When Angels Make Music
And God gave us instruments
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Composer or Director: Anonymous, Giovanni Battista Pinello di Ghirardi, Antonio Scandello, Hans (Johann) Leo Hassler, Melchior Franck, Orlande de Lassus, Leonhard Lechner
Genre:
Vocal
Label: Raumklang
Magazine Review Date: 10/2006
Media Format: Super Audio CD
Media Runtime: 139
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: RK2404/5
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Intrada |
Anonymous, Composer
Anonymous, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| Missa sex vocum super epitaphium Mauritii, Movement: 1. Kyrie |
Antonio Scandello, Composer
Antonio Scandello, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| Missa sex vocum super epitaphium Mauritii, Movement: 2. Gloria |
Antonio Scandello, Composer
Antonio Scandello, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| Domine quid multiplicati sunt |
Giovanni Battista Pinello di Ghirardi, Composer
Giovanni Battista Pinello di Ghirardi, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| Missa sex vocum super epitaphium Mauritii, Movement: 3. Credo |
Antonio Scandello, Composer
Antonio Scandello, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| Veni in hortum meum |
Giovanni Battista Pinello di Ghirardi, Composer
Giovanni Battista Pinello di Ghirardi, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| Missa sex vocum super epitaphium Mauritii, Movement: 4. Sanctus |
Antonio Scandello, Composer
Antonio Scandello, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| Pater peccavi in coelum |
Giovanni Battista Pinello di Ghirardi, Composer
Giovanni Battista Pinello di Ghirardi, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| Missa sex vocum super epitaphium Mauritii, Movement: 5. Agnus Dei |
Antonio Scandello, Composer
Antonio Scandello, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| Aurora lucis rutilat |
Orlande de Lassus, Composer
Musica Freybergensis Orlande de Lassus, Composer Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| Duo Seraphim clamabant |
Hans (Johann) Leo Hassler, Composer
Hans (Johann) Leo Hassler, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| Miserere |
Hans (Johann) Leo Hassler, Composer
Hans (Johann) Leo Hassler, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| Cantate Domino |
Leonhard Lechner, Composer
Leonhard Lechner, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| Hertzog Moritz Dantz |
Anonymous, Composer
Anonymous, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| Galliard la gamba |
Anonymous, Composer
Anonymous, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| (Das) Bergwerck wolln wir preisen |
Melchior Franck, Composer
Melchior Franck, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| Tabulatur für vierchörige Cister, Movement: Praecambulum |
Anonymous, Composer
Anonymous, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| Tabulatur für vierchörige Cister, Movement: No 31. Tantz/Nachtantz |
Anonymous, Composer
Anonymous, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| Tabulatur für Laute, Movement: Praeludium I |
Anonymous, Composer
Anonymous, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| Tabulatur für Laute, Movement: Courante I |
Anonymous, Composer
Anonymous, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| Tabulatur für Laute, Movement: Balletto |
Anonymous, Composer
Anonymous, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| (Ein) Megdlein sagt mir freundtlich zu |
Antonio Scandello, Composer
Antonio Scandello, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| (Ein) henlein weis |
Antonio Scandello, Composer
Antonio Scandello, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| (Der) wein der schmeckt mir also wol |
Antonio Scandello, Composer
Antonio Scandello, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| Im Mayen hört man die Hanen krayen |
Orlande de Lassus, Composer
Musica Freybergensis Orlande de Lassus, Composer Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| Kein lieb ohn leid |
Antonio Scandello, Composer
Antonio Scandello, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| Tabulatur für Laute, Movement: Praeludium II |
Anonymous, Composer
Anonymous, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| Tabulatur für Laute, Movement: Courante II |
Anonymous, Composer
Anonymous, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| Tabulatur für Laute, Movement: Gagliarde |
Anonymous, Composer
Anonymous, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| S'io canto et tu mi spacci |
Antonio Scandello, Composer
Antonio Scandello, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| O dolce vita mia |
Antonio Scandello, Composer
Antonio Scandello, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| Mai piu mi fid'a femine trafane |
Antonio Scandello, Composer
