Gabrieli's ricercars, a type of instrumental piece, are a significant advancement, incorporating contrapuntal devices like inversion, diminution, and augmentation on an unprecedented scale.
Composer Biography
Andrea Gabrieli's encounter with Orlando di Lasso, the outstanding master of the Kapelle of Duke Albrecht V of Bavaria in Munich, transformed Gabrieli from a brilliant organist into a great composer.
Composer Biography
Andrea Gabrieli, born around 1532 in Venice, is considered the first true keyboard genius of Italy.
Performer Biography
Glen Wilson, the performer on this album, is the only person in the history of the Bruges International Competition to win all three categories in 1980.
Instruments
The recording uses reconstructions of 16th-century Venetian harpsichords and spinets, which produce a more vocal sound due to their soft iron single-stringing.
Compositional Technique
Gabrieli's version of Lassus's popular 'Susanne un jour' is likely the oldest example of what became an independent keyboard genre in Iberia, known as the Susana.
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