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Tabula-Tour
Various composers

Michael Eberth

Tabula-Tour

Price: € 19.95
Format: CD
Label: Perfect Noise
UPC: 0719279934199
Catnr: PN 2503
Release date: 10 October 2025
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Label
Perfect Noise
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0719279934199
Catalogue number
PN 2503
Release date
10 October 2025
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About the album

With this "colourful" selection of pieces, we intend to give an impression of the diverse repertoire collected in the Turin Tablature. The motets and liturgical works were most likely intended for performance in church, whereas dances and madrigals were intended more for secular settings: at festivals, celebrations, and for domestic music-making. Toccatas and ricercars could be played in both ecclesiastical and secular settings. [In light of the wide variety of purposes of this repetoire, we utilized a wide variety of instruments.] Thus, in addition to the Marx-Günzer organ, three other stringed keyboard instruments were used: a clavicytherium in southern German design from the 17th century, a virginal after Michael Praetorius (1619), and a harpsichord of a seventeenthcentury Italian design.
Die „bunte“ Auswahl der Stücke möchte einen Eindruck von dem vielfäl􀀷gen Repertoire geben,
das in der Turiner Tabulatur gesammelt ist. Mote􀁋en und liturgische Stücke waren mit großer
Wahrscheinlichkeit für die Aufführung in der Kirche gedacht, Tänze und Madrigale eher für einen
weltlichen Rahmen bei Festen, Feiern und häuslichem Musizieren. Toccaten und Ricercari konnten
sowohl kirchlich als auch weltlich verwendet werden. Somit wurden neben der Marx-Günzer-
Orgel noch drei weitere besaitete Tasteninstrumente verwendet: ein Clavicytherium in
süddeutscher Bauart des 17. Jahrhunderts, ein Virginal nach Michael Praetorius (1619), sowie ein
Cembalo in italienischer Bauart des 17. Jahrhunderts.

Artist(s)

Michael Eberth (harpsichord)

After lessons with Karl Maureen and Hedwig Bilgram, Michael Eberth studied with Jean-Claude Zehnder (harpsichord and organ) and Jean Goverts (fortepiano) at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. 1984 »Diploma for Early Music« in harpsichord, 1985 in organ. Further studies with Jos van Immerseel, Kenneth Gilbert, Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini, Harald Vogel, Michael Radulescu, Johann Sonnleitner and Gustav Leonhardt. From 1988 to 2008, he taught harpsichord, chamber music and basso continuo at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich. Concert activity with various soloists and ensembles (Robert Crowe, Joel Frederiksen and Ensemble Phoenix-Munich, Salzburger Hofmusik, Berliner Lauttencompagney, Valer Sabadus, The Bach Ensemble New York). Concerts in Germany, Italy, Austria, Slovenia, France, Switzerland, South Korea, South Africa, Vietnam and the USA, as well as numerous radio and television productions. From 2004 to 2011, he was...
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After lessons with Karl Maureen and Hedwig Bilgram, Michael Eberth studied with Jean-Claude Zehnder (harpsichord and organ) and Jean Goverts (fortepiano) at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. 1984 »Diploma for Early Music« in harpsichord, 1985 in organ. Further studies with Jos van Immerseel, Kenneth Gilbert, Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini, Harald Vogel, Michael Radulescu, Johann Sonnleitner and Gustav Leonhardt. From 1988 to 2008, he taught harpsichord, chamber music and basso continuo at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich. Concert activity with various soloists and ensembles (Robert Crowe, Joel Frederiksen and Ensemble Phoenix-Munich, Salzburger Hofmusik, Berliner Lauttencompagney, Valer Sabadus, The Bach Ensemble New York).
Concerts in Germany, Italy, Austria, Slovenia, France, Switzerland, South Korea, South Africa, Vietnam and the USA, as well as numerous radio and television productions. From 2004 to 2011, he was privatdozent for harpsichord at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg.
Since 2008, Michael Eberth has taught harpsichord, clavichord, basso continuo, chamber music and notation studies as an honorary professor at the University of Music and Theatre in Munich, where he headed the Institute for Historical Performance Practice from 2016 to 2021. He is chairman of the Forum Alte Musik Augsburg e.V.

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Gerhard Hölzle (tenor)

Born in Kempten in 1960, the lyric tenor was initially a student of Florian Mayr, later of Ingrid Bettag and James Taylor, and most recently studied under Sami Kustaloglu. He performs as a soloist, primarily in southern Germany, with a repertoire focusing on Baroque and Romantic literature. Gerhard Hölzle sings in concerts and performances with professional solo vocal ensembles and choirs in Germany and abroad, with whom he also participates in radio and CD productions. Together with Marcus Schmidl, he directs the professional ensemble Cantus München (www.cantusmünchen.de), which is dedicated to Renaissance music in the German-speaking world, but also to music of Christian-Jewish dialogue. The Cantvs München Foundation supports the ensemble in its work.
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Born in Kempten in 1960, the lyric tenor was initially a student of Florian Mayr, later of Ingrid Bettag and James Taylor, and most recently studied under Sami Kustaloglu. He performs as a soloist, primarily in southern Germany, with a repertoire focusing on Baroque and Romantic literature. Gerhard Hölzle sings in concerts and performances with professional solo vocal ensembles and choirs in Germany and abroad, with whom he also participates in radio and CD productions. Together with Marcus Schmidl, he directs the professional ensemble Cantus München (www.cantusmünchen.de), which is dedicated to Renaissance music in the German-speaking world, but also to music of Christian-Jewish dialogue. The Cantvs München Foundation supports the ensemble in its work.

