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ID: STR33587 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Collection: Renaissance Subcollection: Chamber Ensemble Late Renaissance and early Baroque
Little is known about one of the most productive of Italian musicians, Adriano Banchieri. Relegated to a marginal sector of Renaissance history, still defined by madrigals, Banchieri lived in the most extraordinary innovative period of Italian 'harmonic' music: we find clear signs of a new 17th-Century sensibility in adaptation, or rather in making the word serve representational needs, in the use of the basso concertante and in the extensive use of continuo. The two works presented on this CD represent the chronological heart of Banchieri’s most typical production and may be appreciated in modern recordings for the first time: this is an ambitious project to shed light on Italian 'minor' musical history of the end of the 16th century. |
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ID: SIGCD047 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Collection: Choral Collection Signum Records presents a world first - a CD single, from a new edition of the magnificent 40-part Thomas Tallis motet Spem in Alium and the English version Sing and Glorify.
Spem in alium is surely not just the greatest of all Thomas Tallis’ musical achievements, but one of the great musical compositions of all time. Writing for 40 independent voices, Thomas Tallis created a noble and imaginative masterpiece.
The earliest surviving manuscript of this great work, the Egerton manuscript, is laid out with an English rendition, Sing and glorify heaven’s high majesty. The English words are not a translation of the Latin, but a new poem written as a syllable-for-syllable replacement.
The new editions of both these works were launched by Chapelle du Roi at a concert at St.John's Smiths Square in 2001 before being recorded for Signum Records. Until then Sing and Glorify had not been performed in this country for more than twenty years, since the evening before the wedding of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer.
The exciting young vocal ensemble Chapelle du Roi, whose recordings of the complete works of Thomas Tallis for Signum Records have gained widespread acclaim, here present a recording based on an entirely new edition researched from original sources by Chapelle du Roi’s director, Alistair Dixon. |
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ID: STR33877 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Collection: Renaissance |
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ID: SIGCD023 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Collection: Sacred Music This is the third disc recorded by The Clerks' Group for their Signum Records trilogy. The series explores repertoire in the medieval period and culminates with a selection of works by Guillaume Dufay, found in one of the great anthologies of 15th century music: the manuscript Bologna, Civico Museo Bibliografico Musicale, MS Q15 (or "Q15" as it is known by its friends).
The Q15 manuscript contains examples of almost every conceivable musical genre of the period by a vast array of composers. The Clerks' Group has chosen to perform works by a single composer, but still the variety of forms and styles on offer is bewildering. Guillaume Dufay was a composer who witnessed and contributed to most of the revolutionary changes to occur in music composition in the 15th century. The album includes some of the earlier works so often neglected from Dufay's repertoire, and goes on to explore compositions that demonstrate this revolutionary genius. Some compositional techniques celebrated by The Clerks' Group's performance include the playful exchange of Dufay's song-like melodies between the vocal lines; and the use of mensural canon, where the same melody is sung by all voices but at slightly different speeds. These are just a few examples of the radical nature of Dufay's music as demonstrated on this recording.
The Clerks' Group brings immense diversity to the music and its performance. Their refreshing approach displays sincere empathy and passion for this astonishing repertory. |
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ID: RKAP10106 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Collection: Renaissance Subcollection: Voices Works by Thomas Morley, Orlande de Lassus, John Dowland, Cipriano de Rore, Ludwig Senfl, Scottish Anonymous, Thomas Weelkes, Adrian Willaert, Heinrich Isaac, Pierre Passereau, Hans [1] Leo Hassler, John [Composer] Bennet, King of England Henry VIII, Adriano Banchieri, Antonio Scandello, Juan del Encina, Josquin Desprez, Canciero de Montecassino Anonymous, Jacques Arcadelt, Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi
Track Listing
1. Now is the month of maying, madrigal for 5 voices
2. Bon jour et puis quelles nouvelles, chanson for 5 voices, B. xi/60 (S. xvi/53)
3. Bon jour mon Coeur (Ronsard) (Christ est mon Dieu), chanson for 4 voices, B. xi/68 (S. xii/100)
4. Come away come sweet love, for 4 voices & lute (First Book of Songs)
5. Anchor che col partire, madrigal
6. Ach Elslein, liebes Elselein
7. Remember me my deir (Robert Edwards' Commonplace Book)
8. Since Robin Hood, madrigal for 3 voices
9. Strike it up tabor, madrigal for 3 voices
10. Vecchie letrose non valete niente, canzona for 4 voices
11. Innsbruck, ich muß dich lassen (ii), song for 4 voices
12. I love, alas, I love thee, madrigal for 5 voices
13. Il est bel et bon, commere, mon mary (Chansons musicales, Paris 1534)
14. Come again, sweet love doth now invite, for 4 voices & lute (First Book of Songs)
15. Mein G'müt ist mir verwirret
16. Weep, O mine Eyes (from Madrigals to four voyces)
17. Pastyme with Good Companye for 3 voices
18. Contrapunto Bestiale
19. Ein Hennlein weiss, song
20. Cucú, cucú, cucúcu, cancionero (from Cancionero de Palacio)
21. Fata la parte
22. El grillo, song for 4 parts
23. Dindirindin, canzon alla villota, CM 127
