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Watch video clips of the Metropolitan Opera Brass as they record their latest CD, "Sacrae Symphoniae: Antiphonal Motets of Giovanni Gabrieli".

Recording will be available in November 2012 from the Met Opera Shop, and through all your favorite digital distribution channels.

Gabrieli represents the pinnacle of the Venetian tradition of poly-choral composition for secular and sacred instrumental and choral forms, works that were intended to resonate from the separated choir lofts of the Basilica of San Marco in Venice. As brass players, Gabrieli embodies our heritage in much the way that string players have Brahms, Bach and Beethoven, singers have Verdi and Puccini and wind players have Mozart. Nothing stirs the blood of a brass player more than reveling in the rich sonorities of a Gabrieli canzona. These instrumental canzonas and sonatas, however, have been extensively recorded and performed. For this album we chose to focus on the choral motets to hopefully make a brand new, groundbreaking contribution to the Gabrieli brass tradition.


Metropolitan Opera Brass

Conductor:
John Sheppard

Trumpets:
David Krauss
Billy Ray Hunter
Raymond Riccomini
Peter Bond
James Ross
Kevin Cobb
Joseph Foley
Kenneth DeCarlo
Chris Gekker
Michael Sachs
Christopher Coletti
Brandon Ridenour

Horns:
Erik Ralske
Michelle Baker
Javier Gándara
Barbara Jöstlein

Trombones:
Demian Austin
Weston Sprott
Denson Paul Pollard
Thomas Hutchinson
Larry Witmer
Paul Bellino
David Read

Bass Trombones:
Steve Norrell
Denson Paul Pollard
Pat Herb
Jeff Caswell

Tubas:
Christopher Hall
Kyle Turner
Morris Kainuma
Andrew Bove

All music by Giavanni Gabrieli and arranged for brass by John Sheppard

Pieces heard during video :
Buccinate In Neomenia Tuba
O Quam Gloriosa
Nunc Dimittis
Omnes Gentes Plaudite Manibus

Produced by: Andrew Bove, David Krauss, Javier Gándara and John Sheppard
Engineered, Mixed, and Mastered by: Andrew Bove
Edited by Andrew Bove and Matt Brown
Assistant Engineer: Doug Bove
Production Assistants: Mario Correra, Roy Femenella, and Joseph Christianson
Photography by: Purple Critter Media

Recorded at the The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine in New York City on May 14th,
15th, 21st, and 22nd, 2012

Promotional Video produced by: Purple Critter Media
Voiceover: Toni Dolce
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