Treasures from Uppsala | Raumklang RK3101

Treasures from Uppsala

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Label: Raumklang

Cat No: RK3101

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 10th December 2012

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The Uppsala University Library houses several gems including the music collection of court Kapellmeister Gustaf Düben. The collection is made up of some 2,300 works from the 16th and 17th Centuries, mostly still in manuscript form, and are performed here by period ensemble Les Cornets Noirs.

The ensemble Les Cornets Noirs (named after their black, leather-covered cornettos) has unearthed some real musical treasures: the collection of Gustaf Düben, chapel-master at the court of Sweden, encompasses more than 2300 musical works that are partly composers’ autographs, partly scribal copies. Düben must have started collecting autographs of established German and Italian composers during his studies in Germany, and subsequently his position as court chapel-master undoubtedly afforded him many occasions to acquire or copy valuable music. Later, the Düben Collection moved from Stockholm to the University Library in Uppsala.

From the extensive repertoire, Les Cornets Noirs, who play with masterly virtuosity and mellow sound, have selected sonatas intended for “cornetti” as well as other compositionally mature chamber music works and sacred concertos (bass: Wolf Matthias Friedrich) that reflect a broad spectrum of the musical landscapes in Germany, Italy and the Baltic Sea region of the seventeenth century.

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