Title: Admittedly, not period instruments...
Review: but it's hardly cubic zirconium; perhaps manmade diamonds are a better comparison. With what I assume is a hearty use of multitracking, the Empire Brass give us a glorious rendition of music of Gabrieli and some of his contemporaries. I think it's lovely, absolutely captivating and completely respectful of the original, if not an attempt to reproduce the original. But so what, every time Bach is played on a modern piano it's not authentic--for that matter, neither is playing Mozart on a modern piano authentic, but somehow we manage to suffer through it all and enjoy it nonetheless. Personally, I think Gabrieli would be delighted with this rendition. And it's not just Gabrieli on the disc--my personal favorite is Lauda Jerusalem by Gabriel Diaz Besson; a piece I've not heard in any other recording. Certainly any brass player will want this disc.
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