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The Orpheus of Amsterdam - The Royal Wind Music
Masterworks of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
If there is one name in the history of music in the northern Netherlands that is etched in the collective memory, it is undoubtedly that of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck - a composer of impressive vocal and instrumental works of exceptionally high quality.
He is celebrated as the "Orpheus of Amsterdam", as he was organist of the Oude Kerk between 1577 and 1621, and the Amsterdam city council knew how to patronise the popular musician in their city and help him to prosper. Sweelinck's vocal works were widely distributed thanks to the fourishing publishing industry, but his organ works also had a great infuence on the North German organ school, right up to Johann Sebastian Bach.
If there is one name in the history of music in the northern Netherlands that is etched in the collective memory, it is undoubtedly that of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck - a composer of impressive vocal and instrumental works of exceptionally high quality.
He is celebrated as the "Orpheus of Amsterdam", as he was organist of the Oude Kerk between 1577 and 1621, and the Amsterdam city council knew how to patronise the popular musician in their city and help him to prosper. Sweelinck's vocal works were widely distributed thanks to the fourishing publishing industry, but his organ works also had a great infuence on the North German organ school, right up to Johann Sebastian Bach.
Fortune Infortune - Seldom Sene
The Amsterdam-based recorder quintet has done it again: an original concept, featuring several first recordings, and superb performances which confirm them among the top-tier of today’s early-music chamber ensembles.
The present album arises from a concert devised in 2018 for a festival in Bruges celebrating notable female figures from history. Seldom Sene chose to focus on Margaret of Austria (1480–1530), who was governor of the Habsburg Netherlands for almost 20 years. Margaret had grown up with the benefits of a first-class education afforded to very few of her female peers: she was adept in all the humanities, and her library of books was reckoned one of the most extensive and learned at the time, a fit place to welcome distinguished guests such as Albrecht Dürer.
From around 1515, one of the volumes in Margaret’s library was her newly commissioned personal songbook: a collection of 55 chansons and motets, richly decorated with high-quality miniatures and initials. Many of the song texts speak of loss, sorrow and loneliness, perhaps reflecting her status at the time as a noble widow, following the death of her second husband, Philibert II of Savoy, in 1504. Margaret herself seems to have written several of them, and may also have been involved in their musical setting.
Marian devotion is another theme of the songbook reflected in this selection made and transcribed and recorded by Seldom Sene. Sacred hymns are balanced out by secular laments, but also lighter and more cheerful numbers such as ‘Brunette m’amiette‘ and ‘La jonne dame’. Many of the composers are now lost to us and effectively anonymous, but the names that survive are worthy of Margaret’s elevated status, including Josquin and Pierre de la Rue.
‘Like Margaret,’ concludes María Martínez Ayerza in her booklet note, ‘like her courtiers and visitors, we see and hear the music and texts in this songbook and we are moved, stirred. These artworks make us change, as we relate the texts, even the titles, and the rather abstract beauty of the music to ourselves.’
Ayerza and her colleagues in Seldom Sene bring this music and Margaret’s world back to life with intense sympathy. The album is sure to receive the glowing reviews accorded to the group’s discography on Brilliant Classics. ‘Commitment, technical versatility, unanimity of ensemble and near-immaculate tuning on display.’ (Gramophone) ‘An excellent release from an ensemble I hope we’ll hear a lot more from in the future.’ (Fanfare)
This original program presents works from the personal songbook of Margaret of Austria (1480-1530), arranged for recorder ensemble.
Margaret enjoyed a first-rate education and became a fervent patron of the arts, philosophy, and theology. According to the court poet Jean Lemaire, writing in 1505, Margaret was “excellently skilled in vocal and instrumental music, in painting and in rhetoric, in the French as well as the Spanish language”. She often read “noble books”, of which she had a great number in her library, one of the largest in Europe in the early 16th century. One of the treasures of her library was her newly commissioned personal songbook: a collection of 55 chansons and motets by various famous composers of her time, richly decorated with high-quality miniatures and initials.
