The Feast Of San Rocco, Venice 1608

Various Artists (Artist, Performer), Rufus Muller (Artist), Wilfried Jochens (Artist, Performer), Gerd Turk (Artist, Performer), David Cordier (Artist), Gundula Anders (Artist, Performer), Giovanni Gabrieli (Composer), Alessandro Grandi (Composer), Giovanni Paolo Cima (Composer), Bartolomeo Barbarino (Composer), Claudio Monteverdi (Composer), Bellerofonte Castaldi (Composer), Roland Wilson (Conductor, Performer), La Capella Ducale (Orchestra), Musica Fiata Köln (Orchestra), Klaus Eichhorn (Performer), Christoph Lehmann (Performer), Raimund Furst (Performer), Eric Mentzel (Performer), Rufus Müller (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Various Artists, Wilfried Jochens, Gerd Turk, Gundula Anders, Roland Wilson, et al.
• Orchestra: La Capella Ducale, Musica Fiata Köln
• Conductor: Roland Wilson
• Composer: Giovanni Gabrieli, Alessandro Grandi, Giovanni Paolo Cima, Bartolomeo Barbarino, Claudio Monteverdi, et al.
• Audio CD (June 1, 2010)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Sony Classical
• ASIN: B000002APG
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #345,752 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Toccatas for organ - FEAST OF SAN ROCCO

2. Buccinate in neomenia tuba, motet for 19 voices - FEAST OF SAN ROCCO

3. Canzon No. 17, for 12 parts - FEAST OF SAN ROCCO

4. Heu mihi, motet for 4 voices & continuo - FEAST OF SAN ROCCO

5. Sonata a tre, for violin, cornett & continuo - FEAST OF SAN ROCCO

6. Dulcis Jesu patris imago, motet for 20 voices - FEAST OF SAN ROCCO

7. O quam tu pulchra es, motet for 3 voices - FEAST OF SAN ROCCO

8. Canzon in echo, for 12 parts - FEAST OF SAN ROCCO

9. Timor et tremor, motet for 6 voices (1615) - FEAST OF SAN ROCCO

10. Sonata per il cornetto e trombone - FEAST OF SAN ROCCO

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Canzon No. 5, for 7 parts - Gabrieli

2. Jubilate Deo, motet for 10 voices - Gabrieli

3. Salvum me fac, Deus - FEAST OF SAN ROCCO

4. Sonata No. 18, for 14 parts - Gabrieli

5. Cantate Domino, motet for 8 voices - Gabrieli

6. Sonata per il violino e violone - FEAST OF SAN ROCCO

7. Sacrae Symphoniae: No. 7: Canzon primi toni for 10 parts - Gabrieli

8. Misericordia tua, Domine, motet for 12 voices - Gabrieli

9. Canzon No. 11, for 8 parts - Gabrieli

10. O Sacrum Convivium - FEAST OF SAN ROCCO

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Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars underrated recording, February 20, 2004

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esseyo (Jersey City, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Feast Of San Rocco, Venice 1608 (Audio CD)

Just some comments on this recording: The Musica Fiata Koeln sound is pretty close to the sound I love in late renaissance sacred music. The brass players don't all constantly blend together as one homogeneous background sound; instead individual lines come in and out naturally helping to move the music along. I personally enjoy David Cordier's falsetto voice because of its distinct timbre adding flavor to the sound; just as I like the nasal timbre of the cornettos distinguishing themselves from the sackbutts.

The Cima pieces are all beautiful idyllic pieces and played with religious sincerely (the playing reminds me very much of Andrew Parrot's Monteverdi 1610 Vesper recording). A nice touch is the inclusion of a Gabrieli piece played on solo organ. Quite nice to hear the organ shine after it has been used as continuo for most of the recording.

I highly recommend this recording especially if you are into the multi-choral one voice per part concept or if you like the sound of Musica Fiata Koeln. Incidently Roland Wilson is a famous cornetto maker; 6 of the 9 cornettists on this recording are playing his instruments.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Some flawed performances, June 17, 2003

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John Weretka (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Feast Of San Rocco, Venice 1608 (Audio CD)

This is a fascinating set of two discs which sets out to recapture the sound of the Feast of San Rocco as it might have been celebrated in Venice in 1608. There's plenty of Gabrieli, Grandi and Cima with lesser known names like Barbarino and Castaldi -- the rather better known Monteverdi also makes an appearance in 'Salve, o regina'.

I'm not acquainted with the Gabrieli Consort's disc canvassing the same festival, but I have to say that this is a rather uneven set of discs. The central idea -- massive festival music -- is well realised. There are also some fine moments in the singing and playing including the Gabrieli sonata for three violins, Grandi's 'Salvum me' (superbly sung by Harry van der Kamp); the best track of these discs, conceptually and musically, is Gabrieli's Sonata XVIII a 14 which has an impressive architecture. But there is also some fairly hideous singing (most of it from David Cordier who sounds dreadful in In ecclesiis) and some out of tune brass playing which spoils some of the tracks. I keep coming back to these discs, though, almost in spite of myself -- the music is just that impressive.