Archipel Machaut - Medieval Music & New Music Mixtura

• 1 Kyrie - Christe - Kyrie 02:51
• 2 Gloria 04:07
• 3 Archipel Machaut 10:35
• 4 Sanctus 02:46
• 5 Agnus Dei 03:21
• 6 Virelai No. 4. Douce dame jolie (arr. for accordion) 00:49
• 7 Rondeaux No. 18. Puis qu'en oubli (arr. for shawm and accordion) 02:43
• 8 Virelai No. 4. Douce dame jolie (arr. for shawm) 00:38
• 9 Virelai No. 31. Moult sui de bonne heure nee (arr. for shawm and accordion) 02:36
• 10 Briefe - Heloisa 14:40
• Guillaume de Machaut (1300–1377)
• 11 Virelai No. 4. Douce dame jolie (arr. for accordion) 00:49
• 12 Tres douce dame que j'aour (arr. for shawm and accordion) 04:29
• 13 Virelai No. 4. Douce dame jolie (arr. for shawm) 01:01
• Samir Odeh-Tamimi (1970): ÒD
• 14 ÒD 10:56
• Guillaume de Machaut (1300–1377): Rondeau No. 14.
• 15 Ma fin est mon commencement 04:00
• Total Runtime 01:06:21

Info for Archipel Machaut - Medieval Music & New Music

If the stylistic range in the first GENUIN CD of the Ensemble Mixtura was wide, the two musicians Katharina Bäuml (shawn) and Margit Kern (accordion) are now sending us music bridging a still wider canyon in their new GENUIN release. In a breathtaking compilation, they connect the music of the forefather of Western music, Guillaume de Machaut, with compositions of our time. Just as old churches are reflected in the glass facades of modern buildings, we discover here, anew, the artistically skilful polyphony of the Middle Ages in the works of Sidney Corbett, Sarah Nemtsov and Samir Odeh-Tamimi. Time becomes sound - the two instruments, so different from each other, melt into exciting new colour combinations. Well worth listening to!

“Something fairly improbably but thoroughly refreshing...their performance of the music is elegant and lucid throughout, the shawm always on the top line. They treat the songs a bit more freely, even sometimes introducing some embellishment.” (Gramophone)

“In a sentence? Astonishing musicianship, brimming with atmosphere. A disc very much worthy of attention.” (MusicWeb International)

Katharina Bäuml, shawm
Margit Kern, accordion

Recorded at Hainsfarth Synagogue, Hainsfarth, Germany, November 5–8, 2012
Executive Producer: Thorsten Preuß (Bayerischer Rundfunk – Studio Franken)
Recording Producer/Tonmeister: Michael Silberhorn
Balance Engineer: Klaus Brand
Technical Assistant: Thomas Hirschberg
Editing: Michael Silberhorn

Born in Munich, Katharina Bäuml studied oboe with Klaus Becker, Rainer Herweg and Winfried Liebermann. She studied Baroque oboe in Basle with Renate Hildebrand and Katharina Arfken. She gained orchestral experience under, among others, Claudio Abbado and Pierre Boulez, with ensembles such as Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla, Les Mu- siciens du Louvre, and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin. She specializes in historical reed instruments and Spanish Renaissance music. She has made international concert appearances and been featured on CDs. Since 2005 she has been leader of “Capella de la Torre,” now Germany’s leading Renaissance music ensemble. Katharina Bäuml teaches in Hanover and Geneva.

Margit Kern grew up near Frankfurt am Main. She completed instrumental studies with Hugo Noth in Trossingen, Germany and Matti Rantanen in Helsinki. She won First Prize at the “International Gaudeamus Competition for Interpreters of Contemporary Music.” She has performed as a soloist and chamber musician throughout Europe, among otherswith the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, musikFabrik, Ensemble Modern, and the Oh-Ton Ensemble. She specializes in New Music and has been involved in numerous premiere performances and theme-centered solo recital programs. She works closely with composers such as Charlotte Seither, Samir Odeh-Tamimi and Younghi Pagh-Paan. Margit Kern teaches accordion at the University of the Arts, Bremen.

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