As a reflection of her own difficult life the themes of loss, sorrow and loneliness abound in Margaret’s songbook. In a time in which public mourning was considered suitable, even advisable for widows, Margaret included several laments in the collection.
Featured composers include Desprez, De La Rue, Appenzeller, Compère, Richafort and various anonymous composers.
Seldom Sene is a recorder quintet on a mission to redefine the art of consort, namely in performing and arranging works seldom heard, in a manner seldom seen. Their innovative programming and CD recordings have earned them the highest international praise: “A model of creative and thoughtful programming…the playing is of the highest order, immaculate intonation and perfect ensemble” (Musicweb), “With passionate command, skillful precision, nuanced dynamics, the ensemble succeeds in creating a surprising spectrum of enchanting, unheard-of sounds” (MDR.de).
The present album arises from a concert devised in 2018 for a festival in Bruges celebrating notable female figures from history. Seldom Sene chose to focus on Margaret of Austria (1480–1530), who was governor of the Habsburg Netherlands for almost 20 years. Margaret had grown up with the benefits of a first-class education afforded to very few of her female peers: she was adept in all the humanities, and her library of books was reckoned one of the most extensive and learned at the time, a fit place to welcome distinguished guests such as Albrecht Dürer.
From around 1515, one of the volumes in Margaret’s library was her newly commissioned personal songbook: a collection of 55 chansons and motets, richly decorated with high-quality miniatures and initials. Many of the song texts speak of loss, sorrow and loneliness, perhaps reflecting her status at the time as a noble widow, following the death of her second husband, Philibert II of Savoy, in 1504. Margaret herself seems to have written several of them, and may also have been involved in their musical setting.
Marian devotion is another theme of the songbook reflected in this selection made and transcribed and recorded by Seldom Sene. Sacred hymns are balanced out by secular laments, but also lighter and more cheerful numbers such as ‘Brunette m’amiette‘ and ‘La jonne dame’. Many of the composers are now lost to us and effectively anonymous, but the names that survive are worthy of Margaret’s elevated status, including Josquin and Pierre de la Rue.
‘Like Margaret,’ concludes María Martínez Ayerza in her booklet note, ‘like her courtiers and visitors, we see and hear the music and texts in this songbook and we are moved, stirred. These artworks make us change, as we relate the texts, even the titles, and the rather abstract beauty of the music to ourselves.’
Ayerza and her colleagues in Seldom Sene bring this music and Margaret’s world back to life with intense sympathy. The album is sure to receive the glowing reviews accorded to the group’s discography on Brilliant Classics. ‘Commitment, technical versatility, unanimity of ensemble and near-immaculate tuning on display.’ (Gramophone) ‘An excellent release from an ensemble I hope we’ll hear a lot more from in the future.’ (Fanfare)
This original program presents works from the personal songbook of Margaret of Austria (1480-1530), arranged for recorder ensemble.
Margaret enjoyed a first-rate education and became a fervent patron of the arts, philosophy, and theology. According to the court poet Jean Lemaire, writing in 1505, Margaret was “excellently skilled in vocal and instrumental music, in painting and in rhetoric, in the French as well as the Spanish language”. She often read “noble books”, of which she had a great number in her library, one of the largest in Europe in the early 16th century. One of the treasures of her library was her newly commissioned personal songbook: a collection of 55 chansons and motets by various famous composers of her time, richly decorated with high-quality miniatures and initials.
As a reflection of her own difficult life the themes of loss, sorrow and loneliness abound in Margaret’s songbook. In a time in which public mourning was considered suitable, even advisable for widows, Margaret included several laments in the collection.
Featured composers include Desprez, De La Rue, Appenzeller, Compère, Richafort and various anonymous composers.
