Juri Vallentin & Trio d'Iroise - Ebenbild (2022)

There are melodies that accompany us for a lifetime. You twist and turn them, they can inspire, give hope or comfort. For Johann Sebastian Bach[1685-1750] it was a simple hymn: O head full of blood and wounds. He used this melody again and again, in various settings, in some of his greatest works such as the Christmas Oratorio or the St Matthew Passion. It runs through his life as a red thread, like this concept album: Ebenbild is a continuous narrative in which the boundaries between musical genres and between music and language are blurred.

In Ebenbild we unfold this song, which has many different names, in all its facets. We begin with the original version, the simple madrigal and gem of early baroque poetry Mein Gmuth ist mir verconfurt by Hans Leo Hassler[1564-1612]. Based on these five stanzas of text by an anonymous poet, we develop a narrative about five main works, each of which decodes an aspect of the poem. Between them we place the very different chorale versions of Bach and recite the respective text stanzas, always attacca integrated into the musical dramaturgy.

Tracklist
1. Juri Vallentin & Trio d'Iroise – Diminutionen über das Madrigal "Mein Gmüth ist mir verwirret" (03:30)
2. Caroline Junghanns, Juri Vallentin & Trio d'Iroise – Mein Gmüth ist mir verwirret, das macht ein Jungfrau zart (00:30)
3. Juri Vallentin, Trio d'Iroise & Bernward Lohr – Sonata da camera in G Minor "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden": I. Largo (04:14)
4. Juri Vallentin, Trio d'Iroise & Bernward Lohr – Sonata da camera in G Minor "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden": II. Allegretto (04:40)
5. Juri Vallentin, Trio d'Iroise & Bernward Lohr – Sonata da camera in G Minor "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden": III. Adagio (04:31)
6. Juri Vallentin, Trio d'Iroise & Bernward Lohr – Sonata da camera in G Minor "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden": IV. Vivace (05:20)
7. Juri Vallentin, Trio d'Iroise & Bernward Lohr – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 (Excerpts Arr. for Oboe Quartet): No. 15, Erkenne mich, mein Hüter (01:09)
8. Caroline Junghanns, Juri Vallentin & Trio d'Iroise – Ach daß sie mich thet fragen was doch die uersach sei (00:29)
9. Trio d'Iroise – String Trio in B Minor: II. Romance (10:59)
10. Juri Vallentin & Trio d'Iroise – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 (Excerpts Arr. for Oboe Quartet): No. 63, O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden (01:09)
11. Caroline Junghanns, Juri Vallentin & Trio d'Iroise – Reichlich ist sie gezieret (00:29)
12. Juri Vallentin & Trio d'Iroise – 2 Oboe Quartets (Excerpts): No. 2a, Allegro ma non troppo con expressione (10:00)
13. Juri Vallentin & Trio d'Iroise – 2 Oboe Quartets (Excerpts): No. 2b, Rondo moderato (06:02)
14. Juri Vallentin & Trio d'Iroise – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 (Excerpts Arr. for Oboe Quartet): No. 72, Wenn ich einmal soll scheiden (01:29)
15. Caroline Junghanns, Juri Vallentin & Trio d'Iroise – Ich kann nicht ganz erzehlen (00:27)
16. Juri Vallentin & Trio d'Iroise – 4 Preludes to Infinity: No. 1, Mysterious (02:44)
17. Juri Vallentin & Trio d'Iroise – 4 Preludes to Infinity: No. 2, Restless (03:15)
18. Juri Vallentin & Trio d'Iroise – 4 Preludes to Infinity: No. 3, Religious (03:01)
19. Juri Vallentin & Trio d'Iroise – 4 Preludes to Infinity: No. 4, Luminous (03:52)
20. Juri Vallentin & Trio d'Iroise – Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248 Pt. 1: No. 5, Wie soll ich dich empfangen? (Arr. for Oboe Quartet) (01:17)
21. Caroline Junghanns, Juri Vallentin & Trio d'Iroise – Aber ich muß auffgeben (00:30)
22. Juri Vallentin & Trio d'Iroise – Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XIV "Fuga à 3 soggetti" (Arr. for Oboe Quartet) (08:32)