CHORAL CLASSICS: Venetian Vespers (5CD)

Venetian Vespers

CD1 (beginning)
1 Sacristy bell 0’11

GIOVANNI GABRIELI
2 Organ: Intonazione 1’11
3 Versicle & Response: Deus in adiutorium/Domine ad adiuvandum 1’00
4 Antiphon: Angelus 0’35

GIOVANNI ANTONIO RIGATTI (1615–1649)
5 Psalm: Dixit Dominus (2 choirs) 13’16

ALESSANDRO GRANDI (?1586–1630)
6 Motet: O intemerata 4’22
7 Antiphon: Beata es Maria 0’40

CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI (1567–1643)
8 Psalm: Laudate pueri 7’09

ADRIANO BANCHIERI (1568–1643)
9 Organ: Suonata prima 0’53
10 Antiphon: Beatam me dicent 0’36

CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
11 Psalm: Laetatus sum 6’10

GIACOMO FINETTI (fl.1605–1631)
12 Motet: O Maria, quae rapis corda hominum 3’03
13 Antiphon: Haec est quae nescavit 0’39

GIOVANNI ANTONIO RIGATTI
14 Psalm: Nisi Dominus 8’25

ADRIANO BANCHIERI
15 Organ: Dialogo secondo 1’16
16 Antiphon: Ante thronum 0’31

FRANCESCO CAVALLI (1602–1676)
17 Psalm: Lauda Jerusalem 9’09

ALESSANDRO GRANDI
18 Motet: O quam tu pulchra es 3’46

Total time: 62’52

Paul McCreesh
Gabrieli Consort:
Tessa Bonner, Susan Hemington Jones, Janes Coxwell, Catherine King, Soprano
David Hurley, Timothy Wilson, James Huw-Jeffries, Andrew Watts, Falsettist
Charles Daniels, Mark le Brocq, Angus Smith, Andrew Tusa, Robert Horn, Jeremy Taylor, Gerard O’Bierne, Tenor
Charles Pott, Peter Harvey · Bass: Jonathan Best, Adrian Peacock, Richard Savage, Baritone
Gabrieli Players:
Florian Deuter, Frances Turner, Henrietta Wayne, Violin
Francis Baines, Renaissance violone
Nicholas Perry, William Adams, Cornett
Richard Cheetham, Paul Niemann, Tenor sackbutt
Patrick Jackman, Bass sackbutt
Frances Eustace, Bass dulcian
Paula Chateauneuf, Fred Jacobs, Chitarrone
Celia Harper, Double harp
Timothy Roberts, James Johnstone, Organ


CD2 (conclusion)

1 Organ: Praeambulum (Anon.) 1’25
2 Chapter: Ecce virgo 1’10

CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI (1567–1643)
3 Hymn: Deus qui mundum crimine iacentem 4’24
4 Versicle & Response: Ave Maria/ Dominus tecum 0’24
5 Antiphon: Spiritus Sanctus 0’41

GIOVANNI ANTONIO RIGATTI (1615–1649)
6 Magnificat 7’47

BIAGIO MARINI (c.1587–1663)
7 Sonata con tre violini in eco 5’42
8 Collect: Dominus vobiscum… Deus, qui de beatae Mariae 1’30
9 Dismissal: Dominus vobiscum… Benedicamus Domino 0’19

CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
10 Motet: Laudate Dominum 3’35

GIOVANNI BATTISTA FASOLO
11 Organ: Intonazione excerpt 0’48

GIOVANNI ANTONIO RIGATTI
12 Motet: Salve Regina 5’36

Total time: 32’43

Paul McCreesh
Gabrieli Consort:
Tessa Bonner, Susan Hemington Jones, Janes Coxwell, Catherine King, Soprano
David Hurley, Timothy Wilson, James Huw-Jeffries, Andrew Watts, Falsettist
Charles Daniels, Mark le Brocq, Angus Smith, Andrew Tusa, Robert Horn, Jeremy Taylor, Gerard O’Bierne, Tenor
Charles Pott, Peter Harvey · Bass: Jonathan Best, Adrian Peacock, Richard Savage, Baritone
Gabrieli Players:
Florian Deuter, Frances Turner, Henrietta Wayne, Violin
Francis Baines, Renaissance violone
Nicholas Perry, William Adams, Cornett
Richard Cheetham, Paul Niemann, Tenor sackbutt
Patrick Jackman, Bass sackbutt
Frances Eustace, Bass dulcian
Paula Chateauneuf, Fred Jacobs, Chitarrone
Celia Harper, Double harp
Timothy Roberts, James Johnstone, Organ

CD3 Venetian Easter Mass beginning

CLAUDIO MERULO (1533–1604)
1 Tocca prima del quinto tono (excerpt) 1’16

ANDREA GABRIELI (1533–1585)
2 Maria stabat ad monumentum, a 6 4’45
3 The knocking on the door: Quem quaeritis (chant) 1’58

CESARE BENDINELLI (fl.1567–1617)
4 Tocada…con Vitoria (6 trumpets) 1’05
5 Surrexit Christus (chant) 0’57

GIOVANNI GABRIELI (c.1553/56–1612)
6 Surrexit Christus, a 11 3’26
7 INTROITUS (chant): Resurrexi et adhuc tecum sum, alleluia 3’46

ANDREA GABRIELI
8 Intonazione del quinto tono 1’02

KYRIE: ORLANDE DE LASSUS (1532–1594)
9 Missa ‘Congratulamini mihi’: Kyrie, a 6 3’37

GLORIA: ORLANDE DE LASSUS
10 Missa ‘Congratulamini mihi’: Gloria, a 6 5’15
11 ORATIO: Dominus vobiscum (Chant) 1’02

