Johann Hermann Schein:
Intrada
Padouana
Exaudiat te Dominos
Padouana

Heinrich Schütz:
Wann unsre Augen schlafen ein
Die Gottseligkeit ist zu allen Dingen
Ich liege und schlafe
O Jesu, nomen dulce
Rorate coeli

Johann Rosenmüller:
Sonata quinta
Sonata sesta

Alessandro Grandi:
Deus meus
O quam tu pulchra es

Dario Castello:
Seconda Sonata
Decima Sonata
Sonata seconda
Undecima Sonata

Giovanni Battista Riccio:
La Rubina

Giovanni Picchi:
Condon seconda

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 instrumental 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 organically.

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Recording: Neuapostolischen Kirche in Leipzig, 15 April and 9 & 11 June 2021.