Lasso, Vicentino, Rore, Lusitano, Marenzio, Luzzaschi: Chromatic Renaissance Exaudi Vocal Ensemble

• Orlando di Lasso (1532 - 1594): Timor et tremor:
• 1 Lasso: Timor et tremor 03:37
• Prophetiae Sibyllarum:
• 2 Lasso: Prophetiae Sibyllarum: Carmina chromatico 01:15
• 3 Lasso: Prophetiae Sibyllarum: I. Sibylla Persica 01:51
• 4 Lasso: Prophetiae Sibyllarum: IX. Sibylla Europæa 01:52
• 5 Lasso: Prophetiae Sibyllarum: X. Sibylla Tiburtina 01:45
• 6 Lasso: Prophetiae Sibyllarum: XI. Sibylla Erythræa 01:44
• 7 Lasso: Prophetiae Sibyllarum: XII. Sibylla Agrippa 01:57
• Vicente Lusitano (1520 - 1561): Heu me, Domine:
• 8 Lusitano: Heu me, Domine 04:18
• Nicola Vicentino (1511 - 1576): Hierusalem:
• 9 Vicentino: Hierusalem 01:29
• Musica prisca caput:
• 10 Vicentino: Musica prisca caput 02:48
• Soav'e dolc'ardore (Madrigal fragment):
• 11 Vicentino: Soav'e dolc'ardore (Madrigal fragment) 00:53
• Dolce mio ben (Madrigal fragment):
• 12 Vicentino: Dolce mio ben (Madrigal fragment) 01:24
• Madonna, il poco dolce (Madrigal fragment):
• 13 Vicentino: Madonna, il poco dolce (Madrigal fragment) 02:00
• Poi che'l mio largo pianto:
• 14 Vicentino: Poi che'l mio largo pianto 02:00
• Orlando di Lasso: Anna, mihi dilecta:
• 15 Lasso: Anna, mihi dilecta 02:40
• Cipriano de Rore (1516 - 1565): Da le belle contrade d'oriente:
• 16 Rore: Da le belle contrade d'oriente 03:15
• Calami sonum ferentes:
• 17 Rore: Calami sonum ferentes 05:29
• O sonno:
• 18 Rore: O sonno 04:06
• Luca Marenzio (1553 - 1599): O voi che sospirate:
• 19 Marenzio: O voi che sospirate 03:45
• Solo e pensoso:
• 20 Marenzio: Solo e pensoso 05:52
• Luzzasco Luzzaschi (1545 - 1607): Quivi sospiri pianti:
• 21 Luzzaschi: Quivi sospiri pianti 02:58
• Itene mie querele:
• 22 Luzzaschi: Itene mie querele 02:03
• Total Runtime 59:01

Info for Lasso, Vicentino, Rore, Lusitano, Marenzio, Luzzaschi: Chromatic Renaissance

Chromatics is a word derived from the Greek noun meaning color. During the Renaissance, new music was composed in the Western world, opening up a palette of (timbral) colors for the first time. Before the Renaissance, music (in Gregorian chant) existed only to convey the word, not to make an appearance itself; this changed completely after the 15th century.

Music, like painting, exploded into new forms and colors, and the era of the modern age was ushered in.Strange harmonies, mysterious voices - tones of passion and desire, of terror and fear, of the confusion of the sublime or of divine apparition... This is the world of musical colors that opened up in the age of the Chromatic Renaissance, giving rise to a music that is daring, adventurous and timelessly modern.

EXAUDI Vocal Ensemble

EXAUDI Vocal Ensemble Formed in 2002 and comprising some of the UK’s top ensemble singers and new music soloists, EXAUDI has collaborated with hundreds of composers, from today’s leading figures to tomorrow’s stars, evolving a unique and expanding repertoire that has blazed new trails in contemporary vocal composition.

EXAUDI’s special affinity is for the radical edges of music both new and old, whether mind-bending medieval rhythm, Renaissance or 21st-century microtonality or experimental aesthetics, championing composers as diverse as Cassandra Miller, Michael Finnissy, Jürg Frey, Catherine Lamb, Evan Johnson and Naomi Pinnock. A strong feature of its programming is the mixing of early and new music in imaginative and arresting combinations: new female perspectives on Gesualdo and the Italian madrigal, or James Weeks’ reimagining of Arcadelt in Book of Flames and Shadows (Winter & Winter, 2022).

Committed to growing the future of new music, EXAUDI is also strongly involved with the emerging generation of young composers and singers, and regularly takes part in artist development schemes and residencies such as Voix Nouvelles Royaumont and IRCAM Manifeste Academie. EXAUDI has particularly strong links with the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London, and is an Ensemble-in-Residence at Durham University. The ensemble is a proud signatory to the Keychange initiative, pledging gender-equal programming across its own-promotion activities.

EXAUDI’s many international engagements include Wittener Tage, Darmstadter Ferienkurse, Musica Viva (Munich), Muziekgebouw (Amsterdam), IRCAM (Paris), Festival d’Automne (Paris), Voix Nouvelles (Royaumont), Musica (Strasbourg), MAfestival (Bruges), CDMC (Madrid), Milano Musica (Milan/Turin), Fundaciò BBVA (Bilbao) and L’Auditori (Barcelona). The ensemble has also collaborated with many leading ensembles including musikFabrik, Ensemble Modern, L’Instant Donné, London Sinfonietta, BCMG, Talea (NY), Linea, Helsinki Philharmonic and Ensemble InterContemporain.

EXAUDI has appeared at many leading UK venues and festivals, including BBC Proms, Aldeburgh, Sound (Aberdeen), Spitalfields, Manchester International Festival and hcmf//, Wigmore Hall, Café OTO, Kings Place and South Bank. EXAUDI broadcasts regularly on BBC Radio 3 and European radio stations, and has released 20 critically acclaimed recordings on the Winter&Winter, Kairos, NMC, ÆON, Métier, Mode, Confront and HCR labels.

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