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The Heart of Europe
Various composers

Il Giardino d'Amore

The Heart of Europe

Price: € 19.95
Format: CD
Label: Ëvoe Music
UPC: 5905279916043
Catnr: EVOE 004
Release date: 03 November 2017
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Label
Ëvoe Music
UPC
5905279916043
Catalogue number
EVOE 004
Release date
03 November 2017

"The variety of genres and compositions of the CD, the harmonious combination of sacred and secular music with folk and courtly dances is a big plus."

Services for Music, 25-1-2018
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About the album

The Heart of Europe - Corona Regni Poloniae - 1500 - 1750 is a new CD lanced by Ëvoe Records.

Main goal of this album is to present rare music of Central Europe during 250 years of late Renaissance and Baroque era, especially focusing on the cultural exchange between Ottoman Turkey and Occidental Europe. In this context Poland (in latin Corona Regni Poloniae) is presented as The Heart of Europe being culturally linked with those different worlds. The topic of the CD concentrates around the date of the biggest battles between christianity and islam which took place in Vienna in 1683.

Fascinating personality and key person in this story is Wojciech Bobowski - (in Turkey called Ali Ufki ) who represented both cultures and connected their music. The other interesting composers appearing in this album are Johannes de Lublin, Gorczycki, Zielenski, Mielczewski, Klosseman. You can listen also to great Battalia by Biber, and Turcaria by Fux in new exciting arrangements with much bigger instrumentation. The salt and pepper of this CD is of course instruments typical for ottoman culture such as ney or santur.

The CD is recorded by Il Giardino d’Amore orchestra and choir in cooperation with Tempus and Trombastic Ensembles.
The diversity of genres and the compositions of the CD is a great advantage blending smoothly sacred and secular music with popular and court dances.

We would like to encourage our listeners to explore more about this fascinating music and history. We hope that curiosity will bring new discoveries and new presentations soon. The CD is an incredible adventure for the musicologists, music lovers, and great fun for the whole families with young members, especially enjoying the dynamic rhythms, and original colorful melodies of past times and kingdoms.

Hauptziel dieses Albums ist es, seltene Musik Mitteleuropas aus der Zeit der Spätrenaissance und des Barock zu präsentieren, mit besonderem Fokus auf den kulturellen Austausch zwischen der türkischen Osmanischen Republik und dem abendländischen Europa. In diesem Zusammenhang wird Polen (lateinisch Corona Regni Regni Poloniae) als das ‚Herz Europas‘ dargestellt, das kulturell als Bindeglied dieser verschiedenen Welten steht. Das Thema der CD konzentriert sich auf das Datum der größten Schlachten zwischen dem Christentum und dem Islam, die 1683 in Wien stattfanden.
Faszinierende Persönlichkeit und Schlüsselfigur in dieser Geschichte ist Wojciech Bobowski - (in der Türkei Ali Ufki genannt), der beide Kulturen repräsentierte und ihre Musik verband. Weitere interessante Komponisten, die auf diesem Album auftreten, sind Johannes de Lublin, Gorczycki, Zielenski, Mielczewski oder Klosseman. Man kann sich ebenfalls die großartigen Battalia von Biber oder Turcaria von Fux in neuen aufregenden Arrangements mit viel größerer Instrumentierung anhören. Besonders erwähnenswert sind natürlich die für die osmanische Kultur typischen Instrumente wie Ney oder Santur.
Die CD wurde vom Il Giardino d' Amore Orchester und Chor in Zusammenarbeit mit Tempus und Trombastic Ensembles aufgenommen.
Die Vielfalt der Genres und Kompositionen der CD, die harmonische Verbindung von geistlicher und weltlicher Musik mit volkstümlichen und höfischen Tänzen ist ein großes Plus.

