Composer: Johann Hermann Schein, Heinrich Schütz, Johann Rosenmüller, Alessandro Grandi, Dario Castello, Giovanni Battista Riccio, Giovanni Picchi
Performer: Claudia Mende, Friederike Otto, Zita Mikijanska, Christoph Sommer, Nora Hansen
Orchestra: La Rubina
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Raumklang
Catalogue: RK4102
Release: 2022
Size: 390 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Schein: Intrada
02. Schütz: Wann unsre Augen schlafen ein
03. Rosenmüller: Sonata quinta
04. Schein: Padouana (Version 1)
05. Grandi: Deus meus
06. Castello: Seconda Sonata
07. Rosenmüller: Sonata sesta
08. Schütz: Die Gottseligkeit ist zu allen Dingen
09. Castello: Decima Sonata
10. Schein: Exaudiat te Dominus
11. Schütz: Ich liege und schlafe
12. Riccio: La Rubina
13. Castello: Sonata seconda
14. Schein: Padouana (Version 2)
15. Schütz: O Jesu, nomen dulce
16. Grandi: O quam tu pulchra es
17. Schütz: Rorate coeli
18. Picchi: Canzon seconda
19. Castello: Undecima Sonata
The Leipzig ensemble La Rubina unites passion and expertise for the music of the early 17th century. In a small chamber group, the different timbres of cornet, baroque violin, dulcian, theorbo as well as harpsichord and organ are combined in a very exquisite way. The works recorded here from Venice and Leipzig – two of the most influential centres of music after 1600 – have in common the ‘narrative’ element arising from the monodic principle of vocal music, which had a decisive influence on the expression of instrumen-tal music. Conversely, virtuosity in early Baroque chamber music had an effect on vocal music; the most important genre of church music of that time, the sacred concerto, came into being. In this respect, some instrumentally performed sacred pieces here fit in orga-nically.