Minimus Vocal Ensemble & Sławomira Raczyńska - Wacław Reimagined (2020) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Ego sum Pastor bonus (1)
02. Ego sum Pastor bonus (2)
03. Naklon, Panie, ku mnie ucho Twoje
04. Naklon, o Panie, uszu swoich
05. Nunc scio vere (1)
06. Nunc scio vere (2)
07. I ktoz bedzie przemieszkiwal
08. Panie, ktoz bedzie przebywal
09. Modlitwa, gdy dziatki spac ida
10. Nadchodzi noc
11. Kryste, dniu naszej swiatlosci
12. Ad Completorium No. 1, Christe, qui lux est et dies



We usually say that an ancient event “oc - curred” or “took place”. How should we, therefore, refer to a musical piece? It “exist - ed”, but, more importantly, it still “exists”. The past creates the present. No matter how thoroughly we seem to know it, early music always remains a mystery. It prevents us from unveiling it completely, creating extensive areas of indefinition. Thus, a great and im - portant adventure begins – filling the vague spots, affected by the reader’s imagination, curiosity and care for encompassing the truth. A unique reconstruction and an act of creation at the same time – a process in which early music is brought back to life. It is given a chance to live due to it being an inexhaustible source of inspiration to the authors in successive eras, including contem - porary composers. By engaging in a dialogue with the music of the past, they take a clear stand towards it. Creative conversation leads to new content. The album includes 12 pieces arranged in pairs: a composition by Wacław z Szamotuł opposite to a contemporary piece inspired by it. On the one hand, there are the pieces created by the icon of Polish music of the golden age, the grand master of counterpoint and musical ingenuity. On the other, there is the perspective of contemporary composers, of highly individual and personal nature. Independent, nearly unrestricted composing decisions representing today’s reference to the music from five centuries back. The decisions result in a clash of new har - monics with raw Renaissance sounds and in the introduction of disturbing mood in lieu of certainty and hope (Ego sum pastor bonus), playing with imitation and recurrence of themes (Nakłoń, o Panie, uszu swoich) and intensive metric variability (Panie, któż będzie przebywał); they result in the use of Latin instead of original Polish and in the surprising (?) resignation from the recognised title (… nadchodzi noc). The contemporary composers boost the narration (Nunc scio vere) or, on the contrary, slow it down, allowing us to almost hear and touch the light sparkling in vibrating intervals and warm chords (Christe qui lux es et dies). At the same time, the album presents an in - novative interpretation of the work of Wacław z Szamotuł presented by its performers. On the one hand, the interpretation pays respect to historically informed performances and, on the other, expresses the awareness that the present has its own rights, therefore the interpretation presented today becomes more “contemporary” than “Renaissance”. The past tense in which the master of Renais - sance composed his pieces clashes with the present tense reflecting the perception of the authors, the performers and the listeners. Enjoy the reinterpreted, or rather “reimagined”, music of Wacław z Szamotuł.

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