24. Il bianco e dolce cigno, madrigal for 4 voices, S. 2/18
25. La bellezza, madrigal for 5 voices
26. Triste depart
27. Mille regretz, song for 4 parts
28. Pavane, "Belle qui tiens ma vie"
29. La tricotea, madrigal
30. Gentil senora mia
31. Chi la gagliarda (All Ye Who Music Love), madrigal
32. Quand je bois du vin clairet, madrigal
33. Das Gläut zu Speyer (The Merry Bells of Speyer), for winds |
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ID: RK2305 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Collection: Renaissance Subcollection: Voices and Chamber Ensemble At the beginning of the 16th century Nuremberg (“The spider in the web”) was a northern European centre in which many threads of international music life came together. Early on Nuremberg had established itself as a centre of book printing. The first printing-offices that occupied themselves seriously with the printing of music, however, were those of Hieronymus Formschneider and Johannes Petreius. Most of the pieces on this recording are taken from these collections of three-part music. They contain international repertoire, including old masterworks such as Caecox and Tandernaken by Alexander Agricola, but also arrangements of German folk songs and ballads, as well as French compositions and more recent Italian forms. |
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ID: RK9606 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Collection: Renaissance Erst nach dem Tod des prunksüchtigen Herzogs Albert V. von Bayern im Jahre 1584 konnten die bereits 1559 in seinem Auftrag entstandenen Bußpsalmen-Motetten, die er zeitlebens jeder Öffentlichkeit entzog, gedruckt werden. Lasso wählte als übergreifende Idee die Ordnung nach den 8 Kirchentonarten; dafür fügte er den sieben Bußpsalmen einen weiteren Text hinzu, den 148. Psalm. Für diese CD wurden der 1., 3., 6. und 7. Bußpsalm ausgewählt. Die elf Sänger interpretieren diese überaus subtile Musik mit feiner Sensibilität, die melodischen Linien schweben gleichsam im Raum der romanischen Basilika des Klosters Lehnin. Als besonders reizvoll erweist sich die gemischt solistisch-chorische Besetzung des Ensembles. So entsteht ein Gesamtklang, in dem Individualität und Fülle verschmelzen und das Hören dieser CD zu einem meditativen Erlebnis wird. |
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ID: RK3006 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Collection: Baroque Tom Daun has been working with early harp music for a long time and has also performed his own compositions. Here he performs on an “arpa doppia” and a much smaller gothic harp. The collection includes works by Dowland, Weiss, Reusner, Bach and Neusidler. |
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ID: RK2410 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Collection: Renaissance Subcollection: Ensemble This collection includes sung settings of works by traditional improvisatory Renaissance poets from Tuscany and Corsica, as well as instrumental pieces of the period. Lucidarium specialises in medieval and Renaissance music and have earned popular and critical acclaim.
Lucidarium is an ensemble specializing in medieval and Renaissance music. Each program is the fruit of a long period of research and preparation in various fields, resulting in a different sonority for each program: a vivacious combination of voices and instruments with the freedom in execution which comes from a solid knowledge of musical style and historical background. Although the research for the various projects is the responsibility of its two directors, the final product is developed collectively, the result of rehearsals where each musician is fully involved in the creative process. From its founding, this combination of meticulous preparation, joyful improvisation and energetic music-making has brought both popular and critical acclaim to the ensemble. |
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ID: RK2208 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Collection: Vocal Collection TRISTE PLAISIRGuillaume Dufay und die Burgundische MusikGuillaume Dufay and Burgundian MusicGuillaume Dufay et la musique à la cour de BourgogneLena Susanne Norin - Alt / altoRandall Cook - Viola d’arco, Fidel / fiddle / vielleSusanne Ansorg - Fidel, Rebec
Anonymus
La plus grant chiere
Paumgartner (Buxheimer Orgelbuch)
Gilles Binchois (c.1400-1460)
Triste plaisir
Mort en merchy
Lune tres belle
Adieu, adieu, mon joieulx souvenir
G. Dufay
Belle, veullies moy retenir
Pour l’amour de ma doulce amye
Qui latuit in virgine
Je me complains piteusement
Quel fronte signorille in paradiso
Resvelons nous, amoureux
He, compaignons
Je languis en piteux martire
J'ai grant doulour
Vergene bella
Seignor Leon
Nicolaus Grenon (c.1377-1456)
La plus belle et doulce figure
Jacobus Vide (fl.1405-1433)
Et c'est assez
Unter den Herzögen von Valois wurde Burgund im 15. Jahrhundert zu einer der mächtigsten politischen Kräfte Westeuropas und seine Hauptstadt Dijon ein Zentrum der Musik. Was hier erklang, war so innovativ und eigenständig, dass man heute von einer »Burgundischen Schule« spricht. Gleichwohl kamen die Musiker der Burgundischen Hofkapelle aus allen Himmelsrichtungen - unter ihnen Guillaume Du Fay, einer der größten Meister nicht nur seiner Zeit, sondern der Musik generell. Geehrt für seine Melodien von kunstvoller Anmut, begabt mit einem einzigartigen Instinkt für die harmonische Balance der musikalischen Phrasen, galt er als jemand, der die Sphären der Vollkommenheit der musikalischen Kunst seiner Zeit erreichte.
Die drei "Triste Plaisir"-Musiker haben sich eigens zusammengefunden für dieses Repertoire voll von Raffinesse, großzügiger Gesanglichkeit und jener süßen Melancholie, welche den Meisterwerken der spätmittelalterlichen Liedkunst eigentümlich ist. Entgegen der gängigen Praxis versuchen sie mit minimalster Besetzung - nur Stimme und zwei Streichinstrumente - der Intimität dieser Kleinodien gerecht zu werden. |
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