REVERSIO / Medynes Festival /  6-2 studio

Reversio ‎– Music From The 17th Century Braunsberg / Oliva Organ Tablature

Double CD Album, Booklet text 19 pages (LT/PL/EN)

Engineer, Producer, Project Manager – Darius Klišys;
Graphic Design – Naglis Dzinga;
Harpsichord – Irmina Obonska, Marek Toporowski; Percussion – Tomasz Sobaniec; Recorder – Katarzyna Czubek; Viola da Gamba – Julia Karpeta; Birbynė – Darius Klišys;
Text By – Marcin Szelest
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2024 ℗ © Sambalsiai / Darius Klišys
Projektą finansavo Lietuvos kultūros taryba / Funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture
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Ensemble Reversio’s latest album shows how tasteful and sonically varied – but above all unobtrusive and not masterful – tablature can be translated into music. The constantly changing instrumental constellation of the ensemble opens up a rich and subtle musical kaleidoscope of the 17th century. The double album includes works by well-known Renaissance masters as well as many lesser-known composers. A special feature of the sound is the use of the byrbine, a specifically Lithuanian type of clarinet, whose sound blends charmingly with that of the recorder, for example.
© Guy Engels (19/02/2024 Musikalische Schatztruhe aus dem 17. Jahrhundert, PIZZICATO)

The Reversio Ensemble has selected 41 of the 308 compositions. With a certain focus on dances, the musicians have made their selection from the rich pool of forms and content. They open up this cosmos in a manner that is as eloquent as it is technically concise. It is noticeable that many of the dances are played at a walking tempo rather than particularly fast.
Reversio not only offers different music, but also presents it in varied and lively interpretations. Sometimes the wind instruments are in the foreground, then the percussion forms the acoustic center, elsewhere the harpsichord or organ make their prominent appearance. In this way, they present a colorful, but not indiscriminate, mixture that immediately transports the listener to a bygone era and calls it back to the present.
© Uwe Krusch (19/02/2024 Musikalische Schatztruhe aus dem 17. Jahrhundert, PIZZICATO)

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