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  • Sonata XVIII (1615)
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    Gabrieli: Eric Crees Performing Edition

    Sonata XVIII (1615)

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    Instrument: flex brass (string/woodwind) in 14 parts inc score
    Grade: conservatoire
    Catalogue No: 7108
    ISMN No: 9790570278374

    This fourteen part sonata is not only one of Gabrieli’s largest ensembles ~ including a ‘coro grave’ or low choir ~ but also the most harmonically daring of all his instrumental works. And yet after several minutes of sumptuous and intricate counterpoint, the piece disappears delightfully but surprisingly into thin air.

    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'
    Eric Crees
    Eric Crees is one of the most distinguished trombonists, arrangers and educators in the UK. He was Co-Principal Trombone in the London Symphony Orchestra for twenty-seven years and from 2000 until 2020 was Section Principal Trombone with the Orchestra of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. He has played on many of the most iconic film tracks, including the first four 'Star Wars', 'Superman' 1&2, 'Harry Potter' 1,2&3, 'Braveheart', 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' and dozens more.

    Eric has taught at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London since 1977 and in 2014 was awarded two prestigious honours, Conferment to Professor at the Guildhall and the International Trombone Association's Neil Humfeld Award for Teaching Excellence. He is internationally recognised as a conductor and arranger of brass music at the highest level and has been the Musical Director of London Symphony Orchestra Brass and the Brass Soloists of the Royal Opera House and made seven CDs with them, mainly of his own compositions, arrangements and editions. He is now Artistic Director of his own group, The Symphonic Brass of London and has released two albums with them, 'A Bridge across the Pyrenees' and 'Preludes, Rags and Cakewalks'.


    For more information see the two websites: ericcrees.co.uk
    thesymphonicbrassoflondon.com
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