Composer: Melchior Franck, Heinrich Isaac, Judith Steenbrink
Performer: Holland Baroque, Bastarda Trio
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Pentatone
Catalogue: PTC5187002
Release: 2022
Size: 1.66 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Bastarda: Gaude (After Anonymous Gaudeamus Omnes)
02. Steenbrink: Introduction for Chamber Ensemble
03. Steenbrink: Orewoet
04. Bastarda: Nigra sum (After G. Palestrina)
05. Steenbrink: Spiritus sanctus
Isaac: O decus Ecclesiae
06. No. 2, Te laudant omnes (Arr. J. Steenbrink & Bastarda for Chamber Ensemble)
07. anon.: Media vita (Arr. J. Steenbrink for Chamber Ensemble)
Franck: Geistliche gesäng und melodeyen
08. No. 19, Er küsse mich (Arr. J. Steenbrink for Chamber Ensemble)
09. Steenbrink: Minne
Fresh perspective on medieval love poetry. Holland Baroque presents “Minne”, an improvised programme inspired by the love poetry of medieval mystic Hadewijch from Brabant. Hadewijch was a 13th-century beguine who wrote an impressive oeuvre of love poetry, providing an original, female perspective on medieval life. For this project, Holland Baroque works together with Bastarda Trio, a folk-jazz group combining the unique sonorities of clarinet, cello and contrabass clarinet. Inspired by medieval poetry, the result is a playful, passionate, truly contemporary album.
Holland Baroque is an original and innovative baroque orchestra that approaches baroque repertoire through a fresh and contemporary approach, with a focus on improvisation and collaborations with outstanding artists from different traditions.