Seldom Sene is a recorder quintet on a mission to redefine the art of consort, namely in performing and arranging works seldom heard, in a manner seldom seen. Their innovative programming and CD recordings have earned them the highest international praise: “A model of creative and thoughtful programming…the playing is of the highest order, immaculate intonation and perfect ensemble” (Musicweb), “With passionate command, skillful precision, nuanced dynamics, the ensemble succeeds in creating a surprising spectrum of enchanting, unheard-of sounds” (MDR.de).
The Orange Tree Courtyard - The Royal Wind Music
Renaissance music in around the Cathedral of Seville
The Cathedral of Seville is a gigantic building even by today's standards - in 1401, the city's ecclesiastical superiors decided to build a huge church in place of the former mosque, which future generations would still marvel at, and is one of the largest churches in the world.
From the former mosque, the magnificent tower "La Giralda" remains, as well as the courtyard planted with orange trees, which also gives the name to the new CD by The Royal Wind Music.
The flute consort, consisting of 11 recorders of all sizes, takes the listener on a walk around and into the cathedral and lets Renaissance works created for this place sound at each station. The walk begins in the famous orange tree courtyard, goes to the magnificent altar of the Virgin Mary, looks out over the city from the tower, visits the tombs of Guerrero and Peraza as well as Hernando Colón, until the path ends again in the courtyard.
Pan Classics PC10448, 2023
The Cathedral of Seville is a gigantic building even by today's standards - in 1401, the city's ecclesiastical superiors decided to build a huge church in place of the former mosque, which future generations would still marvel at, and is one of the largest churches in the world.
From the former mosque, the magnificent tower "La Giralda" remains, as well as the courtyard planted with orange trees, which also gives the name to the new CD by The Royal Wind Music.
The flute consort, consisting of 11 recorders of all sizes, takes the listener on a walk around and into the cathedral and lets Renaissance works created for this place sound at each station. The walk begins in the famous orange tree courtyard, goes to the magnificent altar of the Virgin Mary, looks out over the city from the tower, visits the tombs of Guerrero and Peraza as well as Hernando Colón, until the path ends again in the courtyard.
Pan Classics PC10448, 2023
Gratia Plena - The Royal Wind Music & Psallentes
The elegant melodies of Psallentes and the colourful harmonies of The Royal Wind Music, in an homage to the Annunciation (1480-1489) by Hans Memling (1430-1494). Plainchant sequences from a Bruges manuscript, and polyphony by Compère, Dufay, Mouton and Obrecht, among others.
Geachte meester
Beste Hans
We staan in bewondering voor je Annunciatie. Die hangt in New York, in het Metropolitan Museum of Art. Je schilderij verbluft ons. Enerzijds zien we een verheven voorstelling van een bekende scène uit het leven van Maria, anderzijds komen we zintuiglijk haar slaapkamer binnen. Je toont ons hoe Maria tijdens het lezen en bidden het onverwachte bezoek krijgt van een boodschapper uit de hemel. Die brengt het nieuws dat ze zwanger is, en de zoon van God zal baren. Maria houdt zich kranig, maar je laat ons haar verbijstering zien. Ze valt net niet in zwijm. Ze moet door twee engelen ondersteund worden. Je beide hoofdfiguren zien er prachtig uit, koninklijk. De aartsengel lijkt de meeste aandacht te trekken, maar onze blik gaat wel degelijk in de richting van Maria. Haar kledij is sober, maar toch ook koninklijk, op een subtiele manier. Wij vragen ons af wat Maria denkt, hoe ze zich voelt, hoe deze scène verdergaat.
