The Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli

Performed by

Description: Venice was a good place to be in the 17th century if you liked to hang out in church--not that you had much choice in those days. Gabrieli's reputation rests on his "polychoral" compositions: works for several choirs, a choir being any size group of voices or instruments. For example, a sacred composition for three choirs might have two brass groups and one chorus, or two choruses and one brass ensemble. The idea was to keep things flexible to allow for changing local conditions. The result, in any case, was a magnificent "question and answer" style of writing, in which great blocks of harmony challeng ... (more)

Manufacturer: Sony
Release date: 1 October 1996
EAN: 0074646235324 UPC: 074646235324

Tags: Renaissance (1)

My tags:

Add tags

Listened to
Condition
Added date
Private notes Only visible to you
or cancel