Artist(s)

Il Giardino d'Amore

Il Giardino d’Amore was founded in 2012 in Cracow. In the years  2012 & 2013 the orchestra performed at festivals such as the Bach Festival in Vienna, Utrecht Oude Muziek Festival, Tartini Festival in Piran. In autumn 2013 the orchestra held their first tour in the USA and Canada, and performed at Festival of Early Music Celebration in New York. In 2014 Il Giardino performed in the prestigious concert hall of Mozarteum in Salzburg, as well as was invited to the festival in Oslo, Norway. During their second tour in USA they performed in Carnegie Hall New York and California, where members of Il Giardino led the master class at the Universities of Los Angeles and San Diego. Years 2013 – 2018...
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Il Giardino d’Amore was founded in 2012 in Cracow. In the years 2012 & 2013 the orchestra performed at festivals such as the Bach Festival in Vienna, Utrecht Oude Muziek Festival, Tartini Festival in Piran.

In autumn 2013 the orchestra held their first tour in the USA and Canada, and performed at Festival of Early Music Celebration in New York. In 2014 Il Giardino performed in the prestigious concert hall of Mozarteum in Salzburg, as well as was invited to the festival in Oslo, Norway. During their second tour in USA they performed in Carnegie Hall New York and California, where members of Il Giardino led the master class at the Universities of Los Angeles and San Diego.
Years 2013 – 2018 are dedicated to French music. This fascination started by the recording Cantates & Petits Macarons, the CD with french cantatas in 2013, than presentation of the opera ballet by J.Ph.Rameau – Les Indes Galantes in 2015 and 2016, and it will continue this season by performance of another Rameau’s opera - ballet – Naïs.
The aim in 2016 was focused in large projects with polish sacred music. 2016 tour in US was dedicated entirely to the promotion, and popularization of this fascinating music. The fruit of this dissertation is the CD ” The Heart of Europe”.

The orchestra has recorded several CD’s for Ëvoe Records label.


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Stefan Plewniak (conductor)

Stefan Plewniak - violinist and conductor, received his training in is hometown, Krakow, where he studied with prof. B. Śliwicka-Wysocka at the Krakow Academy of Music. He continued his studies with prof. I.Strauss in Prague Music Academy, prof. R. Szreder at Maastricht Conservatory and prof F. Fernandez at Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique et de Danse in Paris. His interest in baroque music was sparked during collaboration with Les Gôuts Reunis ensemble in the Netherlands. Subsequently, he has performed with many significant ensembles and orchestras, such as Kammeroper Köln, Warsaw Polish Radio Orchestra and Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra. He collaborated with many renowned ensembles as a concertmaster in den Hague, Paris and Salzburg. He also cooperated with leading orchestras in Europe such as...
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Stefan Plewniak - violinist and conductor, received his training in is hometown, Krakow, where he studied with prof. B. Śliwicka-Wysocka at the Krakow Academy of Music. He continued his studies with prof. I.Strauss in Prague Music Academy, prof. R. Szreder at Maastricht Conservatory and prof F. Fernandez at Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique et de Danse in Paris.

His interest in baroque music was sparked during collaboration with Les Gôuts Reunis ensemble in the Netherlands. Subsequently, he has performed with many significant ensembles and orchestras, such as Kammeroper Köln, Warsaw Polish Radio Orchestra and Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra.

He collaborated with many renowned ensembles as a concertmaster in den Hague, Paris and Salzburg. He also cooperated with leading orchestras in Europe such as William Christie's Les Arts Florissants in Paris and Jordi Savall's Le Concert des Nations in Barcelona.

He is the founder of Il Giardino d'Amore orchestra in Vienna/ Cracow and Capella dell’ Ospedale della Pietà in Venice. In 2016 he founded new symphony orchestra The FeelHarmony.

He appeared as a soloist and leader at many important festivals in Europe, USA and China, among others Oude Muzik Festival Utrecht, Bach Festival Vienna, Tartini Festival Pirano, Styriarte Festival Graz, Early Music Celebration New York. He made his debut as a soloist in Mozarteum Salzburg and New York Carnegie Hall in 2014. Stefan Plewniak regularly presents masterclasses in Oslo, Norway as well as at the University of South California in L.A. and San Diego.

He is specializing in the opera and ballet repertoire.


