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Contents:
CD 1
Venetian Vespers
Venetian Vespers (Beginning)
1. Sacristy bell
After GIOVANNI GABRIELI 
2. Organ: Intonazione
3. Versicle & Response: Deus in adiutorium/Domine ad adiuvandum
4. Antiphon: Angelus
GIOVANNI ANTONIO RIGATTI 
5. Psalm: Dixit Dominus (2 choirs)
ALESSANDRO GRANDI 
6. Motet: O intemerata
7. Antiphon: Beata es Maria
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
8. Psalm: Laudate pueri
ADRIANO BANCHIERI
9. Organ: Suonata prima
10. Antiphon: Beatam me dicent
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
11. Psalm: Laetatus sum
GIACOMO FINETTI
12. Motet: O Maria, quae rapis corda hominum
13. Antiphon: Haec est quae nescavit
GIOVANNI ANTONIO RIGATTI
14. Psalm: Nisi Dominus
ADRIANO BANCHIERI 
15. Organ: Dialogo secondo
16. Antiphon: Ante thronum
FRANCESCO CAVALLI
17. Psalm: Lauda Jerusalem
ALESSANDRO GRANDI 
18. Motet: O quam tu pulchra es

CD 2
Venetian Vespers (Conclusion)
1. Organ: Praeambulum (Anon.)
2. Chapter: Ecce virgo
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
3. Hymn: Deus qui mundum crimine iacentem
4. Versicle & Response: Ave Maria/ Dominus tecum
5. Antiphon: Spiritus Sanctus
GIOVANNI ANTONIO RIGATTI
6. Magnificat
BIAGIO MARINI
7. Sonata con tre violini in eco
8. Collect: Dominus vobiscum… Deus, qui de beatae Mariae
9. Dismissal: Dominus vobiscum…Benedicamus Domino
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
10. Motet: Laudate Dominum
After GIOVANNI BATTISTA FASOLO
11. Organ: Intonazione (excerpt)
GIOVANNI ANTONIO RIGATTI
12. Motet: Salve Regina

CD 3
Venetian Easter Mass (Beginning)
CLAUDIO MERULO
1. Tocca prima del quinto tono (excerpt)
ANDREA GABRIELI 
2. Maria stabat ad monumentum, a 6
3. The knocking on the door:Quem quaeritis (chant)
4. Tocada…con Vitoria (6 trumpets)
5. Surrexit Christus (chant)
GIOVANNI GABRIELI
6. Surrexit Christus, a 11
7. INTROITUS (chant): Resurrexi et adhuc tecum sum, alleluia
ANDREA GABRIELI
8. Intonazione del quinto tono
KYRIE: ORLANDE DE LASSUS
9. Missa ‘Congratulamini mihi’: Kyrie, a 6
GLORIA: ORLANDE DE LASSUS
10. Missa ‘Congratulamini mihi’: Gloria, a 6
11. ORATIO: Dominus vobiscum (Chant)
EPISTOLA (Chant)
12. Lectio Epistolae beati Pauli Apostoli ad Corinthos Fratres: Expurgate vetus fermentum
GRADUALE: GIOVANNI GABRIELI
13. Canzon VIII, a 8
14. SEQUENTIA:Victimae paschali laudes (Chant)
15. EVANGELIUM:Sancti Evangelisti secundum Marcum (Chant)
OFFERTORIUM: GIOVANNI GABRIELI
16. Hic est filius Dei, a 18
17. PREFATIO: Per omnia saecula saeculorum… Dignum est justum est (Chant)
SANCTUS: ORLANDE DE LASSUS
18. Missa ‘Congratulamini mihi’: Sanctus, a 6
ELEVATIO: GIOVANNI GABRIELI
19. Sonata octavi toni, a 12
20. PATER NOSTER (Chant)

CD 4
Venetian Easter Mass (Conclusion)
AGNUS DEI: ORLANDE DE LASSUS
1. Missa ‘Congratulamini mihi’: Agnus Dei, a 6

COMMUNIO
GIOVANNI GABRIELI
2. Canzon XVII, a 12
3. POSTCOMMUNIO: Dominus vobiscum…(Chant)
4. ITE, MISSA EST (Chant)
5. BENEDICTIO: Humilitate vos ad benedictionem (Chant)
6. INDULGENTIA: Illustrissimus et Reverendissimus in Christo pater (Chant)

ANTIPHONA MARIAE
GIOVANNI GABRIELI
7. Regina coeli, a 12
8. ORATIO: Gaude et laetare Virgo Maria, alleluia (Chant)

CONGEDO
CLAUDIO MERULO
9. Toccata settima del ottavo tono (excerpt)
GIOVANNI GABRIELI
10. Sonata con voce: Dulcis Jesu, a 20

CD 5
Music for San Rocco (1608)
GIOVANNI GABRIELI
1. Toccata, a 4
2. In ecclesiis, a 14
3. Sonata No.19, a 15
4. Suscipe, clementissime Deus, a 12
5. Canzona No.14, a 10
6. Buccinate in neomenia tuba, a 19
7. Intonazione del nono tono
8. Domine Deus meus, a 6
9. Audi, dulcis amica mea (Bartolomeo Barbarino)
10. Sonata No.21 con tre violini
11. Ardens est cor meum (Bartolomeo Barbarino)
12. Timor et tremor, a 6
13. Intonazione duodecimo tono
14. Jubilate Deo, a 10
15. Sonata No.18, a 14
16. Misericordia tuo, Domine, a 12
17. Sonata No.20, a 22
18. Magnificat, a 33