Mare Balticum Vol. 3. Wizlav von Rügen Ensemble Peregrina

• Wizlav von Rügen (1265 - 1325):
• 1 Rügen: Der walt 04:11
• 2 Rügen: Vve ich han ghedacht 03:18
• 3 Rügen: Loybere risen 02:19
• 4 Rügen: Dem kuninghe Nabughodonosor / Daz guldin hoybet 03:29
• 5 Rügen: Uvol dan her meyie 04:04
• 6 Rügen: Ich wende buwen / Tzù Rome / Mir geschit 06:04
• 7 Rügen: Ich partere dich 01:18
• 8 Rügen: De erde ist vntslozen 03:21
• 9 Rügen: Manich scimphit 01:33
• 10 Rügen: Nach der senenden claghe 03:14
• 11 Rügen: A herre ghot 03:09
• 12 Rügen: [Ein wechter von der zinne] / List du in der minne dro 04:32
• 13 Rügen: Der Vnghelarte 02:31
• 14 Rügen: Ich warne dich 02:06
• 15 Rügen: Nu rate 01:47
• 16 Rügen: De voghelin 04:24
• 17 Rügen: Saghe an du boser man / Dise heylighe tzit 04:06
• 18 Rügen: Menschen kint / O Maria / Ich wil bitten 05:29
• 19 Rügen: Meyie scone 04:50
• 20 Rügen: Der herbest kumpt 01:11
• 21 Rügen: Uvol vph ir stolzen helde 04:47
• 22 Rügen: Uvol vph ir stolzen helde (Estampie) 03:36
• Total Runtime 01:15:19

Info for Mare Balticum Vol. 3. Wizlav von Rügen

The modern man seems to have more in common with his middle age ancestors than might be welcome to him. But don't look at this only negatively. There was more than pest and cholera at that time. Volume 3 of the already famous TACET Mare Balticum series pays homage to fairy-tale Wizlav von Rügen. Following his songs the emotional life of that time must have been very similar to ours today. What witty linguistic ideas he was inspired to by love! Sorry for having no photo of him. First complete recording!

"(...) their musicality is absolutely top-notch, from the clarity of the text to the beautiful shape of the melodic lines, the quality and sensitivity of the instrumental accompaniments and solo works, the suppleness, control, blend, and tuning throughout—they are utterly convincing. Each individual album is an entire education unto itself, the series a revelation." (Early Music America, Karen Cook)

"Tacet continues its successful Mare Balticum series with a recording exclusively dedicated to the work of Wizlav of Rügen. So, we are in the Principality of Rügen, a Danish fiefdom in the Middle Ages and ruled by Wizlav III. Wizlav’s texts are mostly metaphors, secular poems, which always have a religious reference. With their simple but all the more poetic performances the Peregrina Ensemble takes us on a wonderful journey. They sing about life, nature and faith and their clear articulation makes it easy to follow the texts in the booklet. Nothing in the music is artificial or affected, and everything sounds very authentic." (Guy Engels, Pizzicato)

Ensemble Peregrina

Ensemble Peregrina
founded in 1997 by Polish singer and musicologist Agnieszka Budzińska-Bennett in Basle, researches and performs sacred and secular music from ninth to fourteenth century Europe. The ensemble’s main interest lies in the early polyphonies and monophonic repertories of the Notre Dame school and Aquitanian nova cantica; the aim always being to look for a creative “counterpoint” to the mainstream in the less known peripheral sources. The ensemble’s programmes are characterised by a careful choice of themes and pieces, always paying close attention to their textual and musical interrelationships. ​

Peregrina’s interpretation and style is informed by the original source materials and treatises, as well as the latest musicological and historical research. The ensemble strives to approach a performance transmitted in the sources as closely as possible without having to renounce a well-balanced and beautiful vocal performance. ​

The ensemble’s continuing partnership with the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, where its members met and studied, led to the CD recordings Mel et lac (Raumklang 2005) with Marian Aquitanian songs of the 12th century and Filia praeclara (Divox 2008) with medieval music from 13th and 14th century Polish Clarisse convents. Both CDs have received critical acclaim in the European and American press including among others: twice Goldberg 5 (ES), Selection Musicora (CH), CD of the month (Muzyka 21 PL), Supersonic Pizzicato (LUX). Filia praeclara has also won the prestigious ECHO-KLASSIK Award 2009 for the best a cappella recording of the year. Between 2011-2017, six new CDs have been released: Crux with Parisian Easter music from 13th & 14th centuries (Glossa 2011), Sacer Nidus with the oldest extant music from medieval Poland (Raumklang 2011), Veiled Desires – Lives and Loves of Nuns in the Middle Ages (Raumklang 2012, International Classical Music Awards 2013 nomination), Cantrix, presenting the musical past of the Maltese Order form the Royal Convents of Sigena and Las Huelgas (Raumklang 2013), Miracula with medieval music for St. Nicholas (Tacet 2014) and Codex 457 with medieval music from Tyrol (Musikmuseum 2017). On the first volume of a four-CD project Mare Balticum with the oldest extant music from Denmark (Music in medieval Denmark, released by Tacet 2017), Peregrina was joined by the renowned performer Benjamin Bagby (Sequentia). This album has won the International Classical Music Awards ICMA 2019 in the early music category. The second Mare Balticum recording – Medieval Finland and Sweden (Tacet 2019) – has received Supersonic Pizzicato and the nomination for ICMA 2020. Volume 3 - the complete songs of Wizlav von Rügen (Tacet 2020) - got also ICMA nomination 2021. The last Mare Balticum album Pomerania with medieval music from northern Poland and Germany was released in 2021.

Peregrina has performed at numerous festivals in Switzerland (such as Lucerne Festival), Belgium (Bozar), Poland, Germany, Spain, France, Austria, Great Britain, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Iceland, Italy, Czech Republic, The Netherlands and toured three times in the USA. Peregrina’s concerts have been regularly broadcast on SFR2, Deutschlandfunk, Südwestfunk, SWR2, BR, Klaasika Radio, PR2 und BBC3. ​

The name peregrina, the wanderer, alludes to the transmission of music and ideas throughout Europe in the Middle Ages, but also reflects the personal journeys of the singers themselves. The ensemble members (coming from Poland, Switzerland, Finland, Germany, France and Great Britain) together achieve a dynamic balance through their different origins, and they unite to emulate the interaction and convergence of the cultures and histories of the music they perform. ​

At present the core of the ensemble is Agnieszka Budzińska-Bennett, Lorenza Donadini, Hanna Järveläinen, Grace Newcombe, Baptiste Romain and Marc Lewon. For the project Mare Balticum the ensemble was joined by Benjamin Bagby (Sequentia). ​

Kelly Landerkin has been most valuable ensemble member for 20 years. During over two decades of our concert activity, we've also been working with singers Ulrike Andersen, Clara Coutouly, Anita Dettwiler (the co-founder of the group), Kate Dineen, Raitis Grigalis, Eve Kopli, Els Janssens, Veronika Jensovska-Holliger, Agnieszka Kowalczyk, Sabine Lutzenberger, Hanna Marti, Tobie Miller, Kinga Misiak, Matthieu Romanens, Cristina Rosario, Csongor Szántó, Mathias Spoerry, Witte-Maria Weber and Agnieszka Tutton, and instrumentalists Jane Achtman, Susanne Ansorg, Annette Bauer, Viva Biancaluna Biffi, Isacco Colombo, Bolette Roed, Elisabeth Rumsey, Félix Verry, Mara Winter and Aliénor Wolteche. ​

Booklet for Mare Balticum Vol. 3. Wizlav von Rügen