We vertrekken vanuit de groet van Gabriël. Ik kom met vrede en alle goeds, je bent vol van gratie. De tous bien plaine. En ook: Salve mater salvatoris. Gegroet, moeder van de redder. Wat ons aan je schilderij het meest intrigeert, beste Hans, is de vraag wat er door Maria heen gaat bij het ontvangen van het nieuws. Zeg me wat je denkt. Dictes moy toutes vos pensées. We staan in bewondering voor deze Maria. Zij is gezegend (Benedicta es), ze ziet eruit als een bruid (Epithalamica, Virginem mire pulchritudinis), ze is de ster van de hemel en van de zee (Stella maris). Ze is ook ronduit mooi (Vergine bella), een zachtaardige vrouw (Maria zart). Aan haar en aan jou, Hans, dragen we ons zingen en ons spelen op. We kunnen niet anders dan eindigen met een langgerekt Gloria in excelsis Deo, van je tijdgenoot Obrecht.
Hendrik Vanden Abeele (artistiek leider Psallentes)
Geachte meester
Beste Hans
We staan in bewondering voor je Annunciatie. Die hangt in New York, in het Metropolitan Museum of Art. Je schilderij verbluft ons. Enerzijds zien we een verheven voorstelling van een bekende scène uit het leven van Maria, anderzijds komen we zintuiglijk haar slaapkamer binnen. Je toont ons hoe Maria tijdens het lezen en bidden het onverwachte bezoek krijgt van een boodschapper uit de hemel. Die brengt het nieuws dat ze zwanger is, en de zoon van God zal baren. Maria houdt zich kranig, maar je laat ons haar verbijstering zien. Ze valt net niet in zwijm. Ze moet door twee engelen ondersteund worden. Je beide hoofdfiguren zien er prachtig uit, koninklijk. De aartsengel lijkt de meeste aandacht te trekken, maar onze blik gaat wel degelijk in de richting van Maria. Haar kledij is sober, maar toch ook koninklijk, op een subtiele manier. Wij vragen ons af wat Maria denkt, hoe ze zich voelt, hoe deze scène verdergaat.
We vertrekken vanuit de groet van Gabriël. Ik kom met vrede en alle goeds, je bent vol van gratie. De tous bien plaine. En ook: Salve mater salvatoris. Gegroet, moeder van de redder. Wat ons aan je schilderij het meest intrigeert, beste Hans, is de vraag wat er door Maria heen gaat bij het ontvangen van het nieuws. Zeg me wat je denkt. Dictes moy toutes vos pensées. We staan in bewondering voor deze Maria. Zij is gezegend (Benedicta es), ze ziet eruit als een bruid (Epithalamica, Virginem mire pulchritudinis), ze is de ster van de hemel en van de zee (Stella maris). Ze is ook ronduit mooi (Vergine bella), een zachtaardige vrouw (Maria zart). Aan haar en aan jou, Hans, dragen we ons zingen en ons spelen op. We kunnen niet anders dan eindigen met een langgerekt Gloria in excelsis Deo, van je tijdgenoot Obrecht.
Hendrik Vanden Abeele (artistiek leider Psallentes)
Concerto Barocco - Seldom Sene & Matthias Havinga
Seldom Sene recorder quintet
Matthias Havinga harpsichord & organ
Masterpieces of the Baroque concerto as you’ve never heard them before: the sixth Brilliant Classics album from a much-acclaimed, ground-breaking young recorder quintet.
Music by Bach, Vivaldi, Händel amongst others - Brilliant Classics
Matthias Havinga harpsichord & organ
Masterpieces of the Baroque concerto as you’ve never heard them before: the sixth Brilliant Classics album from a much-acclaimed, ground-breaking young recorder quintet.
Music by Bach, Vivaldi, Händel amongst others - Brilliant Classics
Not a Single Road - Seldom Sene
Music by Nasoupoulou, Sieg, Deligiannis, Leenhouts.
New pieces for recorder consort, written for and dedicated to the talents of a young Dutch ensemble with a growing catalogue of critically acclaimed recordings.
New pieces for recorder consort, written for and dedicated to the talents of a young Dutch ensemble with a growing catalogue of critically acclaimed recordings.
Delight in Musicke - Seldom Sene
Seldom Sene & Klaartje van Veldhoven (soprano)
English Songs and Instrumental Music of the 16th and 17th Century.
