HANA BLAŽÍKOVÁ soprano
BARBORA K ABÁTKOVÁ soprano
ALEX POTTER alto
BENEDICT HYMAS tenor
JAN VAN ELSACKER tenor
TOMÁŠ KRÁL baritone
JAROMÍR NOSEK bass
VERONIKA SKUPLIK violin
BRUCE DICKEY cornetto
CHARLES TOET trombone
SIMEN VAN MECHELEN trombone
CLAIRE MCINTYRE trombone
JOOST SWINKELS trombone
KRIS VERHELST organ
With this CD, violinist Mayumi Hirasaki, who has been Concerto Köln’s concertmaster since 2011, explores the chameleon-like possibilities of her instrument: when playing with scordatura, instead of the usual fifths interval between the violin strings, an alternative is used in which at least one string is tuned to a different pitch. This results in completely new sonic and harmonic...
The Italian Renaissance is the golden age of the lute. In quality and quantity, the lute pieces from this period are comparable to the piano works of the 19th century. Most of the works selected for this recording are by Francesco da Milano, an extraordinary virtuoso and gifted composer who was also known as "Il Divino" (the Divine), an epithet he shared with Michelangelo and Monteverdi. In...
Artist(s):Ensemble Européen William Byrd - Graham O'Reilly,musical director - Yannick Varlet, organ Composer:Carissimi, Marazzoli,Quagliati, Rossi, Frescobaldi
NESHIMA is Orí Harmelin’s exciting debut solo lute and theorbo album. Orí explores a new realm of possibilities for personal creation as a modern musician using the musical language of the late 16th and early 17th centuries. The album contains Orí’s arrangements of Madrigals, Motets and Chansons by Cipriano de Rore, Josquin des Prez and Thomas Tallis, alongside his own compositions of variation...
The Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla, in collaboration with several universities, researches valuable repertoire linked to the history of Andalusia. This Proyecto Atalaya has already produced a series of CDs with unknown jewels, which have been released on Passacaille. On this new album called Astro Nuevo we can rediscover works by Pedro Rabassa (1683-1767). As a faithful musical partner of the...
Il violoncello di Corelli leads us to the origins of the solo cello literature – although one should actually use the term violone. In fact, the cello, as we know it today in its standard form, had many different sizes before its current proportions became generally established. Some instruments were larger, and the smaller ones were referred to by the diminutive form of the term violone –...
