Christophorus

Capella Antiqua München / Konrad Ruhland - Liebeslieder und Tänze der Renaissance
Capella Antiqua Munich / Konrad Ruhland - Love Songs and Dances of the Renaissance
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 212 MB | Full Artwork: 35 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Christophorus # CHE 0020-2 | Country/Year: Germany 1992, 1968
Genre: Classical | Style: Renaissance, Secular

Dr. Konrad Ruhland (19 February 1932 – 14 March 2010) was a German musicologist. He studied history, medieval Latin, theology, and liturgical history which helped him to gain extensive background knowledge for his musicological research. Under the Ruhland's leadership, a group of enthusiastic students in Munich formed the "Capella Antiqua" in 1956, one of the first groups to tackle the problems of reviving Early Baroque and Renaissance music using a scholarly approach…

Georg Philipp Telemann schrieb insgesamt 46 Passionen, von denen die hier aufgenommene Matthäus-Passion in der Behandlung der Chöre und Arien eine der schönsten ist. Sie entstand im Jahre 1730 und zeigt eine besonders illustrierende Schreibweise des Komponisten. Die zweistimmige Anlage der Chöre erweist sie sich mit dem Orchestersatz zusammen als eine überaus gekonnte Komposition mit einfachen Mitteln. Die Choräle sind als Gemeindegesang gedacht. Das Passionsgeschehen wird in Telemanns Matthäus-Passion in eine frohe Darstellung des dramatischen Geschehens als Freude über die Erlösung gekehrt.

The reign of Elizabeth Tudor brought with it a period of splendor for England, within which the lute experienced its moment of glory. In paintings from this time convivial scenes featuring performers of harp and lute are often depicted. Well known melodies of the epoch, as well as harmonic sequences such as Bergamasca, Ruggiero, Callinoe, Conde Claros and various Dumps were used by performers when they gathered to improvise together. Sometimes the music was dedicated to a wellknown personality of the court such as was surely the case with The Queenes good Night, inspiring sweet dreams for Elizabeth. For this recording Marie Nishiyama and Rafael Bonavita have mixed the colours of harp and lute, the characteristics of each instrument to create a dialogue of sound between the two. A dialogue that goes - as does this repertoire - beyond epochs and styles, beyond its own time.

Born in Florence, the cradle of the Italian language, Jean‐Baptiste Lulli was the first Italian musician to settle and be fully accepted in France, at the prestigious and illustrious court of Versailles, the centre of refined taste. Lully not only accepted the French style, even more: he created it. His sacred music is splendidly dramatic, the orchestra is full and sonorous, with important roles for the wind and percussion instruments, a feast of colours, driving rhythms and ornaments!