Margret Koell, Ensemble Between The Strings – Woundrous machine (2023) [FLAC 24bit/192kHz]

Margret Koell, Ensemble Between The Strings – Woundrous machine (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 56:17 minutes | 2,04 GB | Genre: Classical
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Wondrous Machine is the title of an air from Purcell’s Odes for St. Cecilia’s Day, a hymn of praise to the music of which Cecilia is considered the patron saint, and to the instruments from the flute to the organ, of which she is considered the inventor. Not as an inventor, but as an innovative rediscoverer and ambassador of an equally “wondrous” instrument, namely the historical harp and its “entourage”, is Margret Koell. She programmatically places the title “Wondrous Machine” above a project that focuses on the tonal mutability of the triple harp. The programme focuses on George Frideric Handel: the Concerto Op. 7 No. 1 for harp, lute and orchestra is Koell’s arrangement of the original concerto for organ and orchestra. The Concerto Op. 4 No. 6 is presented here for the first time in the extremely rarely heard version of 1736 for harp and lyrichord (viola organista) – the latter, a bowed keyboard instrument, is based on sketches by Leonardo da Vinci. With his sketch for another “wondrous machine”, the flying machine “ornithopter”, da Vinci was once again the inspiration: for the new composition by Christof Dienz, which catapults the triple harp and lyrichord into the present. The programme is rounded off by interspersed Scottish tunes by composer James Oswald.

Tracklist:

01. Margret Koell & Ensemble Between The Strings – Handel: Concerto for harp, lute, lyrichord & other instruments op. 4 no. 6, HWV 294: Andante Allegro (06:06)
02. Margret Koell & Ensemble Between The Strings – Handel: Concerto for harp, lute, lyrichord & other instruments op. 4 no. 7, HWV 295: Larghetto (05:14)
03. Margret Koell & Ensemble Between The Strings – Handel: Concerto for harp, lute, lyrichord & other instruments op. 4 no. 8, HWV 296: Allegro Moderato (02:38)
04. Margret Koell & Ensemble Between The Strings – Oswald: A Curious Collection of Scots Tunes: Ty on the Wars (05:41)
05. Margret Koell & Ensemble Between The Strings – Handel: Concerto for harp & lute op. 7 no. 1, HWV 306: Andante (05:19)
06. Margret Koell & Ensemble Between The Strings – Handel: Concerto for harp & lute op. 7 no. 2, HWV 306: Andante (04:01)
07. Margret Koell & Ensemble Between The Strings – Handel: Concerto for harp & lute op. 7 no. 3, HWV 306: Largo e piano (04:07)
08. Margret Koell & Ensemble Between The Strings – Handel: Concerto for harp & lute op. 7 no. 4, HWV 306: Bourrée Allegro (02:34)
09. Margret Koell & Ensemble Between The Strings – Oswald: A Curious Collection of Scots Tunes: Bonny Christy (03:04)
10. Margret Koell & Ensemble Between The Strings – Oswald: A Curious Collection of Scots Tunes: My Nanio (01:54)
11. Margret Koell & Ensemble Between The Strings – Dienz: flapping its wings – Concertino for triple harp, lyrichord & 5 baroque strings (12:21)
12. Margret Koell & Ensemble Between The Strings – Oswald: A Curious Collection of Scots Tunes: There are few good Fellows when Jamie´s awa´ (03:12)

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