C 9611 MUSICA POLONICA (only available as digital download and streaming)
T he new style of Italian music of the seventeenth century was exported with great success to Central Europe, and Poland and Germany eagerly received the influences of oltremontane. In Poland, the combination of their own musical traditions and folklore with the purest Italian style it resulted in a splendid music, with all the grandeur of the Italian ceremonial music and the freshness and naturalness of Polish music. Thus, the first mazurka of the history of music, composed by Marcin Mielczewski, is included in this CD (it appears as a series of variations on a theme), along with pieces of strong Italian flavor (or we should say simply Italian flavor, since we have including three works of Buonamente and Merula, who worked in Eastern Europe). p>
p>This repertoire, almost unknown, is fascinating to listen and discover. The members the ensemble In Stil Moderno, Utrecht, also appear with other important early music groups such as Anima Eterna, The Locke Consort, Huelgas Ensemble, Concerto Palatino, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Musica Fiata. They have created this ensemble today to explore the unusual combination of old trombones with baroque violins and continuo, highly esteemed in the seventeenth century but almost forgotten now. p>
Our recording also presents pieces performed with very unsual and attractive combinations: two violins, three trombones, violin and two trombones, two violins and a trombone, etc., which ensure a listening full of timbral contrasts, a pure joy!
In Stil Moderno
- Mimi Mitchell, Heidi Erbrich, baroque violins
- Timothy Dowling, alto and tenor trombobes; Cas Gevers, tenor trombone
- Vincent Rombouts, bass trombone
- Stephen Taylor, chamber organ
Production information
Total time total 65:21
Booklet 52-paged booklet including an extensive article by Cas Gevers, translated into English, French, German and Spanish
Recording Walloon Church, Amsterdam (Holland), July 1995
Engineering, editing and production Hein de Visser
Cover Bartolomeus Ströbl, "La degollación de San Juan Bautista". El Prado (Madrid)