Works by Dowland, Byrd and others
English Songs and Instrumental Music of the 16th and 17th Century.
Works by Dowland, Byrd and others
J.S. Bach Goldberg Variations - Seldom Sene
Bach’s set of 30 variations on an original theme were first published in 1742 and composed (so the legend has it) for Johann Gottlieb Goldberg (1727–56), harpsichordist to the Russian ambassador to the court of Saxony Count Keyserlingk. Since that time they have attracted countless arrangements for and by musicians, sometimes in order to lend further colour or tease out the complex counterpoint of the variations, but more often for the privilege and the pleasure of playing this music for themselves, on instruments and in combinations that the composer could never have envisaged: string trio; saxophone quartet, even full chamber orchestra.
The fine young recorder quintet Seldom Sene now makes its own contribution to this rich history of Goldberg interpretation with a version created by one of their number, Maria Martinez Ayerza.
Winner of "Bach CD of the year 2017"- contest by Concertzender Nederland!
The fine young recorder quintet Seldom Sene now makes its own contribution to this rich history of Goldberg interpretation with a version created by one of their number, Maria Martinez Ayerza.
Winner of "Bach CD of the year 2017"- contest by Concertzender Nederland!
Cosmpgraphy of Polyphony - The Royal Wind Music
Cosmography is the branch of science which deals with the general features of the universe. By extension, the term can also refer to a description or a visual representation of the cosmos, the earth or any other area. For instance, the Cosmographia (1544) of the German scholar Sebastian Münster (1488-1552) is an ambitious work discussing the geography, landscapes, nature, cities, culture, politics, history and religion of all nations through texts, maps and illustrations.
Our own Cosmography of Polyphony sketches the musical universe of The Royal Wind Music, including Renaissance music from England, Spain, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Flanders and a couple of excursions into the Baroque. The repertoire spans three main areas: vocal polyphony, ensemble music and arrangements of keyboard compositions, mainly for organ.
Pan Classics PC 10377 • 2017
Music by Juan del Encina, Alonso Lobo, Carlo Gesualdo, Nicolas Gombert, Adrian Willaert, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Johann Sebastian Bach and others
Our own Cosmography of Polyphony sketches the musical universe of The Royal Wind Music, including Renaissance music from England, Spain, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Flanders and a couple of excursions into the Baroque. The repertoire spans three main areas: vocal polyphony, ensemble music and arrangements of keyboard compositions, mainly for organ.
Pan Classics PC 10377 • 2017
Music by Juan del Encina, Alonso Lobo, Carlo Gesualdo, Nicolas Gombert, Adrian Willaert, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Johann Sebastian Bach and others
El Aire se Serena - Seldom Sene
Music from the Courts and Cathedrals of 16th-Century Spain.
Taking inspiration from Fray Luis de León, the 16th-century lyric poet and monk, Seldom Sene have selected an enthralling collection of music for their second album. ‘El aire se serena’ – a line from one of Léon’s poems – translates as ‘The air becomes serene’, setting the tone for the beautifully atmospheric music of the album. The Quintet have selected a vast array of secular and sacred works, from the well-known composers De Cabezón and his son Hernando, to the more neglected but at the time equally prolific composers, such as Francisco de Peñalosa and the dance master Fabritio Caroso. Much of the release is dedicated to sacred music, with works such as Josquin’s five-voice motet Inviolata, integra et casta est Maria and Lamentabatur Iacob, written by Josquin’s successor De Morales, who styled himself on the Spanish composer.
Taking inspiration from Fray Luis de León, the 16th-century lyric poet and monk, Seldom Sene have selected an enthralling collection of music for their second album. ‘El aire se serena’ – a line from one of Léon’s poems – translates as ‘The air becomes serene’, setting the tone for the beautifully atmospheric music of the album. The Quintet have selected a vast array of secular and sacred works, from the well-known composers De Cabezón and his son Hernando, to the more neglected but at the time equally prolific composers, such as Francisco de Peñalosa and the dance master Fabritio Caroso. Much of the release is dedicated to sacred music, with works such as Josquin’s five-voice motet Inviolata, integra et casta est Maria and Lamentabatur Iacob, written by Josquin’s successor De Morales, who styled himself on the Spanish composer.
