In Echo, Gawain Glenton – Music in a Cold Climate: Sounds of Hansa Europe (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

In Echo, Gawain Glenton – Music in a Cold Climate: Sounds of Hansa Europe (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:07:30 minutes | 717 MB | Genre: Clasical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Delphian Records

A new signing for Delphian, In Echo is made up of some of Europe’s finest young early-music specialists. Each a soloist in their own right, under director Gawain Glenton they have put together a fascinating snapshot of the musical landscape during the heyday of the Hanseatic League. The seafaring nations of northern Europe have always been connected: London to Tallinn via Lübeck, Hamburg, Bremen and the ports of Holland, Denmark and Sweden. The sixteenth- and seventeenth-century composer/musicians on this recording each looked beyond their own shores and toward a sense of shared European culture and understanding. Andrew Keeling’s new work Northern Soul was commissioned specially to complement this programme.

Formed in 2016, In Echo has already given recitals at Dartington International Summer School and at York Early Music Christmas Festival. In 2018 they will perform in Regensburg, as well as making several appearances in the UK. Their director, specialist cornetto player Gawain Glenton, performs with many leading international groups and directors, including Il Giardino Armonico, Concerto Italiano, I Fagiolini and The Taverner Consort.

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Gawain Glenton – The Myth of Venice: 16th-Century Music for Cornetto & Keyboards (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Gawain Glenton – The Myth of Venice: 16th-Century Music for Cornetto & Keyboards (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:01:48 minutes | 1,16 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Delphian Records

With the arrival of Adrian Willaert at St Mark’s Cathedral in 1527, Venice at last boasted a musician of international reputation to match its growing image as a ‘city rich in gold but richer in renown, mighty in works but mightier in virtue’. The establishment of Venice as the world leader in music publishing, and the coming and going of international musicians, made the Floating City anything but insular, and artistic competition was order of the day, with organists duelling to outdo each other in invention and grace; while on the streets a different culture of lively dances gave rise to more opportunities for instrumentalists to show off their improvisational skills.

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