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Angelika Radowitz (baroque bassoon)

Angelika Radowitz, born in Krumbach, Swabia, studied oboe at the Leopold Mozart Conservatory in Augsburg with Georg Fischer and privately with Gerhard Veith, as well as recorder with Hermann Elsner and Christian Ohlenroth at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich. Scholarship from the City of Augsburg. Teaching diploma in oboe and recorder. Diploma in Baroque oboe with Hans-Peter Westermann at the Academy of Early Music in Bremen. Dulcian studies with Bernhard Junghänel. Courses and seminars with Ku Ebbinge, Alfredo Bernardini, Paul Goodwin, Han Tol, Gabriel Garrido and Michael McCraw. Regular collaboration with various Baroque orchestras (Salzburger Hofmusik, La Banda Augsburg, Leipziger Barockorchester, Kölner Barockorchester) as well as CD productions and radio recordings in Europe (Poland, Sweden, Portugal). 1999 to 2001...
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Angelika Radowitz, born in Krumbach, Swabia, studied oboe at the Leopold Mozart Conservatory in Augsburg with Georg Fischer and privately with Gerhard Veith, as well as recorder with Hermann Elsner and Christian Ohlenroth at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich. Scholarship from the City of Augsburg. Teaching diploma in oboe and recorder. Diploma in Baroque oboe with Hans-Peter Westermann at the Academy of Early Music in Bremen. Dulcian studies with Bernhard Junghänel. Courses and seminars with Ku Ebbinge, Alfredo Bernardini, Paul Goodwin, Han Tol, Gabriel Garrido and Michael McCraw. Regular collaboration with various Baroque orchestras (Salzburger Hofmusik, La Banda Augsburg, Leipziger Barockorchester, Kölner Barockorchester) as well as CD productions and radio recordings in Europe (Poland, Sweden, Portugal). 1999 to 2001 Postgraduate studies in the master class with Katharina Arfken at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. Since spring 2002, she has led the Augsburg Wind Trio and Wind Quintet. Angelika Radowitz taught at the University of Augsburg from 1992 to 2014, lectured at the municipal singing and music school in Munich. In 2008, she founded the dulcian ensemble Dulcisonantes-die Stadtpfeifer. She currently researches and performs 17th/18th-century music for oboe ensembles. Since 2006, she has been a member of the organising team of FAMA e.V., the Forum for Early Music in Augsburg.

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Composer(s)

Giovanni Gabrieli

Many a man will know the terms 'piano' and 'forte' to describe a soft or loud volume. The Venetian composer Giovanni Gabrieli was the first to ever used these terms in a musical work, around 1600, in his Sonata pian' e forte. Yet, this is not the only accomplishment Gabrieli is known for: he was also one of the first to compose music for multiple choirs, in which a vocal or instrumental ensemble was spread throughout the available space. This especially would have had an impressive effect in the gigantic St Mark's Basilica of Venice.  Due to these innovations, many students, among which Heinrich Schütz, wanted to be taught by Gabrieli. Gabrieli's most seminal work includes his Sacrae symphoniae (1597) and his posthumously...
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Many a man will know the terms 'piano' and 'forte' to describe a soft or loud volume. The Venetian composer Giovanni Gabrieli was the first to ever used these terms in a musical work, around 1600, in his Sonata pian' e forte. Yet, this is not the only accomplishment Gabrieli is known for: he was also one of the first to compose music for multiple choirs, in which a vocal or instrumental ensemble was spread throughout the available space. This especially would have had an impressive effect in the gigantic St Mark's Basilica of Venice. Due to these innovations, many students, among which Heinrich Schütz, wanted to be taught by Gabrieli. Gabrieli's most seminal work includes his Sacrae symphoniae (1597) and his posthumously published Canzoni et sonate (1615).


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Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

If it were up to Calvinism, all the organs would have been destroyed during the Beeldenstorm, the outbreaks of destruction of religious images that occurred in Europe in the 16th century. Thanks to city governments, the organs were saved. Strictly speaking, Sweelinck was a servant for the city government as well as the city organist of Amsterdam. His organ and harpsichord music was also used during international negotiations, making his music arguably quite influential.  Sweelinck's music should not be listened to with the same ears as one listens to Bach, Beethoven or Brahms. His instrumental works have its own completely unique expression, including temporal modulations, instead of tonal ones. His toccatas, variations and fantasies often start modestly, and gradually increase in movement....
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If it were up to Calvinism, all the organs would have been destroyed during the Beeldenstorm, the outbreaks of destruction of religious images that occurred in Europe in the 16th century. Thanks to city governments, the organs were saved. Strictly speaking, Sweelinck was a servant for the city government as well as the city organist of Amsterdam. His organ and harpsichord music was also used during international negotiations, making his music arguably quite influential. Sweelinck's music should not be listened to with the same ears as one listens to Bach, Beethoven or Brahms. His instrumental works have its own completely unique expression, including temporal modulations, instead of tonal ones. His toccatas, variations and fantasies often start modestly, and gradually increase in movement. Especially his fantasies are masterpieces in this regard. Take for instance his Chromatic Fantasy. The first part uses the chromaticism by alternating whole and half steps. In the second section, the theme is enlarged to a complete cantus firmus, while the embellishments increase in speed. In the third section, the chromatic theme is increased in speed as well, after which the whole work is finished with a graceful bow.
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