Composer(s): Traditional
Arranger(s): Ensemble Unicorn
Label: Naxos
Genre: Chamber Music; Choral - Sacred; Choral - Secular; Instrumental; Vocal
Catalogue No: 8.578044-45
Barcode: 747313804474
Distribution Note(s):
CD available only in North America
Release Date: 07/2009
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ANONYMOUS

Leon Kirchner is one of the most individual voices in American composition. His powerful, expressive music carries on the legacy of his teachers Arnold Schoenberg, Ernest Bloch, and Roger Sessions. Propulsive and improvisational in spirit, each composition draws the listener into a musical journey, travelling through intense emotional realms in search of resolution. Kirchner heightens the experience with colourful directions in his scores, such as ‘Haltingly’, ‘Wild’, and ‘Coming from nowhere, almost out of control.’

Tracklist

Disc 1
Traditional
Accentus Ensemble (Ensemble)
Wimmer, Thomas (Conductor)
1 Avrix mi galanica (Let Me in, My Love) 03:21
Accentus Ensemble (Ensemble)
Wimmer, Thomas (Conductor)
Il Curioso (Ensemble)
Bohm, Bernhard (Conductor)
2 Ich tat mir auserwahlen (I chose for myself) 02:11
Il Curioso (Ensemble)
Bohm, Bernhard (Conductor)
Mass Text - Lyricist
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
3 Mass of Tournai: Se grasse - Cum venerint - Ite missa est 01:32
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
Capilla Flamenca (Ensemble)
4 Cueurs desolez 03:44
Capilla Flamenca (Ensemble)
Traditional
Ensemble Unicorn (Ensemble)
Oni Wytars Ensemble (Ensemble)
5 Bog se rodi va Betleme 03:56
Ensemble Unicorn (Ensemble)
Oni Wytars Ensemble (Ensemble)
Ensemble Unicorn - Arranger
Ensemble Unicorn (Ensemble)
Posch, Michael (Conductor)
6 Codex Faenza: Biance flour (arr. Ensemble Unicorn) 03:30
Ensemble Unicorn (Ensemble)
Posch, Michael (Conductor)
Capilla Flamenca (Ensemble)
Denecker, Patrick (Conductor)
7 Plus oultre 02:40
Capilla Flamenca (Ensemble)
Denecker, Patrick (Conductor)
Sykes, Belinda (contralto)
Ensemble Unicorn (Ensemble)
Posch, Michael (Conductor)
8 Pilgrim Songs from the Monastery of Montserrat (1400-1420): Cantiga de Santa Maria No. 77-119 02:22
Sykes, Belinda (contralto)
Ensemble Unicorn (Ensemble)
Posch, Michael (Conductor)
Convivium Musicum Gothenburgense (Ensemble)
9 Den III Ronde Den VI Ronde - Les quatre Branles 02:54
Convivium Musicum Gothenburgense (Ensemble)
Oxford Camerata (Choir)
Summerly, Jeremy (Conductor)
10 Eya mater Stephane 02:38
Oxford Camerata (Choir)
Summerly, Jeremy (Conductor)
Ciaramella (Ensemble)
11 Sancta Maria wohn uns bei 02:36
Ciaramella (Ensemble)
Aurora Surgit (Choir)
Randon, Alessio (Conductor)
12 Alleluia. Pascha nostrum 02:33
Aurora Surgit (Choir)
Randon, Alessio (Conductor)
Hedos Ensemble (Ensemble)
Bohm, Bernhard (Conductor)
13 Der gestreifft Dantz - Gassenhauer (The strummed dance - Popular melody) 02:04
Hedos Ensemble (Ensemble)
Bohm, Bernhard (Conductor)
Ciaramella (Ensemble)
14 Instrumental piece from D-Mbs Mus. MS 3154 01:42
Ciaramella (Ensemble)
Oni Wytars Ensemble (Ensemble)
Ensemble Unicorn (Ensemble)
15 Carmina Burana: Clauso Cronos 03:07
Oni Wytars Ensemble (Ensemble)
Ensemble Unicorn (Ensemble)
Traditional
Accentus Ensemble (Ensemble)
Wimmer, Thomas (Conductor)
16 Esta montana d'enfrente 03:33
Accentus Ensemble (Ensemble)
Wimmer, Thomas (Conductor)
Estampie (Ensemble)
Derrick, Graham (Conductor)
17 Greensleeves 01:13
Estampie (Ensemble)
Derrick, Graham (Conductor)
Mass Text - Lyricist
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
18 Mass of Tournai: Agnus Dei 01:41
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Schenale, Manuela (soprano)
In Dulci Jubilo (Choir)
Turco, Alberto (Conductor)
19 Venite, benedicti 01:46
Schenale, Manuela (soprano)
In Dulci Jubilo (Choir)
Turco, Alberto (Conductor)
Traditional
Accentus Ensemble (Ensemble)
Wimmer, Thomas (Conductor)
20 Sa'dawi 02:08
Accentus Ensemble (Ensemble)
Wimmer, Thomas (Conductor)
Ciaramella (Ensemble)
21 Mein Herz in hohen Freuden ist 02:36
Ciaramella (Ensemble)
