From the Royal Albert Hall , London. Some of the most lavish ceremonial music of all time is featured in this re-creation of the festivities of Ascension Day, 1600, when the annual symbolic marriage of Venice to the Adriatic Sea was celebrated.
Choir of the King's Consort, the King's Consort, conductor Robert King
Venetian music by Andrea and Giovanni Gabriel !, Monteverdi, Gussago, Viadana, Guami and Massaino.