EPISTOLA (Chant)
12 Lectio Epistolae beati Pauli Apostoli ad Corinthos 0’59
Fratres: Expurgate vetus fermentum

GRADUALE: GIOVANNI GABRIELI
13 Canzon VIII, a 8 4’25
14 SEQUENTIA: Victimae paschali laudes (Chant) 1’49
15 EVANGELIUM: Sancti 2’30
Evangelisti secundum Marcum (Chant)

OFFERTORIUM: GIOVANNI GABRIELI
16 Hic est filius Dei, a 18 6’08
17 PREFATIO: Per omnia saecula saeculorum… Dignum est justum est (Chant) 2’10

SANCTUS: ORLANDE DE LASSUS
18 Missa ‘Congratulamini mihi’: Sanctus, a 6 4’22

ELEVATIO: GIOVANNI GABRIELI
19 Sonata octavi toni, a 12 4’56
20 PATER NOSTER (Chant) 1’54

Total time: 58’03

Paul McCreesh
Gabrieli Consort:
Angus Davidson, Robert Harre Jones, Charles Humphries, Malcolm Smith, Falsettists
Rodrigo Del Pozo, Steven Harrold, Gerard O’Beirne, Julian Podger, Tenors
Stephen Charlesworth, Julian Clarckson, Robert Evans, Donald Greig, Charles Pott, Laurence Whitehead, Baritone
Simon Grant, Richard Savage, Francis Steele, Bass

Gabrieli Players:
Florian Deuter, Anna McDonald, Rachel Podger, Violin
Rachel Byrt · Cornett: Douglas Kirk, David Staff, Adrian Tribe, Jeremy West, Viola
Douglas Kirk, · Anthony Leggett, Tenor cornett
Susan Addison, Peter Bassano, Richard Cheetham, Simon Gunton, Adrian Lane, Tom Lees, Paul Nieman, David Purser, Tenor sackbut
Adrian France, Patrick Jackman, Anthony Leggett, Stephen Saunders, sackbut Bass
Susan Addison, Simon Gunton, Douglas Kirk, Adrian Lane, David Staff, Adrian Tribe, Trumpet
Frances Eustace, Keith McGowan, William Lyons, Dulcian
James Johnstone, Timothy Roberts, Jan Waterfield, Organ

CD4 Venetian Easter Mass conclusion

AGNUS DEI
ORLANDE DE LASSUS
1 Missa ‘Congratulamini mihi’: Agnus Dei, a 6 4’24

COMMUNIO
GIOVANNI GABRIELI (c. 1553/56–1612)
2 Canzon XVII, a 12 3’03

3 POSTCOMMUNIO: Dominus vobiscum…(Chant) 1’01
4 ITE, MISSA EST (Chant) 0’34
5 BENEDICTIO: Humilitate vos ad benedictionem (Chant) 0’57
6 INDULGENTIA: Illustrissimus et Reverendissimus in Christo pater (Chant) 1’28

ANTIPHONA MARIAE
GIOVANNI GABRIELI
7 Regina coeli, a 12 2’08

8 ORATIO: Gaude et laetare Virgo Maria, alleluia (Chant) 1’24

CONGEDO
CLAUDIO MERULO
9 Toccata settima del ottavo tono excerpt 1’12
GIOVANNI GABRIELI
10 Sonata con voce: Dulcis Jesu, a 20 6’23

Total time: 22’55

Paul McCreesh
Gabrieli Consort:
Angus Davidson, Robert Harre Jones, Charles Humphries, Malcolm Smith, Falsettists
Rodrigo Del Pozo, Steven Harrold, Gerard O’Beirne, Julian Podger, Tenors
Stephen Charlesworth, Julian Clarckson, Robert Evans, Donald Greig, Charles Pott, Laurence Whitehead, Baritone
Simon Grant, Richard Savage, Francis Steele, Bass

Gabrieli Players:
Florian Deuter, Anna McDonald, Rachel Podger, Violin
Rachel Byrt · Cornett: Douglas Kirk, David Staff, Adrian Tribe, Jeremy West, Viola
Douglas Kirk, · Anthony Leggett, Tenor cornett
Susan Addison, Peter Bassano, Richard Cheetham, Simon Gunton, Adrian Lane, Tom Lees, Paul Nieman, David Purser, Tenor sackbut
Adrian France, Patrick Jackman, Anthony Leggett, Stephen Saunders, sackbut Bass
Susan Addison, Simon Gunton, Douglas Kirk, Adrian Lane, David Staff, Adrian Tribe, Trumpet
Frances Eustace, Keith McGowan, William Lyons, Dulcian
James Johnstone, Timothy Roberts, Jan Waterfield, Organ

CD5 Music for San Rocco

GIOVANNI GABRIELI (c.1553/56–1612)
1 Toccata, a 4 1’11
2 In ecclesiis, a 14 6’59
3 Sonata No.19, a 15 5’10
4 Suscipe, clementissime Deus, a 12 4’55
5 Canzona No.14, a 10 2’52
6 Buccinate in neomenia tuba, a 19 3’38
7 Intonazione del nono tono 0’40
8 Domine Deus meus, a 6 7’19
9 Audi, dulcis amica mea (Bartolomeo Barbarino) 3’40
10 Sonata No.21 con tre violini 3’52
11 Ardens est cor meum (Bartolomeo Barbarino) 2’44
12 Timor et tremor, a 6 6’45
13 Intonazione duodecimo tono 0’33
14 Jubilate Deo, a 10 4’40
15 Sonata No.18, a 14 6’14
16 Misericordia tuo, Domine, a 12 4’15
17 Sonata No.20, a 22 6’52
18 Magnificat, a 33 5’56
Gabrieli Consort, Choir & Players
Paul McCreesh

Total time: 78’17

Gabrieli Consort, Choir & Players
Paul McCreesh