Taracea - Seldom Sene
A musical mosaic spanning five centuries
Taracea (Spanish) is defined as ‘an inlaid decorative work made from small pieces of different coloured woods and other fine materials, arranged to form intricate geometric shapes’ (liner notes). This is exactly what is represented in this colourful and eclectic mix of music, most of which has been specially arranged for recorders by the artists on the recording. The works span the ancient and modern eras – from Christopher Tye and Antonio de Cabezón to Frans Geysen and Aspasia Nasopoulou – and many have been adapted from Renaissance and Baroque sacred vocal compositions; one of the challenges pertaining to this music is evoking the original sung idiom through instrumental language.
"The range of styles in this enterprising recital is only the most striking of several distinctive features. The programme is carefully chosen, the passage between styles cleverly judged on the whole, the contemporary works included here being especially well integrated"
Fabrice Fitch • Grammophone
Music by Bach, Holborne, Caldini and others
Taracea (Spanish) is defined as ‘an inlaid decorative work made from small pieces of different coloured woods and other fine materials, arranged to form intricate geometric shapes’ (liner notes). This is exactly what is represented in this colourful and eclectic mix of music, most of which has been specially arranged for recorders by the artists on the recording. The works span the ancient and modern eras – from Christopher Tye and Antonio de Cabezón to Frans Geysen and Aspasia Nasopoulou – and many have been adapted from Renaissance and Baroque sacred vocal compositions; one of the challenges pertaining to this music is evoking the original sung idiom through instrumental language.
"The range of styles in this enterprising recital is only the most striking of several distinctive features. The programme is carefully chosen, the passage between styles cleverly judged on the whole, the contemporary works included here being especially well integrated"
Fabrice Fitch • Grammophone
Music by Bach, Holborne, Caldini and others
Sweete Musicke of Sundrie Kindes - The Royal Wind Music directed by Paul Leenhouts
English consort music from the 16th and 17th century.
"Like that, and only like that, it must have sounded at the court of Henry VIII, but also at the Palazzo Ducale. A dream of a musical world!
Robert Strobl • Toccata | Alte Musik aktuell
Music by William Byrd, John Coprario, John Dowland, James Harding, Anthony Holborne, Thomas Tallis and others
"Like that, and only like that, it must have sounded at the court of Henry VIII, but also at the Palazzo Ducale. A dream of a musical world!
Robert Strobl • Toccata | Alte Musik aktuell
Music by William Byrd, John Coprario, John Dowland, James Harding, Anthony Holborne, Thomas Tallis and others
En er Mundo - The Royal Wind Music directed by Paul Leenhouts
Classical and popular encores from all over the world.
Music from Bartók until Blue grass, from Tulpen uit Amsterdam until Piazolla.
"A delightful mixture of musical gems, recorded with lots of spirit by real masters!"
Radio Stephansdom, Vienna
Music from Bartók until Blue grass, from Tulpen uit Amsterdam until Piazolla.
"A delightful mixture of musical gems, recorded with lots of spirit by real masters!"
Radio Stephansdom, Vienna
Angeli, Zingare & Pastori - The Royal Wind Music directed by Paul Leenhouts
Symbols & allegories in Italian Renaissance music. Masterworks from the musical centers of Venice, Naples and Rome.
Rewarded with the seal "Luister 10" by the prestigious Dutch magazine Luister!
Music by Tarquinio Merula, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Andrea Gabrieli, Ascanio Trombetti, Salomone Rossi, Giovanni Maria Trabaci, Jacopo Corfini and others
Rewarded with the seal "Luister 10" by the prestigious Dutch magazine Luister!
