Bruce Dickey; Concerto Palatino
Release Date: 30 October 2020
Label: Passacaille
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5425004840738
Description
Johannes Kepler (1571 - 1630), the great mathematician and astronomer, was very much concerned all of his life with the connection between practical music and cosmology. He felt strongly that music mirrors the cosmos and used phrases such as “the Song of the Earth” and “Nature's secret whispering”.
He broke from his contemporaries who thought that the motions of the planets and other heavenly bodies actually made sound, but thought that those motions and all of the geometry of the heavens were reflected in the most perfect polyphonic pieces of his time.
Concerto Palatino proposes a programme centred on the ideas of Johannes Kepler and the music of his lifetime.
Taking Tui sunt coeli by Orlando di Lasso as a point of departure the group explores other polyphonic and polychoral music of Lasso and his contemporaries (Andrea Gabrieli, Lambert de Sayve, Hans Leo Hassler, etc.).
In addition, they commissioned a new work for the project by the renowned composer Calliope Tsoupaki. Her new piece is called ASTRON (to the stars) and is based on a Delphic Hymn.
For this project, Concerto Palatino was joined by a truly “star-studded” lineup of singers: Hana Blazikova and Barbora Kabatkova, sopranos; Alex Potter, countertenor; Benedict Hymans and Jan van Elsacker, tenor; Tomas Kral, baritone; and Jaromir Nosek, bass.
Tracklisting
Christophe Coin; Orquesta Barroca De Sevilla
Oxalys
P. Phalesius
Markus Schafer; Zvi Meniker
Oxalys
Christophe Coin; Jean-Luc Ayroles; Jan Willem Jansen
Federica Bianchi
Phaedrus
Polina Pastirchak, Anke Vondung, Sungmin Song, Milan Siljanov, Chorwerk Ruhr, Bochumer Symphoniker,
Kammerchor Stuttgart; Barockorchester Stuttgart; Frieder Bernius; Hannah Morrison; Franziska Bobe;
Choralchor der St. Johannis-Kantorei Rostock
Capella Daleminzia, Capella Vocale Waldheim, Rene Michael Roder
Gewandhaus Children's Choir, Frank-Steffen Elster, Gewandhaus Youth Choir, Gewandhaus Choir, Gregor
Aukso - Chamber Orchestra Of The City Of Tychy, Camerata Silesia Katowice City Singers' Ensemble, Marek Mos
Herbert von Karajan; The Philharmonia Orchestra; Berliner Philharmoniker
Soloists, Netherlands Chamber Choir, Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Bruggen
