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ID: RK2604
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection:
Medieval Period
Selections from The Song Book of Anna von Köln
This collection of devotional songs in Latin and the vernacular (indeed, in several medieval dialects) was compiled about 1500 in Cologne, an example of devotio moderna, the late-medieval movement to adopt a lifestyle midway between secular society and the religious orders. The title of the disc, “the rose of Jericho,” refers to a Macaronic song in low German and Latin honoring the Blessed Virgin, who was invariably venerated while her Son was worshipped. A few of these songs have appeared in collections of the LP era. Konrad Ruhland’s group sang “Jure plaudant omnia,” included here. Several other songs recorded in that era are not duplicated here, but this seems to be the first focused collection drawn from this source.
Late-medieval collections of anonymous vocal music of this type have been largely overlooked in music history courses and texts in favor of identifiable composers. Reinhard Strohm, in The Rise of European Music, 1380-1500 (Cambridge, 1993), made a major breakthrough in devoting the entire Part 3 of his four-part book to the subject. The Songbook of Anna of Cologne (D-B 8o 280) has been edited by Salmen and Koepp (Schwann, 1954), so it should be accessible at least to performers and scholars. Even so, Strohm barely mentions the collection in a paragraph devoted to 15th-century compilations of this type, next to the slightly earlier Wienhäuser Liederbuch, which was given a whole disc on a Psallite LP of 1976.
The 16 songs from this source that are recorded here make a delightful program. All are sung by the women’s group of 11 singers and five players, while four instrumental selections from the Glogauer and Locheimer songbooks are inserted at intervals. Some of the songs are sung solo, and some are lightly accompanied on period instruments. The acoustics of the chapel cast a warm glow around the voices. Anonymity is a burden, as evident from the attention devoted to composers (Perotinus) and works (the “Farewell” symphony of Haydn) not so disabled. Anyone who comes across this disc is going to be entranced by the unexpected pleasure that it affords. Give it a chance and you’ll turn back to it again and again. The last time I was so unexpectedly delighted was on hearing “Ninna Nanna” by Montserrat Figueras (26:6). That’s the kind of disc it is.
FANFARE: J. F. Weber
Ars Choralis Coeln - Ensemble for Medieval Music / Ensemble für mittelalterliche Musik / Ensemble de musique médiévale
Cora Schmeiser, Uta Kirsten, Petra Koerdt, Mikari Shibukawa, Pamela Petsch, Inga Schneider, Amanda Simmons, Stefanie Brijoux, Elodie Mourot, Katherine Hill, Karolina Brachmann - Gesang | voice | chant
Lucia Mense - Blockflöte, Glocken, Gesang | recorder, bells, voice | flûte à bec, cloches, chant
Elisabeth Seitz - Hackbrett | dulcimer
Johanna Seitz - Harfe | harp | harpe
Susanne Ansorg - Fidel | fiddle | vielle
Maria Jonas - Leitung | direction; Gesang, Drehleier | voice, hurdy-gurdy | chant, vièle à roue |
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ID: RK2806
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection:
Medieval Period
Subcollection: ChoirMaria Jonas performs both Early and Contemporary Music and has studied and taught historical singing. Ars Choralis Coeln gave its debut concert in 2004 and since then has succeeded in establishing itself at home and abroad.
Gesang: Stefanie Brijoux, Sylvia Dörnemann, Maria Jonas, Uta Kirsten, Petra Koerdt, Elodie Mourot, Pamela Petsch, Cora Schmeiser, Amanda Simmons, Christine Wehler, Ulrike Berner-Heimbach
Block- und Traversflöte: Lucia Mense
Fidel : Susanne Ansorg
Harfe : Amanda Simmons
Glocken: Bettina Strübel, Elodie Mourot
Portativ: Bettina Strübel
Sinfonia: Susanne Ansorg, Bettina Strübel
Leitung: Maria Jonas
Die Texte der Gesänge Hildegards sind Miniaturen ihrer Theologie, sie kreisen um die großen Themen Schöpfung und Menschwerdung und damit auch um Maria als Mutter Christi. Hildegards Marienbild kommt den schlichten und hoheitsvollen Skulpuren der Romanik nahe, die Maria als „sedes sapientiae“, als Thron der Weisheit darstellen: Hier geht es nie um isolierte Marienverehrung, sondern im Mittelpunkt steht Christus als fleischgewordene Weisheit, die seine Mutter der Welt präsentiert.
Die Frauenschola Ars Choralis Coeln und Maria Jonas geben den tiefgründigen Gesängen Hildegards einen überzeitlichen Klang. In der Weite der großen romanischen Basilika des Klosters Eberbach erheben sich ihre sonoren Stimmen anbetungsvoll.
Für ihre 2007 bei Raumklang erschienene CD „Rose van Jhericho - das Liederbuch der Anna von Köln“ (RK 2604) erhielt Ars Choralis Coeln bereits zahlreiche Auzeichnungen, darunter den Diapason 5 und den begehrten Choc du monde de la musique. |
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