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; in
For informations about oratorios
and stage music visit this page Les Nations CD are published by Tactus.
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live concerts. If you want to have
information about the events to come,
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