Venice 1629
Music by: Heinrich Schutz, Claudio Monteverdi, Dario Castello, Biagio Marini, Alessandro Grandi, Benedetto Re and others
The Gonzaga Band
Faye Newton (soprano), Jamie Savan (director & cornetts), Helen Roberts (cornett), Oliver Webber (violin), Theresa Caudle (violin & cornett), & Steven Devine (organ & harpsichord))
1629 was a remarkable year for new music in Venice. Heinrich Schütz came to the city to learn of the new Italian style from Claudio Monteverdi and his contemporaries, publishing his seminal first volume of Symphoniae Sacrae during his visit.