Lorenzo Ghielmi & Ensemble Biscantores – A Late Medieval Mass on the Rysum Organ (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:00:09 minutes | 1,06 GB | Genre: Classical
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In the German village of Rysum, in East Frisia, a precious instrument is preserved: an ancient organ, built in 1442/1513, which still has most of the original pipes. Lorenzo Ghielmi and the vocal ensemble Biscantores present a sort of “organ Mass”, where organ pieces and liturgical chant alternate according to the practice of the time. A journey between the late Middle Ages and the dawn of the Renaissance – this is how you could describe this musical programme, set up in collaboration with the musicologist Konrad Küster, which perfectly illustrates the unique sounds of this instrument.
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