La Guilde Des Mercenaires Mabire - Gloria a VeneziaAround 1600, when opera was invented in Italy, Venice was resplendent with the works of Giovanni Gabrieli in the Basilica of San Marco. A daring amalgamation of Flemish and Italian styles, this is a corpus of virtuoso pieces in which voices compete with cornets and trombones for polyphony of rare beauty. In an Italy ravaged by wars, where the Condottieri were the modern Heroes, the souls of these captains rise again thanks to the music of the

this is the first recording of the pieces in their solo format - and the same applies to the Colombi and anonymous pieces

and Inside Out (1986)

Adventura Music

written between 1895 and 1930

soprano Janinah Burnett and bass-baritone Dashon Burton

This piece is also based on a highly unusual text: an article from a church music lexicon

The group is joined for these recordings by some of the most talented Latin and jazz musicians on the scene today

the guitar

The programme is jam-packed with detail and character in it's compact space

Tania Leon uses a string bass pattern from her native Cuba without being confined to a specifically Latin style in it's development

Arriving to snowglobe conditions and sub-zero temperatures

relentless guitar attack that was his 2019 self-titled debut on Swimming Faith Records