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Album-Release:
2019

HRA-Release:
13.09.2019

Label: deutsche harmonia mundi

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Vocal

Artist: Capella de la Torre

Composer: Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), Michael Praetorius (1571-1621), Thomas Ravenscroft, Anthony Holborne (c.1545-1602), John Sheppard (1515-1559), Thomas Campion

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  • Thomas Ravenscroft (1593 - 1635):
  • 1The Wind Blows out of the West02:09
  • Anonymous
  • 2Westron Wynde01:01
  • John Sheppard (1515 - 1558):
  • 3Missa "The Western Wynde": Gloria04:51
  • Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620):
  • 4The Peaceful Western Wind02:45
  • Anthony Holborne (1545 - 1602):
  • 5Galliard "The Sighes", PGA 1803:25
  • Ludwig Senfl (1490 - 1543):
  • 6Laudate Dominum omnes gentes03:17
  • Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643):
  • 7Dolci miei sospiri, SV 24204:12
  • Thoinot Arbeau (1519-1595), Michael Praetorius (1571 - 1621):
  • 8Canaries03:24
  • Claudio Monteverdi:
  • 9Dolcissimo uscignolo, SV 16105:01
  • Michael Praetorius:
  • 10Ballet de Bouteile04:19
  • Anonymous:
  • 11Codex Faenza: Aquila altera02:37
  • Luca Marenzio (1553 - 1599):
  • 12Nuova angioletta sovra l'ale04:19
  • Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583 - 1643):
  • 13Se l'aura spira tutta vezzosa, F 7.1504:00
  • Alessandro Orologio (1551 - 1633):
  • 14Dammi la mano02:52
  • Robert Jones (1577 - 1615):
  • 15Fare Well Fond Youth03:05
  • Anthony Holborne:
  • 16Pavana, PGA deest01:55
  • Pierre de la Rue (1460 - 1518):
  • 17Autant en emporte le vent04:21
  • Cipriano de Rore (1515 - 1565):
  • 18Nell'aria in questi di02:38
  • Thomas Ravenscroft:
  • 19Canst Thou Love03:05
  • Anonymous:
  • 20Il est de bonne heure né02:30
  • Total Runtime01:05:46

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Das dritte Album des erfolgreichen Elemente-Zyklus Die Capella de la Torre gilt als »eines der produktivsten und kreativsten Renaissance-Ensembles« (rbb Kulturradio) unserer Zeit. Für ihre Aufnahmen bei deutsche harmonia mundi wurden die Musiker um Leiterin Katharina Bäuml mit zahlreichen Preisen in aller Welt ausgezeichnet – u. a. mit einem Opus Klassik für die Aufnahme »Una Serata Venexiana« sowie einem ECHO Klassik als »Ensemble des Jahres« für ihr erstes »Elemente«-Album »Wasser Musik«. Auch das zweite Album der Reihe »Feuer Musik« erhielt fantastische Besprechungen. Jetzt setzt die Capella de la Torre ihre musikalische Beschäftigung mit den »Vier Elementen« mit dem Album »Luft Musik« fort.

Eingespielt haben die Musiker faszinierende Werke von Komponisten wie Claudio Monteverdi, Michael Praetorius, Thomas Ravenscroft, Anthony Holborne, aber auch von unbekannten Komponisten. Zu hören sind Instrumental- und Vokalstücke aus dem 15. bis frühen 17. Jahrhundert, die sich allesamt um göttliche Winde, um mythische sowie gefiederte Luftwesen drehen: Im ersten Kapitel »Vom Winde verweht« werden die »Westwinde« von englischen Renaissance-Komponisten wie John Sheppard (Missa »The Western Wynde«: Gloria) und Thomas Campion (The Peaceful Western Wind) besungen. Das zweite Kapitel ist dem Atem gewidmet und findet sein Echo in den Werken von Holborne (Galliard: The Sighes), Ludwig Senfl (Laudate dominum omnes gentes) sowie Monteverdi (Dolci miei sospiri). Als Lebensraum geflügelter Wesen entpuppt sich das dritte Kapitel, bei dem u. a. Kanarienvögel (Thoinot Arbeau / Praetorius: Canaries), die Nachtigall (Monteverdi: Dolcissimo uscignolo), aber auch ein Engel (Luca Marenzio: Nuova angioletta sovra l’ale accorta) in den Stücken besungen werden. Im Kapitel »Windsbräute« hat auch Aura als griechische Göttin der Morgenbrise ihren Auftritt (Girolamo Frescobaldi: Se l’aura spira tutta vezzosa) bevor sich zum Schluss kunstvoll komponierte »Luftschlösser« etwa aus der Feder von Holborne (Pavana), von Cipriano de Rore (Nell’aria in questi di) und von Pierre de la Rue (Autant en emporte le vent) auftun. Eine weitere abwechslungsreiche Aufnahme voll hörenswerter Entdeckungen!

Capella de la Torre
Katharina Bäuml, Leitung



Capella de la Torre
is proud to be one of the leading ensembles for early wind music worldwide. The group was founded in 2005 by the oboist and shawm specialist Katharina Bäuml, and since then has newly inspired its audiences over and over again in over one thousand concerts, 20 CDs to date, and numerous live recordings. Through these experiences, the ensemble has garnered extensive experience in the music of the fourteenth though seventeenth centuries. In 2016 Capella was awarded the "Ensemble of the Year" ECHO Klassik prize. 2017 the ensemble was again awarded the ECHO Klassik prize for the CD "Da Pacem - Echoes of the Reformation".

2018 Capella de la Torre is one of the first OPUS Klassik winners - the ensemble was awarded for the CD "Serata Venexiana".

In order to make the music of past centuries sound fresh for modern ears, current historical and musicological research plays a vital role in Capella de la Torre's programs. Especially important is the work with original sources and texts. In addition to concerts, another focus of the ensemble is its work with young audiences though numerous outreach and education projects.

The name "Capella de la Torre" can be understood two ways: in the beginning of the sixteenth century, the Spaniard Francisco de la Torre composed perhaps the most famous piece for a wind ensemble, his "Danza Alta." In addition to this homage to the composer, the name can be understood literally. "De la torre" means "from the top of the tower." Wind ensembles of the time often played from the top of towers and on balconies.

Katharina Bäuml
A native of Munich, Katharina Bäuml studied modern oboe, and baroque oboe and historical reed instruments, finishing both degrees with honors. Since then she has specialized in myriad areas of early music, but her particular interest has been in wind music of the fifteenth through seventeenth centuries. This interest led her, in 2005, to found the ensemble "Capella de la Torre," which has become the most important German ensemble for Renaissance music. The group has produced twenty CDs, and since 2013 has recorded exclusively for Sony. In 2016 Katharine Bäuml won the ECHO Klassik award with Capella de la Torre for their CD "Water Music". In addition to early music, her interests include contemporary music played on historical instruments, leading to numerous commissions for her ensemble "Duo Mixtura," which have been performed at such prestigious festivals as the Berlin "Ultraschall" festival, among others. As the artistic director of several festivals and concert series, Ms. Bäuml continues to initiate projects which connect jazz and the music of the early modern period. Most recently she has assumed the artistic direction of the series "Musica Ahuse" in the Romanesque Cloister Auhausen, where renowned leading early music ensembles perform each year. Ms. Bäuml teaches in Berlin and regularly gives master classes in Genf (Switzerland), Hanover, and Lübeck.

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