TY - SOUND AU - Gardiner,John Eliot AU - Gabrieli,Giovanni AU - Bassano,Giovanni AU - Monteverdi,Claudio ED - Philip Jones Brass Ensemble. ED - Monteverdi Choir ED - Monteverdi Orchestra ED - Davis Munrow Recorder Ensemble ED - Salisbury Cathedral Boys' Choir TI - Christmas in Venice AV - Ace of Diamonds SDD 363 U1 - CD 782.21723 GABR 20 PY - 1972/// CY - London PB - The Decca Record Co. Ltd. KW - Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with instrumental ensemble KW - Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied KW - Motets KW - Brass ensembles KW - Christmas music N1 - Vocal and instrumental music; the vocal works sung in Latin; Program notes by the conductor and texts with English translation ([2] p.) inserted in container; Giovanni Gabrieli (c.1553/6-1612); 1. Canzona 'Sol sol la sol'; [Canzona for 2 four-part brass choirs]; (1:37) --; 2. Audite principes (Reliquae sacrorum concentuum, pub. 1615); [Motet for 3 choirs]; (7:01) --; Giovanni Bssano (c. 1558-1617); 3. Hodie Christus natus est (Concerti ecclesiastici II, 1599); [Motet for 2 choirs - a capella]; (2:29) --; Giovanni Gabrieli (c.1553/6-1612); 4. Angelus ad pastores (Concerti...per voci e stromenti musicali, 1587); [Motet for 2 six-part choirs ; Soloist - Charles Brett (alto)]; (2:11) --; 5. Quem vidistis pastores? (Symphoniae sacre II, pub. 1615); [Motet for 2 seven -part choirs ; Soloists - Charles Brett (alto), Philip Langridge (tenor), Martyn Hill (tenor)]; (10:21) --; 6. Salvator noster (Symphoniae sacre II, pub. 1615); [Motet for 3 five-part choirs ; Soloist - John Angelo Messana (alto)]; (6:05) --; 7. Sonata pian' e forte (Symphoniae sacre I, pub. 1597); [Sonata for 2 four-part brass choirs]; (4:35) --; 8. O magnum mysterium (Concerti...per voci e stromenti musicali, 1587); [Motet for 2 four-part choirs ; Soloist - John Angelo Messana (alto)]; (4:41) --; Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643); 9. Exultent caeli (Quarta Raccolta di Sacri Canti...Lorenzo Calvi, 1629); ['Cantada' for five-part choir ; Soloists - John Angelo Messana (alto), Martyn Hill (tenor)]; (7:43) --; 10. Magnificat (Vespro della Beata Vergine, 1610); [Solosists - Jill Gomez (soprano), Felicity Palmer (soprano), James Bowman (countertenor), Robert Tear (tenor), Philip Langridge (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Michael Rippon (bass)]; (20:08); Continuo: Malcolm Hicks (organ - 5, 9, 10), Richard Seal (organ - 5), Alastair Ross (organ - 10), Nicholas Kraemer (harpsichord - 10), Robert Spencer (lute - 10), James Tyler (chitarrone - 5, 9), Jennifer Ward Clarke (cello - 5, 9, 10), Rodney Slatford (double bass - 5) The Philip Jones Wind Ensemble (2, 4, 5, 6) The Monteverdi Orchestra (10) David Munrow Recorder Ensemble (10) Salisbury Cathedral Boys' Choir (10) ER -