Tirol

Ensemble Unicorn - Cantores et Spileri, Musik am Hof der Grafen von Tirol, 1220-1420 (2003) {Schloss Tirol}
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Classical / Early Music / Medieval / Period Instruments

Ensemble Unicorn is a popular chamber group devoted to the performance of Medieval and early Renaissance music on period instruments. The ensemble consists of five players, though often one or several guest performers, especially singers, will augment their number to accommodate demands of certain repertory. Repertory is, of course, one of the key aspects of the group, another is the instrumentation used in performance. Early or Medieval versions of recorders, harp, and fiddle are used, along with hurdy-gurdy, keyed fiddle, ud, rebec, various ancient flutes, and an array of percussion instruments.

Oswald von Wolkenstein - Play It Again, Oswald - Marcello Fera & Opas Diandl (2013) {Schloss Tirol}
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Classical / Medieval

Oswald von Wolkenstein was a German composer whose music bridged the Medieval and Renaissance eras; the last of the poet-musician knights whose monophonic music explored the ideal of courtly love, he also wrote polyphonic music in more contemporary forms. As noble "von" indicates, Oswald was from a knightly family of the Villanders line. The surname "von Wolkenstein" comes from the name of their property of Wolkenstein in Groednertal, South Tyrol (a mountainous Austrian province that was taken by Italy in World War II). As he was of high birth, there is some information available about his life; key events were written in family archives. Still, as is the norm with composers of the day, there are numerous gaps that can be filled in only imperfectly by extrapolation from his works.

This disc of Philip Glass' Tirol Concerto for piano and orchestra is among the first wave of releases from Orange Mountain Music, a label started by Kurt Munkacsi and Don Christensen out of their attempt to archive the master tapes of Glass' music. Most of the releases slated to appear are of older recordings, including many that have not been heard before. But the Tirol Concerto for piano and orchestra dates only from 2000 and was recorded in 2002.

Codex 457 - Musik des Mittelalters aus Tirol - Ensemble Peregrina (2017) {Tiroler Landesmuseen CD13029}
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© 2017 Tiroler Landesmuseen | CD13029 / Musikmuseum 30
Classical / Medieval / 14th Century / Polyphony / Chamber Music

The ensemble Peregrina, based in Basel, is dedicated to music of the Middle Ages from Tyrol, whereby songs from the Codex 457 of the UB Innsbruck are the focus. This 14th century source contains experimental polyphonic pieces; The codex originally came from the South Tyrolean monastery Neustift and reached the Karthause Schnals, from there to the UB Innsbruck. The CD offers chorale and early polyphony from this and other Tyrolean manuscripts, sonically fascinating music in the interpretation of an internationally renowned special ensemble.