Bassano / Gabrieli / Meyer - San Marco Di Venezia / Golden Age - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

It is well known that in Venice a InchGolden AgeInch of compositional, vocal, and instrumental musical creativity and virtuosity emerged, and then flourished during the mid-1500s to the mid-1700s. The 16th century experienced a substantial development in the cappella ducale of Saint Mark's, which, until the end of the 17th century, remained the leading center of musical activity in the city. Evidence of this comes from the profusion of significant musicians that it received in that InchGolden AgeInch either as maestri di cappella, or as organists (Claudio Merulo, Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli), or as virtuoso instrumentalists (the cornet player Giovanni Bassano). Claudio Merulo and Andrea Gabrieli played a decisive role in the simultaneous emergence of Venetian keyboard and stile concertato music. The latter's nephew Giovanni Gabrieli can be thought of as the standard-bearer of the Venetian School as a whole. The cornett virtuoso Giovanni Bassano composed magnificent polychoral motets in stile concertato for the idiosyncratic liturgy found at St Mark's. With such works Bassano emerges as the worthy successor of the Gabrielis. Les Traversees Baroques, on this , explores all of these composers of the Golden Age. Album Tracks 1. Confitebor Tibi Domine À 13 2. Viri Sancti a 6 3. Canzon Alla Francese, Dita la Benvenuta 4. Miserere Mei a 6 5. Canzon Prima a 5 6. Vox Domini a 10 7. Toccata Del Nono Tono 8. Ave Maria 9. Eructavit Cor Meum a 6 10. Quem Vidistis Pastores a 8 11. Veni Dilecte Mi 12. Nativitas Tua a 7 13. Canzon Terza 14. O Jesu Mi Dulcissime a 8 15. Canzon a la Francese, Dita la Bovia 16. Exaudi Deus a 7 17. Deus, Qui Beatum Marcum a 8 18. Hodie Christus a 7 19. Ave Regina a 12