Canzon à 12 (Kassel Library)

By: Gabrieli: Eric Crees Performing Edition

Found in the Kassel regional library in Germany, this piece divides the players into three unequal choirs of four, three and five. The three groups are completely integrated throughout, giving a rich spaciousness.

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 Gabrielis 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 Gabrielis 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