Francesco Cavalli: Transitions Capella de la Torre & Katharina Bäuml
Album info
Album-Release:
2023
HRA-Release:
31.03.2023
Label: deutsche harmonia mundi
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Artist: Capella de la Torre & Katharina Bäuml
Composer: Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676)
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- Francesco Cavalli (1602 - 1676): Gli amori d'Apollo e di Dafne:
- 1 Cavalli: Gli amori d'Apollo e di Dafne: Sinfonia II 03:06
- Missa pro defunctis, Introitus:
- 2 Cavalli: Missa pro defunctis, Introitus: Requiem aeternam 04:32
- 3 Cavalli: Missa pro defunctis, Introitus: Kyrie - Christe - Kyrie 02:58
- 4 Cavalli: Missa pro defunctis, Introitus: Sequentia. Dies irae 11:31
- Francesco Manelli (1594 - 1667): Acceso mio cuore (Ciaconna):
- 5 Manelli: Acceso mio cuore (Ciaconna) 02:42
- Francesco Cavalli: Missa pro defunctis, Offertorium:
- 6 Cavalli: Missa pro defunctis, Offertorium: Domine Jesu Christe 03:59
- Gli amori d'Apollo e di Dafne:
- 7 Cavalli: Gli amori d'Apollo e di Dafne: Sinfonia I 02:20
- Missa pro defunctis, Sanctus:
- 8 Cavalli: Missa pro defunctis, Sanctus: Sanctus Dominus - Benedictus 02:56
- 9 Cavalli: Missa pro defunctis, Sanctus: Agnus Dei 03:05
- O bone Jesu (Arr. for Renaissance ensemble & Choir by Capella de la Torre):
- 10 Cavalli: O bone Jesu (Arr. for Renaissance ensemble & Choir by Capella de la Torre) 04:56
- Missa pro defunctis, Libera me:
- 11 Cavalli: Missa pro defunctis, Libera me 05:14
- In convertendo:
- 12 Cavalli: In convertendo 05:51
- Orlando Di Lasso (1532 - 1594): Miserere mei Domine (Arr. for Organ by Capella de la Torre):
- 13 Lasso: Miserere mei Domine (Arr. for Organ by Capella de la Torre) 01:57
- Giovanni Bassano (1558 - 1617): Dic nobis Maria:
- 14 Bassano: Dic nobis Maria 03:31
- Maurizio Cazzati (1616 - 1678): Trattenimenti per camera, Op. 22, No. 13:
- 15 Cazzati: Trattenimenti per camera, Op. 22, No. 13: Passacaglio (Arr. for Renaissance ensemble by Capella de la Torre) 03:54
- Anonymous: Victimae Paschali laudes:
- 16 Anonymous: Victimae Paschali laudes 02:27
Info for Francesco Cavalli: Transitions
1675 befand sich der Italiener Francesco Cavalli auf dem Höhepunkt seines Ruhmes. Seine rund 40 Opern waren von den Spielplänen Venedigs nicht mehr wegzudenken. Und der französische Sonnenkönig hatte zu Cavallis Musik getanzt. Doch in jenem Jahr 1675 spürte der einstige Schüler von Monteverdi, dass er wohl nicht mehr lange zu leben haben werde. So komponierte er seine eigene "Totenmesse", die zweimal jährlich zu seinem Gedenken aufgeführt werden sollte. Erstmals erklungen ist dieses "Requiem" in Cavallis Todesjahr 1676. Und noch im 19. Jahrhundert wurde diese "Missa pro defunctis" bewundert. So stellte man dieses sakrale Opus Magnum von seiner spirituellen Kraft her gar auf eine Stufe mit Mozarts "Requiem".
Dieses Meisterwerk der geistlichen Barockmusik steht nun im Mittelpunkt des neuen Albums "TRANSITIONS" der Capella de la Torre. Unter der Leitung von Ensemble-Gründerin Katharina Bäuml präsentiert das vielfach ausgezeichnete Alte Musik-Ensemble Cavallis Requiem in einer besonderen Fassung, denn Katharina Bäuml erweiterte das Ensemble um deutlich mehr Instrumente, um eine ausgewogene Mischung von Singstimmen und Instrumenten, vor allem Blasinstrumenten herzustellen.
Auch wenn Francesco Cavalli in seinem Requiem keine obligaten Instrumente vorgesehen hat und sich die instrumentale Begleitung laut Partitur auf den Basso continuo beschränkt, darf man annehmen, dass bereits an den ersten Aufführungen des Werkes auch Streich- und Blasinstrumente beteiligt waren. Dabei haben die Instrumente bestimmte Vokalabschnitte entweder verstärkt oder aber gänzlich ersetzt. In der vorliegenden Aufnahme greift die Capella de la Torre diese Praxis auf, wobei das Instrumentarium der Stadtpfeifer (der Piffari) mit Schalmei, Pommer und Posaunen eine wesentliche Rolle spielt. Durch das Verschmelzen der menschlichen und instrumentalen Stimmen in Cavallis "Opus ultimum" ergibt sich ein unverwechselbarer und tief emotionaler Klangeindruck.
In dieser Kombination ist Cavallis Musik auf der vorliegenden Einspielung erstmals zu hören. Und auf dem Album erklingen die Einzelteile des Requiems in reizvoller Kombination mit weiteren Vokal- und Instrumentalwerken von Zeitgenossen Cavallis, Werke von Maurizio Cazzati, Giovanni Bassano u.a. Komponisten aus dem venezianischen Umfeld, die Katharina Bäuml quasi in das Requiem eingebaut hat.
Capella de la Torre
Katharina Bäuml, Barockoboe, Musikalische 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.
Booklet for Francesco Cavalli: Transitions