''B-Five Recorder Consort'' is a European
recorder
Recorder or The Recorder may refer to:
Newspapers
* ''Indianapolis Recorder'', a weekly newspaper
* ''The Recorder'' (Massachusetts newspaper), a daily newspaper published in Greenfield, Massachusetts, US
* ''The Recorder'' (Port Pirie), a news ...
quintet. The centerpiece of the ensemble's programs forms the
consort music
A consort of instruments was a phrase used in England during the 16th and 17th centuries to indicate an instrumental ensemble. These could be of the same or a variety of instruments. Consort music enjoyed considerable popularity at court and in ho ...
of the renaissance period. In addition to that the musicians try to establish a new repertoire for recorder quintet in collaboration with different composers.
History
Founded 2003 in Barcelona. The ensemble appeared at the MAfestival (Bruges), the Klara Festival (Brussels), the Festival de Música Antigua
(Barcelona), with NDR (North German Broadcasting Corporation, Hamburg), at the Franconian Summer (Nuremberg), and
the Festival of Early Music in St. Ruprecht (Vienna).
Collaboration with composers:
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Günter Kochan
Günter Kochan (2 October 1930 – 22 February 2009) was a German composer. He studied with Boris Blacher and was a master student for composition with Hanns Eisler. From 1967 until his retirement in 1991, he worked as professor for musical comp ...
(Quintettino, 2004)
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Hans Stadlmair
Hans Stadlmair (3 May 1929 – 13 February 2019) was an Austrian conductor and composer. He conducted the Münchener Kammerorchester for almost four decades. He conducted more than 6000 concerts, many in collaboration with the Bayerischer Rundfu ...
(Triptychon, 2004)
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Hans-Jürg Meier (Volta Bianca, 2007)
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Carl Rütti
Carl Rütti (born March 24, 1949 in Fribourg) is a notable Swiss composer, who has written much choral music.
Life
Rütti grew up in Zug, Switzerland. He took his A levels at the monastery school in Engelberg, then studied music at the Zürich ...
(Dowland-Suite, 2012)
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Fabrizio De Rossi Re
Fabrizio De Rossi Re (born 1 August 1960) is an Italian composer and librettist. He composes operas, symphonic, choral and chamber music, and performs as a pianist.
Biography
De Rossi Re was born in Rome. He studied at the Conservatory of Santa ...
(O quam tu pulchra es, 2014)
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Anna Trauffer (Byrd's birds, 2018)
Discography
* The Fruit of Love - Elizabethan Consort Music (2006; Cavalli Records)
* Geld Macht Musik - Music for the Fugger Family (2011; Coviello Classics)
* In search of Dowland - Consort Music of John Dowland and Carl Rütti (2014; Coviello Classis)
* William Byrd: Consort Music and Songs - with
Sunhae Im
Sunhae Im (; Hanja: 任善惠; born in 1976) is a South Korean soprano. She has been described as a bright and versatile lyric soprano with lightness and coloratura. She first gained her reputation in the field of early music and now performs a ...
, soprano and Susanna Borsch, recorder (2017, Coviello Classics)
* "The Soule of Heaven", Pavans and Almaines by Alfonso Ferrabosco I&II – with
Sofie Vanden Eynde, lute (2021; Coviello Classics)
References
External links
B-Five Recorder Consort
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Early music consorts
Musical groups established in 2003