VENECIE MUNDI SPLENDOR Music for Doges by La Reverdie - Official Album Trailer
  • 9 years ago
Video direction: Colin Laurent
More info: http://www.outhere-music.com/en/albums/venecie-mundi-splendor-marvels-of-medieval-venice-a-387

The great musical tradition of Saint Mark’s Basilica in Venice is usually associated with the flourishing 16th and 17th centuries, and such names as Adrian Willaert, the two Gabrielis, and Claudio Monteverdi. Recorded in the bright acoustics of the refectory of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, this selection of pieces, dating from the first half of the 14th century onwards, shows that music was central to the celebration of important events in La Serenissima much early than we tend to assume.