Biber, Purcell, Pachelbel: Memento mori / Klingzeug Barockensemble

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BIS
Release Date
October 1, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Klingzeug Barockensemble
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 01, 2021
    • UPC
      7318599925660
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-2566
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Lamento di Tristano [London Codex, British Library MS Add. 29987, f.65, 14th century] (arr. Klingzeug for Baroque ensemble)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Klingzeug

    2. Lamento sopra la morte di Ferdinando III

      Composer: Johann Heinrich Schmelzer

      Ensemble: Klingzeug

    3. Planh - Improvisation

      Composer: Raimbault de Vaqueiras

      Performer: Anna Tausch

    4. I. Sonata alla breve

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Klingzeug

    5. II. Allemanda

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Klingzeug

    6. III. Sarabande

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Klingzeug

    7. IV. Gavotte

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Klingzeug

    8. V. Gigue

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Klingzeug

    9. VI. Lamenti: Adagio

      Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

      Ensemble: Klingzeug

    10. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III: When I am laid in earth, "Dido's Lament" (arr. for Baroque ensemble)

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Klingzeug

    11. Sonata Lamentevole in B-Flat Major

      Composer: Johann Heinrich Schmelzer

      Ensemble: Klingzeug

    12. Lachrimae Pavan

      Composer: Johann Schop

      Performer: Claudia Delago-Norz, Martin Riccabona

    13. Fugue For 2 Voices

      Composer: Giacomo Antonio Perti

      Performer: Claudia Delago-Norz, Anna Tausch

    14. I. Lamento: Largo

      Composer: Pietro Antonio Locatelli

      Ensemble: Klingzeug

    15. II. Alla breve ma moderato

      Composer: Pietro Antonio Locatelli

      Ensemble: Klingzeug

    16. III. Grave

      Composer: Pietro Antonio Locatelli

      Ensemble: Klingzeug

    17. IV. Non presto

      Composer: Pietro Antonio Locatelli

      Ensemble: Klingzeug

    18. V. La consolatione: Andante

      Composer: Pietro Antonio Locatelli

      Ensemble: Klingzeug

    19. Alle Menschen müssen sterben: Chorale (arr. for string quartet)

      Composer: Johann Pachelbel

      Ensemble: Klingzeug


The phrase memento mori has its origins in classical antiquity, but the injunction to remember one’s own mortality has been a feature of different cultures and religions throughout the ages. Just as death is universal, so is our need to adjust to this fact, and to consider our lives with it in mind. The arts are, and have been, an important means in helping us do so, which is why the laments gathered on this album speak to us all. The Austrian ensemble klingzeug has gathered examples from across 500 years – from the "Planh" (plaint) by Raimbaut de Vaqueiras, a Provençal troubadour of the early 13th century, to Locatelli’s Sinfonia funebre. Two of the most famous of all musical laments have also found their way onto the disc, albeit not in the form we normally hear them; transferred to a violin, Dido’s Lament from Purcell's Dido and Aeneas has become a song without words, while Dowland’s "Lachrimae" is heard in one of the many arrangements made of it, here by the German composer Johann Schop.