new-renaissance.eenet.ee
december 1994
Tartu Katoliku kirikus
1 - Polorum Regina (Llibre Vermell)
[4:56]
2 - Domine praevenisti (Gregorian chant) [3:17]
3 - Collaudemus Christum regem [4:35]
4 - O admirabile Veneris ydolum [2:47]
5 - Genitricem Dei [4:59]
6 - Surrexit Christus hodie [3:50]
7 - Istanpitta Ghaetta (instrumental) [10:37]
8 - Adam de la HALLE: Or est Bayard [3:04]
9 - CSM 166. Como poden [3:57]
10 - Venite populi (Gregorian chant) [2:14]
11 - Polorum Regina (Llibre Vermell) [4:56]
Sources:
#1: Llibre Vermell
#2: Gregorian chant
#3: Bohemia, 15th century
#4: Italy, 11th century
#5: Bohemia, 15th century
#6: Bohemia, 14th century
#7: Italy, 14th century
#8: France, 13th century
#9: Cantigas de Sancta Maria
#10: Gregorian chant
#11: Llibre Vermell
Via Sonora
Tarmo Tabas • tenor, percussion
Heikki-Rein Veromann • bass, plucked instruments, dulcimer,
percussion
Meelis Tõns • tenor
Toivo Sõmer • lute
Jaanus Roosileht • fiddle, rebec
Raho Langsepp • flute, recorders, shawm, percussion
Formed in Tartu in 1985, Via Sonora find themselves
equally at home filling a spacious cathedral or creating an intimate
atmosphere in an art gallery or museum. They have already made their
mark at a number of festivals in the Baltic and Scandinavia, and are
now beginning to bring their unique style to Western Europe.
Their repertoire comes from both Church and Court, and covers the
entire medieval period: from the captivating simplicity of Gregorian
chant, to songs in which several contrasting melodies are woven
together to a rich musical tapestry. Improvisation is one of the
special features of the group. As well as music from French, Italian
and Spanish manuscripts, the present collection also features Bohemian
hymns, in which – despite their sacred Latin texts – one can feel a
strong influence of popular or folk music.
The Ensemble’s focus has been on the delightful inner harmony which
dwells within this music, the mutual respect and balance between the
voices: and this they take as the basis and model for the very special
harmony within the ensemble, too. "One feels their sensitivity to
historical style not as a limitation but as a very definite gracing of
their music: it frees the members to draw on their experiences from
other worlds – renaissance music, church music, jazz – to produce a
freshness, a sincerity in their interpretations which is quite simply
beautiful and thoroughly enjoyable. "
David Kettlewell