Music by Tarquinio Merula, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Andrea Gabrieli, Ascanio Trombetti, Salomone Rossi, Giovanni Maria Trabaci, Jacopo Corfini and others
Del Canto Figurado - The Royal Wind Music directed by Paul Leenhouts
Vocal & instrumental music of the Spanish Renaissance
Music by Antonio, Hernando en Juan de Cabezón, Josquin Desprez, Francisco Guerrero, Cristóbal de Morales, Enríquez de Valderrábano and others.
With Capella Sancta Maria directed by Enrique López-Cortón • Alfred Fernández (vihuela)
Music by Antonio, Hernando en Juan de Cabezón, Josquin Desprez, Francisco Guerrero, Cristóbal de Morales, Enríquez de Valderrábano and others.
With Capella Sancta Maria directed by Enrique López-Cortón • Alfred Fernández (vihuela)
A Noble Noyse of Musicke - The Royal Wind Music directed by Paul Leenhouts
Vocal & instrumental master works of the English Renaissance
Muziek van o.a. William Byrd, Giovanni Coprario, Anthony Holborne en Thomas Tallis
With Christopher Field (countertenor), Israel Golani (lute), Matthias Havinga (organ) and Johan Hofmann (virginal).
Muziek van o.a. William Byrd, Giovanni Coprario, Anthony Holborne en Thomas Tallis
With Christopher Field (countertenor), Israel Golani (lute), Matthias Havinga (organ) and Johan Hofmann (virginal).
The Flute Heaven of the Gods - The Royal Wind Music directed by Paul Leenhouts
Polyphonic settings of popular tunes present in the repertoire of Dutch 17th century recorder collections
Music by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Clemens non Papa, John Dowland, Johann Pachelbel, Johann Sebastian Bach and others.
The Royal Wind Music sounds solid, pure and rustling: If there is a flute-heaven, this is how it sounds.."
Anthony Fiumara • Trouw
Music by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Clemens non Papa, John Dowland, Johann Pachelbel, Johann Sebastian Bach and others.
The Royal Wind Music sounds solid, pure and rustling: If there is a flute-heaven, this is how it sounds.."
Anthony Fiumara • Trouw
Alla Dolce Ombra - The Royal Wind Music directed by Paul Leenhouts
Poetic music by Italian and Austro-German masters.
During the first half of the sixteenth century recorder consorts became established at several European courts. The practice of creating complete sets or families of instruments resulted in a rich variety of ensemble works being written by celebrated composers of the Renaissance. Until the 1500's the recorder was mainly used to double the human voice. This explains the great variety of recorders that match the different voice types. From the second half of the sixteenth century instruments became gradually independent from vocal music, and instrumental ensembles were being formed. On this CD, a consort of plucked instruments completes the ensemble for the interpretation of dances, fantasias, madrigals and sonatas. Guest musicians are Israel Golani (lute), Johanna Seitz & Gunnhildur Einarsdóttir (harps), and Elisabeth Seitz (salterio).
Lindoro MPC-0712, 2002
Music by Johann Hermann Schein, Samuel Scheidt, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Cipriano De Rore, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and others.
During the first half of the sixteenth century recorder consorts became established at several European courts. The practice of creating complete sets or families of instruments resulted in a rich variety of ensemble works being written by celebrated composers of the Renaissance. Until the 1500's the recorder was mainly used to double the human voice. This explains the great variety of recorders that match the different voice types. From the second half of the sixteenth century instruments became gradually independent from vocal music, and instrumental ensembles were being formed. On this CD, a consort of plucked instruments completes the ensemble for the interpretation of dances, fantasias, madrigals and sonatas. Guest musicians are Israel Golani (lute), Johanna Seitz & Gunnhildur Einarsdóttir (harps), and Elisabeth Seitz (salterio).
Lindoro MPC-0712, 2002
Music by Johann Hermann Schein, Samuel Scheidt, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Cipriano De Rore, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and others.
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