Gabrieli, G: Canzon septimi e octavi toni, a 12

Echo - Glory of Gabrieli displays the Brass’s more serious side with an album exploring the Baroque innovations pioneered by Gabrieli at Venice’s Basilica San Marco. Because of the Basilica’s unique design, which included two choir lofts separated by a cavernous interior, it was difficult for choirs to sing in unison. Gabrieli used this to his advantage in his music for brass, creating works where one brass choir echoes or responds to the other – a technique that proved immensely popular in his time and is recreated in our own by Canadian Brass.