Blackdowns Early Music Projects – The Myth of Venice – C16 music for Cornetto and Keyboards

Gawain Glenton, cornetto and Silas Wollston, organo di legno
The appointment of the Flemish composer Adrian Willaert at Venice’s Basilica San Marco in 1527 heralded the emergence of Venice as a cultural super-power. This recital explores the work of original composers who built the ‘myth of Venice’ in sound.
Reviews of the CD of the same name are dazzling: ‘Glenton’s own diminutions are gently and lightly patted into the larger musical line. Together with Wollston’s calm, the whole thing sways like a dance made of chiffon.’
Gramophone