The King's Consort & Robert King - Lo Sposalizio: The Wedding of Venice to the Sea (Ascension Day, 1600) (2023)
BAND/ARTIST: The King's Consort, Robert King
- Title: Lo Sposalizio: The Wedding of Venice to the Sea (Ascension Day, 1600)
- Year Of Release: 1998 / 2023
- Label: Hyperion
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: FLAC (tracks + booklet)
- Total Time: 1:29:12
- Total Size: 368 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:
01. Traditional: Bells 1
02. Traditional: Drums 1
03. Anonymous: Rotta "Trumpet fanfare"
04. A. Gabrieli: Vieni, vieni Himeneo, Madrigal a 8
05. Guami: Canzona XXIV a 8
06. Kapsberger: Kapsberger
07. A. Gabrieli: Cantiam di Dio, Madrigal a 12
08. Traditional: Drums 2
09. A. Gabrieli: La Battaglia, Canzona
10. G. Gabrieli: Lieto godea sedendo, C. 113
11. Piccinini: Variazioni sopra La Folia
12. Gussago: La Leona, Canzon XIX a 8
13. Anonymous: Variazione sopra La Ciaccona
14. G. Gabrieli: Udite, chiari e generosi figli, Madrigal a 16, C. 121
15. Viadana: La Veneziana "Canzona"
16. Anonymous: Imperiale prima
17. Traditional: Bells 2
18. Anonymous: Imperiale seconda
19. G. Gabrieli: Kyrie a 12, C. 71-73
20. A. Gabrieli: Gloria a 16
21. A. Gabrieli: Intonazione settimo tono
22. Massaino: Canzon per otto tromboni
23. Anonymous: Sursum corda
24. G. Gabrieli: Sanctus a 12
25. A. Gabrieli: Intonatione Primo tono
26. Monteverdi: Christe, adoramus te, Motet a 5
27. G. Gabrieli: Sonata XX a 22
28. Traditional: Bells 3
01. Traditional: Bells 1
02. Traditional: Drums 1
03. Anonymous: Rotta "Trumpet fanfare"
04. A. Gabrieli: Vieni, vieni Himeneo, Madrigal a 8
05. Guami: Canzona XXIV a 8
06. Kapsberger: Kapsberger
07. A. Gabrieli: Cantiam di Dio, Madrigal a 12
08. Traditional: Drums 2
09. A. Gabrieli: La Battaglia, Canzona
10. G. Gabrieli: Lieto godea sedendo, C. 113
11. Piccinini: Variazioni sopra La Folia
12. Gussago: La Leona, Canzon XIX a 8
13. Anonymous: Variazione sopra La Ciaccona
14. G. Gabrieli: Udite, chiari e generosi figli, Madrigal a 16, C. 121
15. Viadana: La Veneziana "Canzona"
16. Anonymous: Imperiale prima
17. Traditional: Bells 2
18. Anonymous: Imperiale seconda
19. G. Gabrieli: Kyrie a 12, C. 71-73
20. A. Gabrieli: Gloria a 16
21. A. Gabrieli: Intonazione settimo tono
22. Massaino: Canzon per otto tromboni
23. Anonymous: Sursum corda
24. G. Gabrieli: Sanctus a 12
25. A. Gabrieli: Intonatione Primo tono
26. Monteverdi: Christe, adoramus te, Motet a 5
27. G. Gabrieli: Sonata XX a 22
28. Traditional: Bells 3
From the eleventh century, Venetian mariners gathered together once each year to offer prayers to San Nicolò, the patron saint of sailors, asking for his continued protection. Initially the service was a simple benediction in which the Adriatic Sea was blessed with holy water. By the late-sixteenth century the ceremony had evolved into one of the most lavish and important dates in the Venetian calendar. Ascension Day now launched a large spring festival which was headed by the symbolic wedding of Venice to the Adriatic—the Sposalizio.
Robert King and his serried ranks of instrumentalists and singers recreate this glorious event in the grandest style. Giovanni Gabrieli’s twenty-two-part Sonata (his largest-scale instrumental work), Andrea Gabrieli’s ‘Battle’ Canzona, the church bells of Venice, fanfares for trumpets and drums, the massive sixteen-part madrigal Udite, chiari—the catalogue of riches goes on …
Robert King and his serried ranks of instrumentalists and singers recreate this glorious event in the grandest style. Giovanni Gabrieli’s twenty-two-part Sonata (his largest-scale instrumental work), Andrea Gabrieli’s ‘Battle’ Canzona, the church bells of Venice, fanfares for trumpets and drums, the massive sixteen-part madrigal Udite, chiari—the catalogue of riches goes on …
Year 2023 | Classical | FLAC / APE
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