Monteverdi - Erinnerungen Capella de la Torre

• Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643): Damigella, SV 235:
• 1 Monteverdi: Damigella, SV 235 02:42
• Brief an Annibale Chieppio:
• 2 Monteverdi: Brief an Annibale Chieppio 05:05
• Zefiro Torna e di soavi accenti, SV 251:
• 3 Monteverdi: Zefiro Torna e di soavi accenti, SV 251 05:37
• Brief an Alessandro Striggio:
• 4 Monteverdi: Brief an Alessandro Striggio 04:37
• Laudate Dominum in sanctis eius, SV 287:
• 5 Monteverdi: Laudate Dominum in sanctis eius, SV 287 04:50
• Brief an Giovanni Artusi:
• 6 Monteverdi: Brief an Giovanni Artusi 06:35
• Movete al mio bel suon, SV 154:3:
• 7 Monteverdi: Movete al mio bel suon, SV 154:3 04:17
• Brief an Claudia:
• 8 Monteverdi: Brief an Claudia 06:03
• Sanctorum meritis, SV 277:
• 9 Monteverdi: Sanctorum meritis, SV 277 02:46
• Confitebor tibi Domine III (Alla francese), SV 267:
• 10 Monteverdi: Confitebor tibi Domine III (Alla francese), SV 267 06:05
• Brief an Massimiliano:
• 11 Monteverdi: Brief an Massimiliano 06:33
• Giovinetta, SV 241:
• 12 Monteverdi: Giovinetta, SV 241 04:17
• Ohimé ch'io cado, SV 316:
• 13 Monteverdi: Ohimé ch'io cado, SV 316 04:15
• Brief an Alessandro:
• 14 Monteverdi: Brief an Alessandro 06:53
• Beatus vir qui timet Dominum, SV 268:
• 15 Monteverdi: Beatus vir qui timet Dominum, SV 268 08:06
• Total Runtime 01:18:41

Info for Monteverdi - Erinnerungen

Claudio Monteverdi gave music history a series of musical ideas that still have an effect today - ostinato basses such as the "walking bass", the Ciaccona or the Lamento bass with its four descending notes, dramatic laments such as the Lamento d'Arianna, heaped dissonances such as at the end of the Ballo delle ingrate, which sometimes touch the boundaries of the atonal.

Much of this was already so successful during his lifetime that it was soon lost sight of who had once been the originator of these inventions. At the end of his long life, Monteverdi decided to sum up his creative work once again in two major publications and to leave posterity a message of all that he had conceived and perfected in more than fifty years of compositional work - in the secular VIII. Madrigalbuch (1638) and the sacred Selva morale et spirituale (1641).

These two collections are full of musical reminiscences of the twenty years as court musician in Mantua and of almost thirty years of church service as St Mark's Kapellmeister in Venice, full also of references to all the compositional ideas that originally came from his pen. They are like musical diaries of a composer's life in which his own artistic will always sought its own personal, individual path, even within the sphere of his official duties as a court or church musician.

The programme aims to trace Monteverdi's artistic career in his works, to read his publications, carefully curated by himself, like musical diaries, and to bring to life all those musical ideas that were so important to him. (Prof. Dr. Silke Leopold)

"When Renaissance music grooves" is how Deutschlandfunk describes the music of Capella de la Torre under the direction of Katharina Bäuml. The ensemble, which has won many awards at home and abroad, proves this with its new album "Monteverdi: Memories". Through the skilful selection of the pieces and the modern interpretation, the album provides a unique insight into Monteverdi's music. Katharina Bäuml has selected special works that reflect both Monteverdi's 20 years as court musician in Mantua and his 30 years as Kapellmeister at the famous St Mark's Church in Venice. These include works for a large ensemble such as "Beatus Vir" and "Confitebor tibi Domine", but also pieces for a smaller ensemble such as "Tempo la Cetra", which make it easy to understand how revolutionary Monteverdi's music was at the time. With his madrigals, Monteverdi gave sacred vocal music a completely new expression with harmonies that were revolutionary for the time. In a way, Monteverdi is considered the father of the "walking bass" popularised in jazz a few centuries later. The vocalists and instrumentalists of the Capella de la Torre present a multifaceted sound panorama from Monteverdi's musical "diaries". In addition, three of Monteverdi's few instrumental pieces can be heard. The ballet music for the "Ballo delle ingrate" is the only piece of independent instrumental music that he handed down to posterity. The "Sonata sopra Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis" from the "Marienvesper" (1610) will also be heard. It is a marvel of complexity, musical formal architecture and instrumental virtuosity and was considered unique in its time. And the madrigal "Zefiro torna" from the "Scherzi musicali" proves what a real jazz groove Monteverdi's music has. Over the fixed "chaconne" rhythm in the instrumental bass, Monteverdi lays a veritable firework of changing, sometimes contradictory rhythms in the voices. "Monteverdi: Memories" is a brilliant reminiscence of a unique composer.

"Especially when Monteverdi's impeccable vocalists are allowed to unfold above the sonorous brass and woodwinds, an enormous maelstrom creates inner images of the Doge's city." (Fono Forum)

"With a light hand, Katharina Bäuml and her Capella de la Torre draw a Monteverdi picture that joins quite a few gems together - with rhythmic verve and an astonishing portion of nonchalance." (klassik.com)

Capella de la Torre
Katharina Bäuml, conductor

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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