La Rubina - Rorate coeli (2022)

The Leipzig ensemble La Rubina unites passion and expertise for the music of the early 17th century. In a small chamber group, the different timbres of cornet, baroque violin, dulcian, theorbo as well as harpsichord and organ are combined in a very exquisite way. The works recorded here from Venice and Leipzig – two of the most influential centres of music after 1600 – have in common the 'narrative' element arising from the monodic principle of vocal music, which had a decisive influence on the expression of instrumen-tal music. Conversely, virtuosity in early Baroque chamber music had an effect on vocal music; the most important genre of church music of that time, the sacred concerto, came into being. In this respect, some instrumentally performed sacred pieces here fit in orga-nically.
Tracklist
01. Intrada
02. Wann unsre Augen schlafen ein
03. Sonata quinta
04. Padouana (Version 1)
05. Deus meus
06. Seconda Sonata
07. Sonata sesta
08. Die Gottseligkeit ist zu allen Dingen
09. Decima Sonata
10. Exaudiat te Dominus
11. Ich liege und schlafe
12. La Rubina
13. Sonata seconda
14. Padouana (Version 2)
15. O Jesu, nomen dulce
16. O quam tu pulchra es
17. Rorate coeli
18. Canzon seconda
19. Undecima Sonata