Antonio Scandello, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| Voria che tu cantass'una canzone |
Antonio Scandello, Composer
Antonio Scandello, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| Millanni sono che non t'agio vista |
Antonio Scandello, Composer
Antonio Scandello, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| Imperium Augusti sit foelix |
Antonio Scandello, Composer
Antonio Scandello, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| Tabulatur für vierchörige Cister, Movement: No 6 Plectra mia/Gaillard |
Anonymous, Composer
Anonymous, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| Tabulatur für vierchörige Cister, Movement: No 16. Woln wir nimmer |
Anonymous, Composer
Anonymous, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| Hoftanz Benzenhauer |
Anonymous, Composer
Anonymous, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| Passamezzo Nova/Galliard |
Anonymous, Composer
Anonymous, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| Gut Gsell, vernimb mein klagen |
Melchior Franck, Composer
Melchior Franck, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| Tabulatur für vierchörige Cister, Movement: No 17. Salterella |
Anonymous, Composer
Anonymous, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| Tabulatur für vierchörige Cister, Movement: No 25. Tantz/Nachtantz |
Anonymous, Composer
Anonymous, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| Tabulatur für vierchörige Cister, Movement: No 29. Tantz/Nachtantz |
Anonymous, Composer
Anonymous, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| Tabulatur für Laute, Movement: Ade ich muss scheiden |
Anonymous, Composer
Anonymous, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| Tabulatur für Laute, Movement: Anglica |
Anonymous, Composer
Anonymous, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
| Tabulatur für vierchörige Cister, Movement: No 33. Tantz/Nachtantz |
Anonymous, Composer
Anonymous, Composer Musica Freybergensis Roland Wilson, Conductor |
Author: David Vickers
Among many treasures, Freiburg cathedral contains the magnificent mausoleum of Prince-Elector Moritz of Saxony (1521-53). Thirty gold cherubs perched nearby represent celestial music. It was long assumed that the angels’ instruments were mere models, but in recent years it was realised that 21 instruments are gold-bronze-plated real instruments dating from the early 1590s. They remain in something like their original condition (apparently some are even playable). Meticulously prepared reconstructions of these instruments made at the University of Leipzig are here given a splendid test run by the specially assembled group Musica Freybergensis.
Disc 1 in this double set is an exploration of late Renaissance sacred music from Saxony, including a finely crafted Mass by the Dresden Kapellmeister Antonio Scandello (composed in memory of the Elector near whose tomb the musical angels play). The reconstructed shawms, cornetts, trombones, lutes and string instruments have an ideal expert director in Roland Wilson, and the richly textured and often peculiar sound of the instruments is compelling from start to finish. The six-voice consort sing with gentle compassion, although it is inevitable that the essential ingredient of interest is how the instruments sound. Most of the textures are surprisingly soft and tender. Disc 2 is a generous programme of secular (and mostly instrumental) music, covering a diverse range of sounds and moods from sensual plucked strings to spirited shawms. All involved deserve generous praise for carefully selecting music known at Dresden in the late 1500s. Raumklang’s beautifully recorded and lavishly illustrated project is an exemplary meeting of musicality and musicology.
Disc 1 in this double set is an exploration of late Renaissance sacred music from Saxony, including a finely crafted Mass by the Dresden Kapellmeister Antonio Scandello (composed in memory of the Elector near whose tomb the musical angels play). The reconstructed shawms, cornetts, trombones, lutes and string instruments have an ideal expert director in Roland Wilson, and the richly textured and often peculiar sound of the instruments is compelling from start to finish. The six-voice consort sing with gentle compassion, although it is inevitable that the essential ingredient of interest is how the instruments sound. Most of the textures are surprisingly soft and tender. Disc 2 is a generous programme of secular (and mostly instrumental) music, covering a diverse range of sounds and moods from sensual plucked strings to spirited shawms. All involved deserve generous praise for carefully selecting music known at Dresden in the late 1500s. Raumklang’s beautifully recorded and lavishly illustrated project is an exemplary meeting of musicality and musicology.
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