Christophorus Colombus

Hildegard von Bingen - Celestial Stairs - Ensemble für frühe Musik Augsburg (1997) {Christophorus CHR77205}
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© 1997 Christophorus | CHR 7720
Classical / Medieval

I have a lot of Hildegard in my collection this cd would have to be the most satisfying offering on the market. It combines a mixture of female and male voices and instrumentals, all executed with artistic ingenuity and subtlety. Forget Sequentia, Synfonie, Oxford Camerata….the Ensemble fur fruhe musick augsburg knows how to interpret Hildegard the best. Their earlier foray "Hildegard und Ihre Zeit" was only a taste of what was to come. You can't go wrong in buying this cd.' Highly recommended.

Jordi Savall & Hesperion XXI - Christophorus Columbus (2006) {2CD+Book Set Alia Vox AVSA 9850}
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© 2006 Alia Vox | AVSA 9850
Classical / Renaissance / World Music / Sacred & Religious

This remarkable release, comprising two CDs and a book of 270 pages with information in Spanish, English, German, Italian, Catalan, Arabic, and Hebrew, is a veritable history lesson in music, poetry, and literature about Spain, as well as Christopher Columbus and his voyages and times. The title of the set, Lost Paradises, refers to the cessation of the period during which all three traditions - Jewish, Muslim and Christian - worked together to create greatness. The music, pre-baroque and sounding very exotic indeed, is exquisitely performed, sometimes by itself and sometimes in conjunction with the reading of a text. The Moorish and Sephardic music is particularly colorful, but the more familiar, "early" music is just as ravishing. With repertoire both sacred and profane, featuring dances and dirges, Savall, in his notes, is attempting to make us pay heed to the past so that we may form our futures: This isn't as pedantic as it sounds, but it is certainly more than an afternoon of great music listening. What a stunning gift this would make - either to yourself or others.

This two-CD package brings together several orchestral works and two choral pieces by nineteenth century Germanic composer Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901). Born in Liechtenstein but resident most of his life in Germany, Rheinberger wrote only two symphonies, and is known today more for his chamber music and religious works. The first CD comprises Wallenstein, described by the composer as a symphonic tone painting in four movements.

Stimmwerck - "Gyri Gyri Gaga" - German Renaissance Songs of Lust & Life
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Label/Cat#: Christophorus # CHR 77311 | Country/Year: Germany 2009
Genre: Folk, Classical | Style: Renaissance, Secular

…The mischievous “I’ll show you mine” Cover, perhaps best stored spine outwards, should not be allowed to detract from a musical treat.

Capella Antiqua München / Konrad Ruhland - Liebeslieder und Tänze der Renaissance
Capella Antiqua Munich / Konrad Ruhland - Love Songs and Dances of the Renaissance
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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…