(2021) Psalms and Motets from Renaissance Switzerland
Category(ies): Ancient music Oper vocal
Vocal(s): Tenor
Main Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Ensemble: Ensemble Lamaraviglia
Conductor: Stephanie Boller
CD set: 1
Catalog N°:
CD 3008
Release: 25.06.2021
EAN/UPC: 7619931300825
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PSALMS AND MOTETS FROM RENAISSANCE SWITZERLAND
PSALM FEVER IN SWITZERLAND
A musical panorama of the time in all four national languages
The Genevan Psalter - a European synthesis of the arts
In the middle of the 16th century, the Geneva Psalter infected the whole of Reformed Europe – Switzerland included – with a true psalm fever. The first complete collection of all 150 psalms, promoted by the Genevan reformer Jean Calvin, was published in 1562. The psalm verses were translated into French and provided with melodies by various Genevan cantors.
Thanks to the collection’s immense importance for the Reformation and its unique artistic content, these psalms inspired like none before the most influential composer of the time to write a large number of polyphonic psalm settings. The four-part psalms composed by Claude Goudimel (c. 1514-1572) were published in 1564, just two years after their initial release. Set in a simple note-against-note setting with the well-known Genevan melodies in the tenor part, these psalms quickly gained incredible popularity. They were provided with translations of the texts into German, Dutch, Italian, even Rhaeto-Romanic and printed in large quantities, so they spread in no time throughout Europe, reaching even Switzerland’s furthest mountain valleys.
>> Read more in the booklet <<
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Lamaraviglia – Moving sound art from the Renaissance to early Baroque flows from this ensemble’s every note and breath.
When mezzo-soprano Stephanie Boller founded the vocal ensemble of soloists in 2010, she immediately focused on linguistic refinement, emotional range and a homogeneous sound. The ensemble’s singers are all specialists in their field. They came from countries worldwide to study at Switzerland’s leading music schools, first and foremost the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. Anyone who has experienced Lamaraviglia on stage and backstage knows how much positive energy is to be expected. The Swiss-German, German, French, Brazilian, English and Italian languages and cultures meet here. Thanks to their unique backgrounds, the musicians repeatedly reveal new facets of the music and set it in a dynamic present. The interplay between tension and relaxation, dissonance and consonance, speech rhythm and melody has an impressive effect on all facets of the group’s musical work.
The singers’ collective creative energy is characterised by a desire to establish an immediate connection with the audience at linguistic, musical and emotional levels. Their dramaturgically designed programmes bear an unmistakable signature. Some appreciate the ties with a selected epoch in a particular place. Others are inspired by a historical reference in which the social context is also actively included.
The ensemble feels connected to its homeland and conceives programmes focusing on Switzerland that are an absolute novelty. Musical connections between Switzerland and other countries are examined, as are the most popular musical hotspots at different historical times. Singing in the four national languages of Switzerland is a question of honor for Lamaraviglia. Indeed, also in Romansh!
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| 1 | Genevan Psalter | 105 | Ludè tuots la Divin’ essentia | |||||||||||
| 2 | Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck | 105 | Ludè tuots la Divin’ essentia | a 7 | JJ, SB, SS, MD, IH, CS, JA | |||||||||
| 3 | Claude Goudimel | 25 | A toy, mon Dieu, mon cœur monte | a 4 | SB, IH, MD, JA | |||||||||
| 4 | Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck | 25 | A toy, mon Dieu, mon cœur monte | a 5 | SB, SK, IH, MD, JA | |||||||||
| 5 | Genevan Psalter | 121 | In ôt hae vers ils munts guardô | |||||||||||
| 6 | Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck | 121 | In ôt hae vers ils munts guardô | a 4 | SB, SK, MD, JA | |||||||||
| 7 | Claude Goudimel | 12 | Am do succuors ô Dieu | a 4 | SB, SK ,MD, IH, JA | |||||||||
| 8 | Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck | 12 | Am do succuors ô Dieu | a 5 | SB, SK, MD, IH, JA | |||||||||
