Composer: Wizlav von Rügen, Rumelant von Sachsen, Otto von Bamberg, Hermann Damen
Performer: Hanna Järveläinen, Sabine Lutzenberger, Lorenza Donadini, Agnieszka Budzińska-Bennett, Baptiste Romain, Mara Winter
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Tacet
Catalogue: TACET2734
Release: 2021
Size: 1.39 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. anon.: Ave Maris Stella
02. anon.: Ave Maris Stella
03. anon.: O preclara stella maris V. Ad te clamant
04. anon.: Ave preclara maris stella
05. Rügen: Ich will singhen
06. Sachsen: Ir edlen herren ritter
07. anon.: Kyrie fons bonitatis
08. Sachsen: Niht wol ich sin vergessen mak
09. Bamberg: Iustum deduxit Dominus V. Immortalis
10. Bamberg: All. Filii Syon
11. Bamberg: Gratulare sponsa Christi
12. anon.: Bordesholmer Marienklage
13. anon.: O flos florum
14. Rügen: De erde
15. anon.: O Maria rogatrix
16. anon.: All. O virgo Maria
17. Damen: Maria muoter
18. anon.: Verbum bonum
19. anon.: Procedentem sponsum
20. anon.: Puer nobis nascitur
21. anon.: Exordium / Nate de Dei / Concrepet infanti / VERBUM CARO
22. anon.: Loben sol man
23. Rügen: De herbest kummt
The fourth and final recording of Agnieszka Budzinska-Bennett’s “Mare Balticum” project with and about music from the Baltic region, the first of which has already received the coveted ICMA, is perhaps the most beautiful.
One-part melodies sung by four women in their own rhythm and yet in complete unison transport us to the bygone world of the Middle Ages. Solo songs bring us even closer to that time. For instance, when – this is just one example – Lorenza Donadini as Mary laments the death of Jesus, we hear the grief of a living mother over the death of her own child.