COUNTER-REFORM IN BRIXIA

GREGORIO ZUCCHINI | FLORIANO CANALE | ANTONIO MORTARO COUNTER-REFORM IN BRIXIA Sacred works for solos, choir & organ GREGORIO ZUCCHINI (between 1540 and 1565-1616 or after) Missa secunda, O Domine Jesu Christe, Hortus conclusus, Quam pulchrae sunt, Quae est ista FLORIANO CANALE (no earlier than 1541-1616) Gaudeamus omnes, Recercar del Primo Tono, Virgo prudentissima, Canzon La Nuvolina, Ave regina coelorum ANTONIO MORTARO (around 1570-1619) O Domina quae rapis, Sicut mater ANDREA GABRIELI (about 1553-1585) Intonatione. Primo Tono GIOVANNI GABRIELI (between 1554 and 1557 – 1612) Intonatione. Decimo Tono, Intonatione. Settimo Tono LUX ANIMæ – Alberto Pozzaglio MARC’ANTONIO INGEGNERI – Vatio Bissolati PALMA CHORALIS – Marcello Mazzetti, Livio Ticli Gregorio Zucchini, Floriano Canale, and Antonio Mortaro. What unites these three composers? At least three shared traits: they all lived at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries, they are the shining stars of their respective compositional traditions (Benedictine, Augustinian, and Franciscan), and through their customary wanderings, these monk-composers worked in various Venetian mainland territories, including Brescia. This anthology offers the listener the chance to appreciate the stylistic nuances of the three composers while presenting a historically plausible context that showcases a diversity of composers as well as a variety of compositional and performance practices. In this discovery journey, the listener is gonna be exploring also the celebrated Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli from Venice. 2026 – 1 CD