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Put your hands on the remote! browse music »Giovanni Battista Grillo - complete instrumental music & selected motets by His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts
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19 tracks | 77 minutes
Released Aug 2007
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- sample "DOWNLOAD" 04:10 Sonata Prima (1618) BUY MP3 04:10 Sonata Prima (1618) "GIFT MP3" 04:10 Sonata Prima (1618)
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:45 Ad Te Levavi (1618) BUY MP3 03:45 Ad Te Levavi (1618) "GIFT MP3" 03:45 Ad Te Levavi (1618)
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 04:32 Canzon Prima (1618) BUY MP3 04:32 Canzon Prima (1618) "GIFT MP3" 04:32 Canzon Prima (1618)
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:49 Canzon in Ecco (1618) BUY MP3 03:49 Canzon in Ecco (1618) "GIFT MP3" 03:49 Canzon in Ecco (1618)
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 04:15 Anima Mea (1624) BUY MP3 04:15 Anima Mea (1624) "GIFT MP3" 04:15 Anima Mea (1624)
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 04:40 Dic Mihi, O Bone Jesu (1624) BUY MP3 04:40 Dic Mihi, O Bone Jesu (1624) "GIFT MP3" 04:40 Dic Mihi, O Bone Jesu (1624)
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 04:01 Canzon Sestadecima (1608) BUY MP3 04:01 Canzon Sestadecima (1608) "GIFT MP3" 04:01 Canzon Sestadecima (1608)
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 05:21 Canzon Secunda (1618) BUY MP3 05:21 Canzon Secunda (1618) "GIFT MP3" 05:21 Canzon Secunda (1618)
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:38 Levavi Oculos Meos (1618) BUY MP3 02:38 Levavi Oculos Meos (1618) "GIFT MP3" 02:38 Levavi Oculos Meos (1618)
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:28 Canzon Quintadecima (1608) BUY MP3 03:28 Canzon Quintadecima (1608) "GIFT MP3" 03:28 Canzon Quintadecima (1608)
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:21 Quam Pulchri Sunt Gressus Tui (1621) BUY MP3 03:21 Quam Pulchri Sunt Gressus Tui (1621) "GIFT MP3" 03:21 Quam Pulchri Sunt Gressus Tui (1621)
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:29 Canzon Pian E Forte (1618) BUY MP3 03:29 Canzon Pian E Forte (1618) "GIFT MP3" 03:29 Canzon Pian E Forte (1618)
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:50 Canzon Quartadecima 'capricio' (1608) BUY MP3 02:50 Canzon Quartadecima 'capricio' (1608) "GIFT MP3" 02:50 Canzon Quartadecima 'capricio' (1608)
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 05:08 Canzon Terza (1618) BUY MP3 05:08 Canzon Terza (1618) "GIFT MP3" 05:08 Canzon Terza (1618)
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 04:43 Obstupescite Caeli (1621) BUY MP3 04:43 Obstupescite Caeli (1621) "GIFT MP3" 04:43 Obstupescite Caeli (1621)
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:22 Canzon Quarta (1618) BUY MP3 03:22 Canzon Quarta (1618) "GIFT MP3" 03:22 Canzon Quarta (1618)
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:34 O Salutaris Hostia (1618) BUY MP3 03:34 O Salutaris Hostia (1618) "GIFT MP3" 03:34 O Salutaris Hostia (1618)
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 04:32 Sonata Seconda (1618) BUY MP3 04:32 Sonata Seconda (1618) "GIFT MP3" 04:32 Sonata Seconda (1618)
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 05:57 Misericordias Domini (1618) BUY MP3 05:57 Misericordias Domini (1618) "GIFT MP3" 05:57 Misericordias Domini (1618)
If you like the Venetian splendour of Monteverdi and Gabrieli, you'll love this first recording of Grillo's complete instrumental music, expertly played by His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts, the UK's leading early brass ensemble.
Bio / Background
His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts is a group of virtuoso wind players who specialise in playing early music in authentic styles on original instruments. The noble sound of cornetts and sackbuts was among the most versatile instrumental colours available to composers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It was heard in many musical contexts: in consort or in alternation with voices in the extravagant liturgy of the great Italian and Spanish churches - above all the Basilica of St Mark's in Venice; in aristocratic entertainments such as the intermedii of northern Italy or the masques of Jacobean England; and in the ceremonial and devotional music for the courts and free cities of Lutheran Germany.
In its heyday the cornett was the undisputed king of wind instruments. Blown like a trumpet but fingered like a recorder, it is capable of both astonishing virtuosity and heart-rending vocal expression.
↓ more ↓In 1636 one writer compared its sound in a church to 'a ray of sunshine piercing the shadows'.
The sackbut is the direct forerunner of the modern trombone - indeed the Italians already called it trombone, or 'large trumpet' - but perfectly matches the vocal timbre of the cornett, thanks to its relatively narrow bore and shallow mouthpiece. Despite its slide mechanism, early composers often wrote for it in an amazingly florid manner.
Our basic ensemble consists of two cornetts and three sackbuts with chamber organ (usually also doubling on harpsichord). This core line-up expands - or, occasionally, contracts - according to the requirements of the wide range of colourful programmes that we now perform.
An A-Z for His Majestys...
His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts has played at, for, in, on or with all of the following. and many more…
Athens, BBC radio, tv & Proms, Canterbury Cathedral, Deutsche Gramophon, Edinburgh, Festspielhaus Salzburg, Granada, Hong Kong, Israel, John Eliot Gardiner, King's College Cambridge, Lufthansa Festival London, Melbourne, Nigel Rogers, Oslo, Paris to Perth, Queen's University Belfast, Roger Norrington, Sydney Opera House, Taipei, Utrecht Early Music Festival, Venice St Mark’s, Westminster Abbey, EX Cathedra, York, Zaragoza
A Little History...
The original incarnation of His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts was founded in 1516, and for almost three centuries was the jewel in the crown of the English royal musical establishment. Some of the superb pieces written for this famous ensemble - including Matthew Locke's celebrated music "For His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts" - can be heard in HMSC's concert and CD programme of the same name.
The modern reincarnation of His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts was formed in 1982 and quickly established itself as the leading ensemble of its kind. The group was immediately in demand with festivals and concert societies throughout the British Isles and in continental Europe. HMSC subsequently toured Australia and South-East Asia and to date has performed in more than a dozen European countries. The group has appeared on television and video, has broadcast live on radio, and has 15 recordings to its credit. The group this year is launching its own record label - sfz, and will be issuing two new discs early in 2007. HMSC is also ensemble in residence at the Royal College of Music, London.
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