Mykola Dyletsky PERFORMERS: Andrzej Kosendiak – conductor Wrocław Baroque Ensemble Aldona Bartnik, Aleksandra Turalska – sopranos Piotr Olech, Daniel Elgersma – countertenors Maciej Gocman, Florian Cramer – tenors Volodymyr Andrushchak, Tomáš Král – basses RELEASE DATE: 9/2024 CATALOGUE NO. ACD 338 GENRE: choral music / vocal ensemble DESCRIPTION TRACKLIST LISTEN DESCRIPTION Work on preparing this album began in 2019, when I first encountered Mykola Dyletsky’s music – we performed fragments of his Requiem Liturgy with Wrocław Baroque Ensemble in Kyiv. At that time, they made a great impression on me, which, along with my subsequent work as a conductor on this artist’s works and subsequent concerts, strengthened my feeling that I was dealing with a unique repertoire. Dyletsky’s work is a fascinating encounter between the East and the West – the language, liturgy and melody of the Eastern Church harmonise with Western compositional techniques and musical styles. There are clear inspirations from the Venetian polychoral style and stile concertato, and tutti sections are often intertwined with figurative…

Dance of Death PERFORMERS: Lionel Sow – conductor Willard White – narrator Jan Krzeszowiec – flute NFM Choir RELEASE DATE: 06/2024 CATALOGUE NO. ACD 335 GENRE: choral music / vocal ensemble DESCRIPTION TRACKLIST LISTEN DESCRIPTION Most of us, when contemplating medieval representations of danse macabre, in which Death leads people of all walks of life, do not pay attention to the sound aspect of the allegory. Yet it is very important – where there is dancing, there must also be music. In the oldest depictions, dating back to the end of the Middle Ages, it is Death that plays an instrument. Interestingly, it is a wind instrument, such as a flute or bagpipes, or a percussion instrument. In the Middle Ages, such instruments were associated with the devil (the violin is a quite modern attribute in this context). Knowledge of this association has allowed art historians to understand the genealogy of the popular motif. The similarity of the contemporary images of death and the devil (whose domain…

The Petite messe solennelle (‘Little solemn mass’) is the last masterwork to be penned by Gioachino Rossini. In the oeuvre of this brilliant Italian composer, dominated by operatic works, sacred music always maintained a constant, albeit discreet, presence. […]

Poulenc’s Concerto is primarily for strings (timpani are used sparingly throughout). It was commissioned by Princess Edmond de Polignac for her small private instrument and dedicated to her ‘with the highest regard’. (…)

We present to you the twelfth album with Old Polish music, this time from the 16th century. The direct inspiration for its recording was the invitation of Wrocław Baroque Ensemble to Lviv, Kyiv and Vilnius in the autumn of 2021.

Music Ensemble ‘Scandicus’ specialises in medieval, mostly vocal music