| 9 | Genevan Psalter | 122 | Erfreut hat sich mein Herz und Muth | |||||||||||
| 10 | Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck | 122 | Erfreut hat sich mein Herz und Muth | a 4 | SB, IH, MD, JA | |||||||||
| 11 | Genevan Psalter | 104 | Sciogl‘ al Signor alma mia canti bei | |||||||||||
| 12 | Claude Goudimel | 104 | Sciogl‘ al Signor alma mia canti bei | a 4 | SB, SK, MD, IH, JA | |||||||||
| 13 | Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck | 42 | Sco ziev’ ouva fraschia gira | a 8 | JJ, SB, JT, SS, MD, IH, CS, JA | |||||||||
| 14 | Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck | 9 | De tout mon coeur t‘exalteray | a 4 | SB, SK, MD, IH, JA | |||||||||
| 15 | Genevan Psalter | 33 | Hor su, voi spirti giust‘ e santi | |||||||||||
| 16 | Claude Goudimel | 33 | Hor su, voi spirti giust‘ e santi | a 4 | JJ, SB, JT, SS, IH, MD, JA, CS | |||||||||
| 17 | Genevan Psalter | 100 | Vus chi sur terra stais, cantè | |||||||||||
| 18 | Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck | 100 | Vus chi sur terra stais, cantè | a 5 | SB, SK, IH, MD, JA | |||||||||
| 19 | Claude Goudimel | 8 | O nostre Dieu et Seigneur amiable | a 4 | SB, SK, IH, MD, JA | |||||||||
| 20 | Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck | 8 | O nostre Dieu et Seigneur amiable | a 5 | SB, SK, IH, MD, JA | |||||||||
| 21 | Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck | 63 | O Dieu, t’êst quel Dieu ferm ch’eau hę | a 6 | SB, LL, SS, IH, MD, CS, JA | |||||||||
| 22 | Genevan Psalter | 150 | Lobet Gott im Himmelreich | |||||||||||
| 23 | Claude Goudimel | 150 | Lobet Gott im Himmelreich | a 4 | JJ, SB, LL, SS, MD, IH, CS, JA | |||||||||
| 24 | Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck | 150 | Or soit loué l‘Éternel | a 8 | JJ, SB, LL, SS, IH, MD, CS, JA | |||||||||
Ensemble Lamaraviglia
Stephanie Boller, direction
Stephanie Boller (SB), Cantus
Jessica Jans (JJ), Cantus
Stefan Kahle (SK), Altus
Lisa Lüthi (LL), Altus
Jan Thomer (JT), Altus
Stefan Steinemann (SS), Altus
Ivo Haun (IH), Tenor
Matthias Deger (MD), Tenor
Jedediah Allen (JA), Bassus
Csongor Szanto (CS), Bassus
(2021) Psalms and Motets from Renaissance Switzerland - CD 3008
PSALM FEVER IN SWITZERLAND
A musical panorama of the time in all four national languages
The Genevan Psalter - a European synthesis of the arts
In the middle of the 16th century, the Geneva Psalter infected the whole of Reformed Europe – Switzerland included – with a true psalm fever. The first complete collection of all 150 psalms, promoted by the Genevan reformer Jean Calvin, was published in 1562. The psalm verses were translated into French and provided with melodies by various Genevan cantors.
Thanks to the collection’s immense importance for the Reformation and its unique artistic content, these psalms inspired like none before the most influential composer of the time to write a large number of polyphonic psalm settings. The four-part psalms composed by Claude Goudimel (c. 1514-1572) were published in 1564, just two years after their initial release. Set in a simple note-against-note setting with the well-known Genevan melodies in the tenor part, these psalms quickly gained incredible popularity. They were provided with translations of the texts into German, Dutch, Italian, even Rhaeto-Romanic and printed in large quantities, so they spread in no time throughout Europe, reaching even Switzerland’s furthest mountain valleys.
>> Read more in the booklet <<
***
Lamaraviglia – Moving sound art from the Renaissance to early Baroque flows from this ensemble’s every note and breath.
When mezzo-soprano Stephanie Boller founded the vocal ensemble of soloists in 2010, she immediately focused on linguistic refinement, emotional range and a homogeneous sound. The ensemble’s singers are all specialists in their field. They came from countries worldwide to study at Switzerland’s leading music schools, first and foremost the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. Anyone who has experienced Lamaraviglia on stage and backstage knows how much positive energy is to be expected. The Swiss-German, German, French, Brazilian, English and Italian languages and cultures meet here. Thanks to their unique backgrounds, the musicians repeatedly reveal new facets of the music and set it in a dynamic present. The interplay between tension and relaxation, dissonance and consonance, speech rhythm and melody has an impressive effect on all facets of the group’s musical work.
