Stockholm Chamber Brass - Then: Renaissance Airs & Dances (2013) [Hi-Res]
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BAND/ARTIST: Stockholm Chamber Brass
- Title: Then: Renaissance Airs & Dances
- Year Of Release: 2013
- Label: BIS
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac 24bits - 96.0kHz +Booklet
- Total Time: 00:59:35
- Total Size: 872 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Danza alta, sobre "la Spagna" (Arr. U. Agnas for brass ensemble)
02. Danserye: No. 10, Mon desir (Arr. U. Agnas for brass ensemble)
03. Danserye: Gaillarde No. 2 - Allemaigne No. 8 (Arr. U. Agnas for brass ensemble)
04. Madrigals for 5 Voices, Book 5: Tu m'uccidi, o crudele (Arr. U. Agnas for brass ensemble)
05. The Earl of Essex, his Galliard, P. 12 (Arr. C. Lindberg for brass ensemble)
06. Semper Dowland semper dolens, P. 9 (Arr. C. Lindberg for brass ensemble)
07. Danserye: Pavane d'Espagne, "Dance du roy" (Arr. U. Agnas for brass ensemble)
08. Danserye: Pavane, "Mille Regrets" (Arr. U. Agnas for brass ensemble)
09. Danserye: Bergerette, "Sans roch" (Arr. U. Agnas for brass ensemble)
10. Lachrimae, P. 15 (Arr. J. Agnas for brass ensemble)
11. The Frog Galliard, P. 23 (Arr. J. Agnas for brass ensemble)
12. T'amo mia vita, la mia cara vita (Arr. U. Agnas for brass ensemble)
13. Tuordion (Arr. S. Gustavsson for brass ensemble)
14. Je l'ayme bien (Arr. S. Gustavsson for brass ensemble)
15. Branle double, la vieille (Arr. S. Gustavsson for brass ensemble)
16. Vous me tuez si doucement - Au joly bois (Arr. S. Gustavsson for brass ensemble)
17. La, la, la, je ne l'ose dire (Arr. S. Gustavsson for brass ensemble)
18. Book of Songs, Book 1: If my complaints could passions move (Arr. J. Agnas for brass ensemble)
19. Sir John Smith, his Almain, P. 47 (Arr. J. Agnas for brass ensemble)
20. Passe et Medio (Arr. U. Agnas for brass ensemble)
21. Danserye: Gaillarde No. 15: Le tout (Arr. U. Agnas for brass ensemble)
22. The King of Denmark's Galiard, H. 11 (Arr. C. Lindberg for brass ensemble)
23. Mr. Giles Hobi es Galliard, H. 15 (Arr. C. Lindberg for brass ensemble)
24. Dolcissima mia vita (Arr. U. Agnas for brass ensemble)
25. L'Orfeo, Act I: Sinfonia (Arr. U. Agnas for brass ensemble)
26. L'incoronazione di Poppea, Act III: Pur ti miro (Arr. U. Agnas for brass ensemble)
27. L'Orfeo, Act III: Sinfonia (Arr. U. Agnas for brass ensemble)
28. Scherzi musicali cioe arie et madrigali, SV 246-251: Scherzi musicali cioe arie et madrigali: Damigella tutta bella (Arr. U. Agnas for brass ensemble)
Music Web International, June 2013: ”The brass ensemble plays marvelously throughout, especially in slower, more introspective selections. […] This is a highly polished modern brass quintet playing Renaissance arrangements with solemn precision and occasional dancing exuberance. The recorded sound’s terrific and the project is well-documented.”
The brass quintet as we know it is a modern constellation, but ensembles of wind instruments, involving shawms and sackbuts, were a staple before the Renaissance had even begun. Every princely court had its players, and soon every decent-sized town across Europe would follow.
The music that such groups played would have varied from the ceremonial to more lightweight material, such as popular dances and settings of chansons. Arrangements of music of this kind still form an important part of the repertoire of most brass ensembles, including Stockholm Chamber Brass. Having earned international recognition for their several recordings of resolutely contemporary works, the five members here return to their roots, in a varied programme which mixes dances from Tielman Susato's famous Danserye collection, lute pieces by John Dowland, five-part madrigals by Carlo Gesualdo and excerpts from operas by Monteverdi.
The disc opens with a fiery version of Francisco de la Torre's Danza alta sobre La Spagna, with trumpets that seem to announcing the start of a joust – the same trumpets that in Pur ti miro, the closing love duet from Monteverdi’s L'incoronazione de Poppea, express the most tender feelings for each other. A set of French chansons includes the drinking-song Tourdion, a perennial favourite, while the melancholy of Dowland's Lachrimae is clothed in the mellowest sounds imaginable.
