Composer: Johannes Brahms, William Byrd, Jacob Clemens non papa, Stefan Heucke, Orlando di Lassus, Felix Mendelssohn, Thomas Morley, Michael Ostrzyga
Performer: Kölner Vokalsolisten, Ansgar Eimann
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Genuin
Catalogue: GEN24857
Release: 2024
Size: 1.26 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Clemens: Ego flos campi
02. Mažulienė: Kleine Wünsche
03. Ostrzyga: Tall Trees Grove, March 1st 2016
04. Morley: Hard by a crystal fountain
05. Morley: Fyre, Fyre!
06. Byrd: This Sweet and Merry Month of May, T 317
07. Marconi: Vorrei
08. Gesualdo da Venosa: Tristis est anima mea
Lassus: Lagrime di San Pietro
09. I. Il magnanimo Pietro, che giurato havea, LV 1005
10. XI. E non fu il pianto suo rivo o corrente, LV 1015
Brahms: 3 Songs, Op. 42
11. I. Abendständchen
12. II. Vineta
13. trad.: Es waren zwei Königskinder
Mendelssohn: Three Psalms, Op. 78
14. I. Psalm 2: Warum toben die Heiden, MWV B41
15. Heucke: Andenken, Op. 100
The Kölner Vokalsolisten are a six-voice vocal ensemble dedicated primarily to interpreting contemporary music. On their new Genuin CD, however, they juxtapose contemporary music with works from the 16th and 19th centuries and sing compositions based on the four elements. Not only does Renaissance meet Romanticism on this CD, but several world premieres by Stefan Heucke, Laura Marconi, and Michael Ostrzyga – works written especially for the slender and superbly blending voices of the vocal soloists – are featured as well. Fire, water, earth, air: virtuosic, sonorous, ethereal, and grounded – a truly extraordinary musical journey!