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Ensemble Leones
12+ albums
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The high-profiled Ensemble of Early Music specialists founded by director Marc Lewon in 2008 is dedicated to presenting Medieval and Renaissance music. The ensemble's work is characterised by performances that take into account historical sources to create subtle reconstructions and stylistically informed arrangements, which flow into their inspired interpretations. The ensemble's signature features are the search for unknown compositions and sources as well as the re-introduction of rarely-heard instruments into the performance practice of Early Music. With their pioneering work and their reinterpretation of familiar pieces in concerts and on CD productions (often in cooperation with Swiss Radio SRF), Leones set new standards: their debut album “Les fantaisies de Josquin—The Instrumental Music of Josquin Desprez” made it straight to the nominations of the International Classical Music Awards ICMA 2012 and was awarded 5 diapasons. It includes, as a bonus track, the world première recording of Arvo Pärt's composition “Sei gelobt, du Baum”. The ensemble's second CD (“Neidhart—A Minnesinger and his ‘Vale of Tears'”), which has already earned wide acclaim (Pizzicato 'Supersonic' and nominated for ICMA 2013), introduces a new and fresh approach to the œuvre of the minnesinger Neidhart and at the same time sets the margin for Leones' repertoires: on the one hand 13th century monophony (Neidhart) on the other hand instrumental music from c1500 (Josquin Desprez). The third album of
top songs
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No. 1, Ave regina caelorum
352La Martinella
343Durch Barbarei, Arabia
314Guoten wib wol uch der eren [adapted from Jena Liederhandschrift, 14th Century] (arr. M. Lewon)
305Zergangen ist meins herzen we
276Vyol - Urlaub hab der wintter
277Skak - Frölich geschrai so well wir machen
258Allez daz den sumer (arr. M. Lewon)
259Soyt tart tempre
2410Do man den gumpel gampel sank
23albums
Argentum et Aurum
Straight from the Heart: The Chansonnier Cordiforme
Unicum: New Songs from the Leuven Chansonnier
Hör, Kristenhait!
The Cosmopolitan: Songs by Oswald von Wolkenstein
Argentum et Aurum - Musical Treasures from Early Habsburg
Les Fantaisies de Josquin
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Ile fantazies de Joskin - La plus de plus à 3 - [ohne Titel] à 4 - La spagna à 3 - La spagna à 5 - [ohne Titel] à 4 - Fortuna desperata - Fortuna desperata à 3 - Fortuna desperata à 4
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Neidhart - A Minnesinger and His 'Vale of Tears'
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L'Europe Musicale de la Renaissance CD1
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Ludwig Senfl: Motets & Songs
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Josquin, Les Fantaisies de Josquin