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CD canto:). Hortus Musicus
DVD In the Mystical Land of Kaydara. Peeter Vähi
DVD Coppélia. A ballet by Léo Delibes
CD-series Great Maestros. Beethoven, Brahms. Kalle Randalu, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
CD Quarter of a Century with Friends. Arsis, Rémi Boucher, Oliver Kuusik, Rauno Elp
Super Audio CD Maria Magdalena. Sevara Nazarkhan, Riga Dom Cathedral Boys Choir, State Choir Latvija, Latvian National Symphony Orchestra
LP Contra aut pro? Toomas Velmet, Neeme Järvi, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Arvo Pärt
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Hortus Musicus
Music from the late Middle Ages performed by the best early music consort of Estonia. In memoriam Helle Mustonen (1950-2005).
| 1 | Dansse real | Anonymus | 13th cent | 2:35 |
| 2 | Ave donna | Anonymus | 14th cent | 5:07 |
| 3 | Benedictus | Anonymus | 13th cent | 1:56 |
| 4 | La flours d’iver (Chanson) | Guillaume le Vinier | 13th cent | 7:03 |
| 5 | Saltarello | Anonymus | 13th cent | 3:16 |
| 6 | Santa Maria amar (Cantiga) | Anonymus | 13thcent | 9:35 |
| 7 | L’autrier m’iere levaz (Pastourelle) | Anonymus | 12th cent | 2:18 |
| 8 | De bonté, de valuor (Virelai) | Guillaume de Machaut | 14th cent | 2:10 |
| 9 | Deo confitemini – Domino (Double motet) | Anonymus | 14th cent | 1:45 |
| 10 | Amours et ma dame aussi (Rondeau) | Adam de la Hale | 13th cent | 2:14 |
| 11 | Or est Baiars en la pasture | Adam de la Hale | 13th cent | 0:55 |
| 12 | Belicha (Istampitta) | Anonymus | 13th cent | 9:46 |
| 13 | Au renouvel du tens (Pastourelle) | Anonymus | 13th cent | 5:29 |
| 14 | Estampie real V & VI (Royal dances) | Anonymus | 13th cent | 4:55 |
| 15 | Chanterai por mon coraige (Chanson) | Guiot de Dijon | 12th cent | 2:53 |
| 16 | Ave Maria | Anonymus | 15th cent | 2:41 |
La flours d’iver, fragm, 97 sec, mp3
Belicha, fragm, 103 sec, mp3
Musica humana, das ist die Harmonie des Mikrokosmos, die sich im Verhältnis zwischen Körper und Seele, auch zwischen “geistigen und seelischen Kräften” äußert. In Anwendung pythagoreischer und platonischer Gedanken baut die Seele auf konsonierenden Zahlen auf und kann durch Musik ethisch beeinflußt werden. (Boethius)
Cantare amantis est. (Augustinus)
Qui bene cantat, bis orat. (Augustinus)
Muusikas kätkeb midagi muud kui vaid lihalik ja mööduv mõnu, temas on igavese hüve juur. (Augustinus)
Sacred music should be characterized by liturgical values of higher level: sanctity, perfection of form that spontaneously give birth to its second feature – universality. (Pius X)
Man hatte nähmlich bemerkt, das die fünf Finger der menschlichen Hand genau so viele Glieder zählten, als das System Guidos, vom großen G bis zum zweigestrichenen d gerechnet, Töne umfaßte. (Emil Naumann)
Early Music Consort “Hortus Musicus”
Artistic director Andres Mustonen
Helle Mustonen – soprano
Joosep Vahermägi – tenor
Jaan Arder – tenor / baritone
Riho Ridbeck – bass, percussion
Neeme Punder – recorder, transverse flute, crumhorn
Olev Ainomäe – bombardone, recorder, crumhorn
Tõnis Kuurme – dulcian, crumhorn
Valter Jürgenson – trombone
Andres Mustonen – violin, viola da gamba, recorder
Peeter Klaas – viola da gamba
Imre Eenma – violone
Ivo Sillamaa – positive organ
Recorded at Tallinn Merchant Guild and Estonia Concert Hall, 1998
Engineered by Priit Kuulberg and Maido Maadik
Designed by Piret Mikk
Photos – P Vähi, except for photo of Helle Mustonen from the archives of Hortus Musicus
Photos edited by Kikxsuk
Special thanks to Andres Mustonen, Sac Einar Laigna, Erdenklang Records, Orbital Vox Studios
Recording producer – Peeter Vähi
Stereo, DDD
Original dynamics recording, no equalization, no editing (!)
Total time 65:27
© 2005 Hortus Musicus, ERP
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Manufactured on Sony DADC, Austria
Worldwide distribution by DA Music
Other recordings of Hortus Musicus: Early Music of 3rd Millennium, Gregorianische Choräle – Plainchants, Maypole, 1200-1600 Medieval-Renaissance, Vuestros Amores He Señora, Telemann. Quartets, 2000 Years After The Birth Of Christ, To His Highness Salvador D, Jerusalem, canto:)