Giovanni Gabrieli
Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1554/1557–1612) was a Venetian composer and organist of the late Renaissance, a central figure of the Venetian School at the turn toward early Baroque sacred and instrumental music.
He worked as organist and composer at St Mark’s Basilica and at the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, writing ceremonial motets, polychoral sacred works and organ music shaped by those spaces.
His influence ran far beyond Venice: the grand concertato style associated with his name travelled north with pupils and admirers, and his keyboard and choral pieces remain core early-music repertoire.
On Move his writing appears in Australian performances of Renaissance and Baroque sacred programmes and of Italian organ music, including O Magnum Mysterium (MCD 607), Jubilate Deo (MD 3220), motets among the Gabrielis on Soul (MCD 523), and organ fantasias and ricercars on Italian Organ Masters (MD 3042).
Compositions by Giovanni Gabrieli appear on
Beatus Vir
Recorded live on their 1999 European tour, the Choir of Ormond College under Douglas Lawrence presents small-scale sacred works in up to eight parts by Palestrina, Gesualdo, Handl, Gabrieli, Monteverdi, Stanford and Rheinberger.
Italian Organ Masters
Major master organist Sergio de Pieri offers an enjoyable and authoritative survey of Italian organ repertoire by lesser-known masters, from Renaissance dances and ricercari to Zipoli and Frescobaldi.
A Baroque Christmas
The music on this CD is a historical Christmas “pick of the pops”, from the late 1400s to the end of the Baroque period. Directed by Douglas Lawrence, the Australian Chamber Choir offers a programme recorded live in concert during their 2019 European tour. The 17 tracks are drawn from lesser-known seasonal works, championing a sublime repertoire that is all too often neglected.
Soul
Douglas Lawrence OAM leads the Australian Chamber Choir through sacred music spanning Renaissance polyphony, early Baroque splendour and African-American spirituals.