Led by trombonist and early music specialist Michael Kris, the Kris Collective brings together musicians from across two continents performing on modern instruments. Their album Cor Collaborandi celebrates the cross-pollination of musical ideas between the Venetian and Spanish schools of the early Baroque. In his program notes, Michael Kris says: “Music of the 16th to 18th centuries was transmitted artist to artist, master to apprentice, and through performance and printing … Improvements in communication and transportation helped …[the] sharing of local musical styles. The Kris Collective leans into the modern-day equivalents of cultural exchange, embracing that which has shaped and driven music for centuries.” Many of the works arranged for brass and various additions of voices, violins, and continuo on this album are new to the WFMT library.
Cor Collaborandi: A Transnational Celebration of the Early Modern
Michael Kris
Playlist
Giovanni Battista Grillo: Sonata No. 2 a 7
Orlandus Lassus: “Magnificat” on the 2nd tone, “Ultimi miei sospiri”
Pietro Lappi: “La Negrona” and “L’Arborea”
Giovanni Battista Buonamente: Sonata a 6
Gabrieli: Madrigal, “Lieto godea”
Philippe Rogier: “Laudate Dominum”
Giovanni Domenico Rognoni Taeggio: Canzon a 8, “La Porta”
