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	Gabrieli: The Canzonas and Sonatas from Sacrae Symphoniae 1597 Giovanni Gabrieli, Timothy Roberts, ... Hyperion UK, 1997 average customer review:based on 3 reviews view larger image
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A few organ works are included to break up the program a little.

My only complaint it that some of the pieces are transposed down by a 4th. This really doesn't need to happen with this music - it is an option, of course - but why was it done here? A couple of my favourite canzonas sound very dark as a result.

I enjoy this recording but it isn't one I'd listen all in one sitting. Rather, this is a CD to 'dip into'.

Let us hope that Concerto Palatino or Musica Fiata tackle this landmark collection of music some time!

PS: I am still enjoying this CD a lot! I hope that HMS&C consider recording Gabrieli's 1615 Canzone & Sonate on HYPERION, too! (wink, wink, nudge, nudge!!)

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Incredible

I can't say enough about this disc. For anyone who loves antiphonal music and wants to hear it played on original late 16th / early 17th century intstruments, buy this album FIRST. The technique is incredible; the players CLEARLY know what they're doing. The music is very stylistic, and if I may steal Mersenne's quote, the cornetts and sackbutts sound like "Rays of sunlight piercing the shadows." Sounds absolutely beautiful. There isn't a track I don't like on this one. I lost a copy of this CD to the garbage (unintentionally, of course) last year, and I bought another copy within a week.

The first Gabrieli CD I bought was the classic 60's Columbia recording of select players from the Cleveland, Chicago, and Boston Symphonies. It was pretty good, but being a traditionalist, I wanted to hear this music on period instruments, not arranged for brass choirs. I was lucky enough to find Canzonas and Sonatas from Sacrae Symphoniae 1597 here on Amazon.com, and I'll never regret.

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Sagbutts and cornetts and organs, oh my!

The very best thing about this recording is that it is another offering by the superb His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts, a group specializing in Renaissance period music and instruments, who has never failed to offer an excellent rendition of the works they perform.

Aside from that, my primary interest as an old music amateur is that this is both a composer and two genres which are not widely known, so having an excellent realization of both, not to mention the usually superb Hyperion packaging and recording, is a definite treat.



Tracks
Canzon duodecimi toni a 10 | Canzon primi toni a 8 | Canzon primi toni a 10 | Toccata quinti toni | Canzon duodecimi toni a 10 | Canzon quarti toni a 15 | Canzon duodecimi toni a 10 | Toccata | Sonata pian' e forte a 8, alla bassa | Canzon septimi toni a 8 | Toccata | Canzon septimi toni a 8 | Canzon in echo duodecimi toni a 10 | Canzon duodecimi toni a 8 | Canzon in echo duodecimi toni a 10 | Canzon septimi et octavi toni a 12 | Sonata octavi toni a 12 | Canzon in echo duodecimi toni a 10, per concertar con l'organo | Intonazione noni toni | Canzon noni toni a 8 | Canzon noni toni a 12

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