Clemencic Consort

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The Clemencic Consort is a Viennese ensemble for early music that dates back to a formation that first played together in 1957 and was officially founded in 1969.

history

The Clemencic Consort consists of an ensemble of artists of international origin under the direction of the Austrian René Clemencic . The line-up varies depending on the program to be performed, and there are various combinations of participants in the vocal and instrumental areas.

The singers and instrumentalists of the Clemencic Consort interpret music from the Middle Ages to the Baroque period with historical instruments and instruments based on historical models. Particular importance is attached to an interpretation that is as authentic as possible. The programs should give an impression of the epoch from which the music originates.

In 1966 René Clemencic founded the Musica Antiqua concert cycle in the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna . He and his ensemble have made more than a hundred records and CDs. The interpretations have been awarded various international prizes such as the Edison , Grand Prix du Disque , Diapason d'or and the Prix Cecilia.

The Clemencic Consort plays z. B. the Carmina Burana with the melodies of the times of origin of this collection with instruments popular at the time. Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber , Johann Joseph Fux and Johann Heinrich Schmelzer are just as much part of the program as François Couperin and Jean-Philippe Rameau or John Dunstable , Guillaume Dufay and Johannes Ockeghem .

Another specialty of the Clemencic Consort are concert and staged performances of baroque operas.

Recordings

  • 1973 Danses de la Renaissance (Harmonia Mundi)
  • 1974 Carmina Burana (Harmonia Mundi, 4 LP)
  • 1975 Le Roman de Fauvel (Harmonia Mundi)
  • 1975 Guillaume Dufay , Mass "Ave Regina Coelorum" (Harmonia Mundi)
  • 1976 Les Cantigas de Santa Maria (Harmonia Mundi)
  • 1976 Dictionnaire des Danses de la Renaissance (Harmonia Mundi)
  • 1976 Basses Danses et Chansons 1450-1550. Le Chansonnier de Marguerite d'Autriche (Harmonia Mundi)
  • 1977 Troubadours (Harmonia Mundi)
  • 1978 Danses anciennes de Hongrie et de Tramsylvanie (Harmonia Mundi)
  • 1978 Guillaume Dufay , Missa "Caput" (Harmonia Mundi)
  • 1978 Guillaume Dufay , Missa "Ecce ancilla Domini" (Harmonia Mundi)
  • 1978 Jacob Obrecht , Missa "Fortuna Desperata" (Harmonia Mundi)
  • 1978 Original music for the film Molière (Harmonia Mundi)
  • 1992 Mysterium passionis et resurrectionis (Nuovo Era)
  • 1994 Hans Sachs and his time (Stradivarius, STR-33361)
  • 1995 Alessandro Scarlatti , Il Giardino D'Amore (Accord)
  • 1997 Motetus. Musica al tempo di Notre-Dame Parigi (Stradivarius, STR-33398)
  • 1999 Guillaume de Machaut , La Messe de Nostre Dame (Arte Nova Classics, CD 85289)
  • 1999 Ludus Danielis. Liturgical Drama of the 12th Century (Aura Classics)
  • 2000 Antonio Caldara , Missa Dolorosa, Stabat Mater (Naxos)
  • 2001 Mysterium Passionis et Resurrectionis Festum Sanctissima Pascha (Nuova Era)
  • 2002 Guillaume Dufay , Cathedral Sounds (Arte Nova Classics)
  • 2002 Gilles Binchois , Chansons, Missa Ferialis, Magnificat (Musique en Wallonie)
  • 2004 Laudation Pueri. Baroque Christmas (Oehms Classics)
  • 2005 La Messe de Tournai (Oehms Classics, OC-361)
  • 2005 Johann Joseph Fux , Emperor's Requiem (Arte Nova Classics)
  • 2005 Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber , Balletti and sonatas for trumpets and strings (Oehms Classics, OC-515)
  • 2007 Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber , Fidicinim Sacro Profanum (Accord)
  • 2008 Tomaso Albinoni , Il nascimento dell Aurora (Oehms Classics, OC 913)
  • 2009 Carmina Burana . Codex Buranus (Oehms Classics)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Clemencic Consort at Discogs (English).
  2. ↑ Clemencic Consort at Allmusic (English).