The arrangements are by present and former members of the Stockholm Chamber Brass as well as by musicians with whom they have collaborated closely, including the trombone virtuoso Christian Lindberg.
01. Danza alta, sobre "la Spagna" (Arr. U. Agnas for brass ensemble)
02. Danserye: No. 10, Mon desir (Arr. U. Agnas for brass ensemble)
03. Danserye: Gaillarde No. 2 - Allemaigne No. 8 (Arr. U. Agnas for brass ensemble)
04. Madrigals for 5 Voices, Book 5: Tu m'uccidi, o crudele (Arr. U. Agnas for brass ensemble)
05. The Earl of Essex, his Galliard, P. 12 (Arr. C. Lindberg for brass ensemble)
06. Semper Dowland semper dolens, P. 9 (Arr. C. Lindberg for brass ensemble)
07. Danserye: Pavane d'Espagne, "Dance du roy" (Arr. U. Agnas for brass ensemble)
08. Danserye: Pavane, "Mille Regrets" (Arr. U. Agnas for brass ensemble)
09. Danserye: Bergerette, "Sans roch" (Arr. U. Agnas for brass ensemble)
10. Lachrimae, P. 15 (Arr. J. Agnas for brass ensemble)
11. The Frog Galliard, P. 23 (Arr. J. Agnas for brass ensemble)
12. T'amo mia vita, la mia cara vita (Arr. U. Agnas for brass ensemble)
13. Tuordion (Arr. S. Gustavsson for brass ensemble)
14. Je l'ayme bien (Arr. S. Gustavsson for brass ensemble)
15. Branle double, la vieille (Arr. S. Gustavsson for brass ensemble)
16. Vous me tuez si doucement - Au joly bois (Arr. S. Gustavsson for brass ensemble)
17. La, la, la, je ne l'ose dire (Arr. S. Gustavsson for brass ensemble)
18. Book of Songs, Book 1: If my complaints could passions move (Arr. J. Agnas for brass ensemble)
19. Sir John Smith, his Almain, P. 47 (Arr. J. Agnas for brass ensemble)
20. Passe et Medio (Arr. U. Agnas for brass ensemble)
21. Danserye: Gaillarde No. 15: Le tout (Arr. U. Agnas for brass ensemble)
22. The King of Denmark's Galiard, H. 11 (Arr. C. Lindberg for brass ensemble)
23. Mr. Giles Hobi es Galliard, H. 15 (Arr. C. Lindberg for brass ensemble)
24. Dolcissima mia vita (Arr. U. Agnas for brass ensemble)
25. L'Orfeo, Act I: Sinfonia (Arr. U. Agnas for brass ensemble)
26. L'incoronazione di Poppea, Act III: Pur ti miro (Arr. U. Agnas for brass ensemble)
27. L'Orfeo, Act III: Sinfonia (Arr. U. Agnas for brass ensemble)
28. Scherzi musicali cioe arie et madrigali, SV 246-251: Scherzi musicali cioe arie et madrigali: Damigella tutta bella (Arr. U. Agnas for brass ensemble)
Music Web International, June 2013: ”The brass ensemble plays marvelously throughout, especially in slower, more introspective selections. […] This is a highly polished modern brass quintet playing Renaissance arrangements with solemn precision and occasional dancing exuberance. The recorded sound’s terrific and the project is well-documented.”
The brass quintet as we know it is a modern constellation, but ensembles of wind instruments, involving shawms and sackbuts, were a staple before the Renaissance had even begun. Every princely court had its players, and soon every decent-sized town across Europe would follow.
The music that such groups played would have varied from the ceremonial to more lightweight material, such as popular dances and settings of chansons. Arrangements of music of this kind still form an important part of the repertoire of most brass ensembles, including Stockholm Chamber Brass. Having earned international recognition for their several recordings of resolutely contemporary works, the five members here return to their roots, in a varied programme which mixes dances from Tielman Susato's famous Danserye collection, lute pieces by John Dowland, five-part madrigals by Carlo Gesualdo and excerpts from operas by Monteverdi.
The disc opens with a fiery version of Francisco de la Torre's Danza alta sobre La Spagna, with trumpets that seem to announcing the start of a joust – the same trumpets that in Pur ti miro, the closing love duet from Monteverdi’s L'incoronazione de Poppea, express the most tender feelings for each other. A set of French chansons includes the drinking-song Tourdion, a perennial favourite, while the melancholy of Dowland's Lachrimae is clothed in the mellowest sounds imaginable.
The arrangements are by present and former members of the Stockholm Chamber Brass as well as by musicians with whom they have collaborated closely, including the trombone virtuoso Christian Lindberg.
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