Convivium Musicum Gothenburgense (Ensemble)
22 Gaillarde I - II - III 02:02
Convivium Musicum Gothenburgense (Ensemble)
Schenale, Manuela (soprano)
In Dulci Jubilo (Choir)
Turco, Alberto (Conductor)
23 Si quis sermonem 01:25
Schenale, Manuela (soprano)
In Dulci Jubilo (Choir)
Turco, Alberto (Conductor)
Aurora Surgit (Choir)
Randon, Alessio (Conductor)
24 Gregorian Chant for the Dead: Apud Dominum (Antiphona) - Psalmus 129 04:21
Aurora Surgit (Choir)
Randon, Alessio (Conductor)
Delfino, Riccardo (bagpipe)
25 Bujo (Instrumental) 02:44
Delfino, Riccardo (bagpipe)
Estampie (Ensemble)
Derrick, Graham (Conductor)
26 Robin Hood and Maid Marian 04:29
Estampie (Ensemble)
Derrick, Graham (Conductor)
Il Curioso (Ensemble)
Bohm, Bernhard (Conductor)
27 Tourdion 01:23
Il Curioso (Ensemble)
Bohm, Bernhard (Conductor)
Disc 2
Ensemble Unicorn (Ensemble)
Oni Wytars Ensemble (Ensemble)
1 Dudul 02:38
Ensemble Unicorn (Ensemble)
Oni Wytars Ensemble (Ensemble)
Ensemble Unicorn (Ensemble)
Posch, Michael (Conductor)
2 Codex Faenza: Untitled 02:20
Ensemble Unicorn (Ensemble)
Posch, Michael (Conductor)
Oni Wytars Ensemble (Ensemble)
3 Jalla man (Traditional Andalusian School) 04:07
Oni Wytars Ensemble (Ensemble)
Oni Wytars Ensemble (Ensemble)
Ensemble Unicorn (Ensemble)
4 Bache, bene venies 05:55
Oni Wytars Ensemble (Ensemble)
Ensemble Unicorn (Ensemble)
Oxford Camerata (Choir)
Summerly, Jeremy (Conductor)
5 Alma redemptoris mater 06:26
Oxford Camerata (Choir)
Summerly, Jeremy (Conductor)
Ciaramella (Ensemble)
6 Alma chorus - O du arme Judas 02:18
Ciaramella (Ensemble)
Convivium Musicum Gothenburgense (Ensemble)
7 Den hoboecken dans 01:47
Convivium Musicum Gothenburgense (Ensemble)
Oni Wytars Ensemble (Ensemble)
8 Nevestinko oro 03:17
Oni Wytars Ensemble (Ensemble)
Rose Consort of Viols, The (Ensemble)
9 In Nomine 03:50
Rose Consort of Viols, The (Ensemble)
Aurora Surgit (Choir)
Randon, Alessio (Conductor)
10 Gregorian Chant for the Dead: Requiem aeternam (Introitus) - Kyrie 03:53
Aurora Surgit (Choir)
Randon, Alessio (Conductor)
Oni Wytars Ensemble (Ensemble)
11 Kyrie eleison (Christian-Arabic Tradition, Lebanon) 03:17
Oni Wytars Ensemble (Ensemble)
Sykes, Belinda (contralto)
Ensemble Unicorn (Ensemble)
Posch, Michael (Conductor)
12 Pilgrim Songs from the Monastery of Montserrat (1400-1420): Quant voi la flor novele 04:01
Sykes, Belinda (contralto)
Ensemble Unicorn (Ensemble)
Posch, Michael (Conductor)
Traditional
Traditional - Lyricist
Oni Wytars Ensemble (Ensemble)
13 Keh Moshe (Traditional Jewish, 12th century) 01:46
Oni Wytars Ensemble (Ensemble)
Aurora Surgit (Choir)
Randon, Alessio (Conductor)
14 Aurora lucis (hymnus) 02:28
Aurora Surgit (Choir)
Randon, Alessio (Conductor)
Delfino, Riccardo (bagpipe)
Ensemble Unicorn (Ensemble)
Oni Wytars Ensemble (Ensemble)
Posch, Michael (Conductor)
15 Domna, pos vos ay chausida (Instrumental) 02:25
Delfino, Riccardo (bagpipe)
Ensemble Unicorn (Ensemble)
Oni Wytars Ensemble (Ensemble)
Posch, Michael (Conductor)
Convivium Musicum Gothenburgense (Ensemble)
16 Ronde IV - I - VI 02:28
Convivium Musicum Gothenburgense (Ensemble)
Ensemble Unicorn - Arranger
Ensemble Unicorn (Ensemble)
Posch, Michael (Conductor)
17 Codex Faenza: Jay grant espoir (arr. Ensemble Unicorn) 02:48
Ensemble Unicorn (Ensemble)
Posch, Michael (Conductor)
Estampie (Ensemble)
Derrick, Graham (Conductor)
18 Greensleeves 02:25
Estampie (Ensemble)
Derrick, Graham (Conductor)
Il Curioso (Ensemble)
Bohm, Bernhard (Conductor)
19 Basse Danse, "La Magdalena" 02:51
Il Curioso (Ensemble)
Bohm, Bernhard (Conductor)
Boleyn, Anne - Lyricist
King, Catherine (mezzo-soprano)
Rose Consort of Viols, The (Ensemble)
20 O Death, rock me asleep 04:24
King, Catherine (mezzo-soprano)
Rose Consort of Viols, The (Ensemble)
Traditional
Accentus Ensemble (Ensemble)
Wimmer, Thomas (Conductor)
21 Partos trocados (Babes Exchanged) 05:54
Accentus Ensemble (Ensemble)
Wimmer, Thomas (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 02:21:29

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