendid, and we can hear detail of individual solo instruments, brilliant brass licks, and sumptuous, resonating chords with equal clarity and naturalness. I counted an 11-second sound decay, which is allowed to ring at the end of each track, and the effect is further enhanced by the very good separation in antiphonal sections. This is a remarkable achievement on all counts, and you shouldn't miss it.
--David Vernier, ClassicsToday.com Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Sacrae symphoniae, Book 1: Canzon septimi toni a 8 by Giovanni Gabrieli
Performer:
Liuwe Tamminga (Organ),
Jan-Willem Jansen (Organ),
Charles Toet (Trombone)
Conductor:
Bruce Dickey
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Concerto Palatino
Period: Renaissance
Written: by 1597; Venice, Italy
Date of Recording: 11/1998
Venue: San Petronio Basilica, Bologna, Italy
Length: 4 Minutes 31 Secs.
2.
Canzoni et sonate (21): Canzon V a 7 by Giovanni Gabrieli
Performer:
Liuwe Tamminga (Organ),
Charles Toet (Trombone),
Jan-Willem Jansen (Organ)
Conductor:
Bruce Dickey
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Concerto Palatino
Period: Renaissance
Written: Venice, Italy
Date of Recording: 11/1998
Venue: San Petronio Basilica, Bologna, Italy
Length: 3 Minutes 40 Secs.
3.
Sacrae symphoniae, Book 1: Canzon primi toni a 10 by Giovanni Gabrieli
Performer:
Liuwe Tamminga (Organ),
Charles Toet (Trombone),
Jan-Willem Jansen (Organ)
Conductor:
Bruce Dickey
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Concerto Palatino
Period: Renaissance
Written: by 1597; Venice, Italy
Date of Recording: 11/1998
Venue: San Petronio Basilica, Bologna, Italy
Length: 3 Minutes 11 Secs.
4.
Sacrae symphoniae, Book 1: Canzon noni toni a 8 by Giovanni Gabrieli
Performer:
Jan-Willem Jansen (Organ),
Charles Toet (Trombone),
Liuwe Tamminga (Organ)
Conductor:
Bruce Dickey
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Concerto Palatino
Period: Renaissance
Written: by 1597; Venice, Italy
Date of Recording: 11/1998
Venue: San Petronio Basilica, Bologna, Italy
Length: 3 Minutes 14 Secs.
5.
Canzoni et sonate (21): Canzon VIII a 8 by Giovanni Gabrieli
Performer:
Charles Toet (Trombone),
Jan-Willem Jansen (Organ),
Liuwe Tamminga (Organ)
Conductor:
Bruce Dickey
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Concerto Palatino
Period: Renaissance
Written: Venice, Italy
Date of Recording: 11/1998
Venue: San Petronio Basilica, Bologna, Italy
Length: 5 Minutes 37 Secs.
6.
Canzoni et sonate (21): Canzon X a 8 by Giovanni Gabrieli
Performer:
Jan-Willem Jansen (Organ),
Liuwe Tamminga (Organ),
Charles Toet (Trombone)
Conductor:
Bruce Dickey
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Concerto Palatino
Period: Renaissance
Written: Venice, Italy
Date of Recording: 11/1998
Venue: San Petronio Basilica, Bologna, Italy
Length: 4 Minutes 35 Secs.
7.
Ricercar primo toni by Giovanni Gabrieli
Performer:
Jan-Willem Jansen (Organ),
Liuwe Tamminga (Organ)
Period: Renaissance
Written: Venice, Italy
Date of Recording: 11/1998
Venue: San Petronio Basilica, Bologna, Italy
Length: 3 Minutes 18 Secs.
8.
Sacrae symphoniae, Book 1: Canzon duodecimi toni a 10 (C3554) by Giovanni Gabrieli
Performer:
Charles Toet (Trombone),
Jan-Willem Jansen (Organ),
Liuwe Tamminga (Organ)
Conductor:
Bruce Dickey
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Concerto Palatino
Period: Renaissance
Written: by 1597; Venice, Italy
Date of Recording: 11/1998
Venue: San Petronio Basilica, Bologna, Italy
Length: 5 Minutes 45 Secs.
9.
Canzona per sonar no 2 by Giovanni Gabrieli
Performer:
Jan-Willem Jansen (Organ),
Liuwe Tamminga (Organ)
Period: Renaissance
Written: Italy
Date of Recording: 11/1998
Venue: San Petronio Basilica, Bologna, Italy
Length: 2 Minutes 54 Secs.
