Ensemble Les Nations
Les
Nations, founded by Maria Luisa Baldassari,
is a musical group composed by musicians trained in historical performance of baroque
and renaissance music, with an improved experience both in practical music,
research fields and teaching in conservatories, musical schools, stages and masterclasses. Les Nations has played in many
Italian and European festivals.
Les Nations concert programs (more information
here) cover a range going from Renaissance to Baroque Era. The group
has made the first world recording of Bartolomeo Tromboncino
sacred works. Instruments and voices for this recording have been choosed according to northern italian
performance practice of early Renaissance, trying in particular to reproduce
the sound of the Venetian ‘processioni’.
A new recording of Tromboncino
secular music on latin text has been published in
2001: in 2002 Les Nations has recorded a CD of sacred music by the
renaissance composer Costanzo Porta;
further cd are dedicated to Baroque Oratorio in
northern Italy (see below)
“La Compagnia dell’Oratorio” is a special project conceived with the
support of Collegium Musicum
Classense, Emilia Romagna Cultural Department and
Ravenna Province. The aim is studying, recording and performance of oratorios
of Emilia Romagna composers of the Baroque period. Many recordings have been
published and other are to come: in
For informations
about oratorios and stage music visit this page Les Nations CD are published by Tactus. Click here to listen
some piece from the CD or from live concerts.