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Press

The variety of genres and compositions of the CD, the harmonious combination of sacred and secular music with folk and courtly dances is a big plus.
Services for Music, 25-1-2018

The listeners can look forward to a beautifully executed collection of late Renaissance and early baroque dance music, some nice counter-Reformation baroque religious hymns and two examples of battaglia, program music that portrays the war.
Luister, 19-1-2018

The "Évoe Music" label released a magnificent CD with 17th-century Polish-German dance music from the Baroque era. Discover the music of Mikołaj Zieleński, Marcin Mielczewski, Caspar Klosemann, Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki and Wojciech Bobowski, played by "Il Giardino d'Amore". Sublime!
Stretto, 19-11-2017

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01.
Rex
02:17
(Anonymous) Il Giardino d'Amore, Il Giardino d'Amore Choir
02.
Laetatus sum
04:37
(Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki) Il Giardino d'Amore Choir, Il Giardino d'Amore
03.
In Virtute tua
04:55
(Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki) Il Giardino d'Amore Choir, Il Giardino d'Amore
04.
Battalia: Sonata
01:41
(Heinrich Isaac von Biber) Il Giardino d'Amore Choir, Il Giardino d'Amore
05.
Battalia: Die liederliche Gesellschaft...
00:56
(Heinrich Isaac von Biber) Il Giardino d'Amore, Il Giardino d'Amore Choir
06.
Battalia: Presto
00:40
(Heinrich Isaac von Biber) Il Giardino d'Amore Choir, Il Giardino d'Amore
07.
Battalia: Der Mars
01:15
(Heinrich Isaac von Biber) Il Giardino d'Amore Choir, Il Giardino d'Amore
08.
Battalia: Presto
01:00
(Heinrich Isaac von Biber) Il Giardino d'Amore, Il Giardino d'Amore Choir
09.
Battalia: Aria
01:52
(Heinrich Isaac von Biber) Il Giardino d'Amore, Il Giardino d'Amore Choir
10.
Battalia: Die Schlacht
00:44
(Heinrich Isaac von Biber) Il Giardino d'Amore, Il Giardino d'Amore Choir
11.
Battalia: Adagio. Lamento...
01:22
(Heinrich Isaac von Biber) Il Giardino d'Amore Choir, Il Giardino d'Amore
12.
Ziele
02:47
(Mikołaj Zieleński) Il Giardino d'Amore Choir, Il Giardino d'Amore
13.
Uyan Ey G?zlerim Gafletten Uyan
03:47
(Wojciech Bobowski) Il Giardino d'Amore Choir, Il Giardino d'Amore
14.
Cantional Zamoyskich: Pie
05:11
(Anonymous) Il Giardino d'Amore Choir, Il Giardino d'Amore
15.
Turcaria: Turcaria
01:46
(Johann Joseph Fux) Il Giardino d'Amore Choir, Il Giardino d'Amore
16.
Turcaria: Passacaglia
02:44
(Johann Joseph Fux) Il Giardino d'Amore, Il Giardino d'Amore Choir
17.
Turcaria: Janitschara
01:30
(Johann Joseph Fux) Il Giardino d'Amore Choir, Il Giardino d'Amore
18.
Turcaria: Posta Turcica
02:09
(Johann Joseph Fux) Il Giardino d'Amore Choir, Il Giardino d'Amore
19.
Triumphalis Dies
05:45
(Marcin Mielczewski) Il Giardino d'Amore, Il Giardino d'Amore Choir
20.
Musicalium Hortulus: Danse 1
01:41
(Caspar Klosemann) Il Giardino d'Amore Choir, Il Giardino d'Amore
21.
Musicalium Hortulus: Danse 2
01:44
(Caspar Klosemann) Il Giardino d'Amore Choir, Il Giardino d'Amore
22.
Musicalium Hortulus: Danse 3
01:06
(Caspar Klosemann) Il Giardino d'Amore Choir, Il Giardino d'Amore
23.
Musicalium Hortulus: Danse 4
03:28
(Caspar Klosemann) Il Giardino d'Amore Choir, Il Giardino d'Amore
24.
Musicalium Hortulus: Danse 5
01:47
(Caspar Klosemann) Il Giardino d'Amore, Il Giardino d'Amore Choir
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