10.
Canzoni et sonate (21): Canzon VI a 7 by Giovanni Gabrieli
Performer:
Jan-Willem Jansen (Organ),
Charles Toet (Trombone),
Liuwe Tamminga (Organ)
Conductor:
Bruce Dickey
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Concerto Palatino
Period: Renaissance
Written: Venice, Italy
Date of Recording: 11/1998
Venue: San Petronio Basilica, Bologna, Italy
Length: 4 Minutes 48 Secs.
11.
Sacrae symphoniae, Book 1: Canzon duodecimi toni a 8 by Giovanni Gabrieli
Performer:
Jan-Willem Jansen (Organ),
Charles Toet (Trombone),
Liuwe Tamminga (Organ)
Conductor:
Bruce Dickey
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Concerto Palatino
Period: Renaissance
Written: by 1597; Venice, Italy
Date of Recording: 11/1998
Venue: San Petronio Basilica, Bologna, Italy
Length: 4 Minutes 17 Secs.
12.
Canzoni et sonate (21): Canzon XI a 8 by Giovanni Gabrieli
Performer:
Jan-Willem Jansen (Organ),
Charles Toet (Trombone),
Liuwe Tamminga (Organ)
Conductor:
Bruce Dickey
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Concerto Palatino
Period: Renaissance
Written: Venice, Italy
Date of Recording: 11/1998
Venue: San Petronio Basilica, Bologna, Italy
Length: 4 Minutes 17 Secs.
13.
Sacrae symphoniae, Book 1: Sonata octavi toni a 12 by Giovanni Gabrieli
Performer:
Jan-Willem Jansen (Organ),
Charles Toet (Trombone),
Liuwe Tamminga (Organ)
Conductor:
Bruce Dickey
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Concerto Palatino
Period: Renaissance
Written: by 1597; Venice, Italy
Date of Recording: 11/1998
Venue: San Petronio Basilica, Bologna, Italy
Length: 3 Minutes 57 Secs.
14.
Canzoni et sonate (21): Canzon XII a 8 by Giovanni Gabrieli
Performer:
Liuwe Tamminga (Organ),
Jan-Willem Jansen (Organ),
Charles Toet (Trombone)
Conductor:
Bruce Dickey
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Concerto Palatino
Period: Renaissance
Written: Venice, Italy
Date of Recording: 11/1998
Venue: San Petronio Basilica, Bologna, Italy
Length: 4 Minutes 5 Secs.
15.
Canzoni et sonate (21): Canzon XIV a 10 by Giovanni Gabrieli
Performer:
Charles Toet (Trombone),
Liuwe Tamminga (Organ),
Jan-Willem Jansen (Organ)
Conductor:
Bruce Dickey
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Concerto Palatino
Period: Renaissance
Written: Venice, Italy
Date of Recording: 11/1998
Venue: San Petronio Basilica, Bologna, Italy
Length: 4 Minutes 1 Secs.
16.
Canzoni et sonate (21): Canzon XVI a 12 by Giovanni Gabrieli
Performer:
Charles Toet (Trombone),
Liuwe Tamminga (Organ),
Jan-Willem Jansen (Organ)
Conductor:
Bruce Dickey
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Concerto Palatino
Period: Renaissance
Written: Venice, Italy
Date of Recording: 11/1998
Venue: San Petronio Basilica, Bologna, Italy
Length: 5 Minutes 1 Secs.
17.
Sacrae symphoniae, Book 1: Canzon in echo duodecimi toni a 10 by Giovanni Gabrieli
Performer:
Charles Toet (Trombone),
Jan-Willem Jansen (Organ),
Liuwe Tamminga (Organ)
Conductor:
Bruce Dickey
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Concerto Palatino
Period: Renaissance
Written: by 1597; Venice, Italy
Date of Recording: 11/1998
Venue: San Petronio Basilica, Bologna, Italy
Length: 4 Minutes 44 Secs.
18.
Sacrae symphoniae, Book 1: Canzon septimi toni a 8 - no 2 by Giovanni Gabrieli
Performer:
Charles Toet (Trombone),
Jan-Willem Jansen (Organ),
Liuwe Tamminga (Organ)
Conductor:
Bruce Dickey
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Concerto Palatino
Period: Renaissance
Written: by 1597; Venice, Italy
Date of Recording: 11/1998
Venue: San Petronio Basilica, Bologna, Italy
Length: 3 Minutes 57 Secs.
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