The singers’ collective creative energy is characterised by a desire to establish an immediate connection with the audience at linguistic, musical and emotional levels. Their dramaturgically designed programmes bear an unmistakable signature. Some appreciate the ties with a selected epoch in a particular place. Others are inspired by a historical reference in which the social context is also actively included.
The ensemble feels connected to its homeland and conceives programmes focusing on Switzerland that are an absolute novelty. Musical connections between Switzerland and other countries are examined, as are the most popular musical hotspots at different historical times. Singing in the four national languages of Switzerland is a question of honor for Lamaraviglia. Indeed, also in Romansh!
***
| 1 | Genevan Psalter | 105 | Ludè tuots la Divin’ essentia | |||||||||||
| 2 | Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck | 105 | Ludè tuots la Divin’ essentia | a 7 | JJ, SB, SS, MD, IH, CS, JA | |||||||||
| 3 | Claude Goudimel | 25 | A toy, mon Dieu, mon cœur monte | a 4 | SB, IH, MD, JA | |||||||||
| 4 | Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck | 25 | A toy, mon Dieu, mon cœur monte | a 5 | SB, SK, IH, MD, JA | |||||||||
| 5 | Genevan Psalter | 121 | In ôt hae vers ils munts guardô | |||||||||||
| 6 | Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck | 121 | In ôt hae vers ils munts guardô | a 4 | SB, SK, MD, JA | |||||||||
| 7 | Claude Goudimel | 12 | Am do succuors ô Dieu | a 4 | SB, SK ,MD, IH, JA | |||||||||
| 8 | Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck | 12 | Am do succuors ô Dieu | a 5 | SB, SK, MD, IH, JA | |||||||||
| 9 | Genevan Psalter | 122 | Erfreut hat sich mein Herz und Muth | |||||||||||
| 10 | Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck | 122 | Erfreut hat sich mein Herz und Muth | a 4 | SB, IH, MD, JA | |||||||||
| 11 | Genevan Psalter | 104 | Sciogl‘ al Signor alma mia canti bei | |||||||||||
| 12 | Claude Goudimel | 104 | Sciogl‘ al Signor alma mia canti bei | a 4 | SB, SK, MD, IH, JA | |||||||||
| 13 | Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck | 42 | Sco ziev’ ouva fraschia gira | a 8 | JJ, SB, JT, SS, MD, IH, CS, JA | |||||||||
| 14 | Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck | 9 | De tout mon coeur t‘exalteray | a 4 | SB, SK, MD, IH, JA | |||||||||
| 15 | Genevan Psalter | 33 | Hor su, voi spirti giust‘ e santi | |||||||||||
| 16 | Claude Goudimel | 33 | Hor su, voi spirti giust‘ e santi | a 4 | JJ, SB, JT, SS, IH, MD, JA, CS | |||||||||
| 17 | Genevan Psalter | 100 | Vus chi sur terra stais, cantè | |||||||||||
| 18 | Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck | 100 | Vus chi sur terra stais, cantè | a 5 | SB, SK, IH, MD, JA | |||||||||
| 19 | Claude Goudimel | 8 | O nostre Dieu et Seigneur amiable | a 4 | SB, SK, IH, MD, JA | |||||||||
| 20 | Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck | 8 | O nostre Dieu et Seigneur amiable | a 5 | SB, SK, IH, MD, JA | |||||||||
| 21 | Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck | 63 | O Dieu, t’êst quel Dieu ferm ch’eau hę | a 6 | SB, LL, SS, IH, MD, CS, JA | |||||||||
| 22 | Genevan Psalter | 150 | Lobet Gott im Himmelreich | |||||||||||
| 23 | Claude Goudimel | 150 | Lobet Gott im Himmelreich | a 4 | JJ, SB, LL, SS, MD, IH, CS, JA | |||||||||
| 24 | Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck | 150 | Or soit loué l‘Éternel | a 8 | JJ, SB, LL, SS, IH, MD, CS, JA | |||||||||
Ensemble Lamaraviglia
Stephanie Boller, direction
Stephanie Boller (SB), Cantus
Jessica Jans (JJ), Cantus
Stefan Kahle (SK), Altus
Lisa Lüthi (LL), Altus
Jan Thomer (JT), Altus
Stefan Steinemann (SS), Altus
Ivo Haun (IH), Tenor
Matthias Deger (MD), Tenor
Jedediah Allen (JA), Bassus
Csongor Szanto (CS), Bassus
Return to the album | Read the booklet | Composer(s): Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck | Main Artist: Ensemble Lamaraviglia
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