Instrument: flex brass/woodwind (string) in 12 parts inc score
Grade: slightly difficult
Catalogue No: 7103
ISMN No: 9790570278350
Despite having essentially a ‘minor’ feel this is one of most brilliant three choir canzonas. Dur 3'
Gabrieli is one of the truly great composers but sadly neglected. His compositions, moreover, are rarely of great technical difficulty, making them ideal for mixed ensembles and school use. We hope this edition will bring these magnificent pieces to a wider audience, especially the young.
• Each set contains a score and parts for brass, woodwind and string instruments to allow performances by practically any combination as well as brass only.
• This new Performing Edition of Gabrieli's Sacrae Symphoniae and Canzoni e Sonate was prepared for the recording by the LSO Brass on Naxos Records:
Vol 1 - 8553609
Vol 2 - 8553873
Vol 3 - 8554129
"...the playing is superb...three CDs which embody all of Gabrieli's instrumental ensemble works, the first such collection in the world".....'Musician'
"...scrupulously prepared new edition".....'BBC Music Magazine'
"...notes, both scholarly and informative...an exciting series".....'Guardian'
"It was as ever a huge pleasure to play your <Actinic:Variable Name = 'Gabrieli'/> editions [in the 2020 Henry Wood Promenade Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra Brass]. I've been doing them with various orchestras in Berlin as well and they make life so easy and practical. It's all laid out for us ,and then we can get on with shaping and phrasing. And that music simply makes the world a happier place, somehow ecstatic.
Once again many thanks, and warmest best wishes,"
Simon
- Sir Simon Rattle, Music Director, London Symphony Orchestra
