Landkjending / Landerkennung Ensemble Nobiles

• Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904): From a Bouquet of Slavonic Folksongs, Op. 43, B. 76 (Arr. F. Zubatý for Male Choir & Piano 4 Hands):
• 1 No. 1, Sorrow 03:55
• 2 No. 2, Miraculous Water 03:14
• 3 No. 3, The Girl in the Woods 03:31
• Edvard Grieg (1843-1907): 4 Songs, EG 160:
• 4 No. 1, Norwegian War-Song 02:54
• 5 No. 4, The Late Rose 03:47
• 2 Songs after Jørgen Moe, EG 162:
• 6 No. 1, Evening Mood 03:25
• 7 No. 1, My Finest Thought 02:37
• 4 Songs, EG 160:
• 8 No. 2, Fredriksborg 01:50
• Antonín Dvořák: 5 Partsongs, Op. 27, B. 87:
• 9 No. 2, Dwellers by the Sea 02:49
• 10 No. 4, The Lost Lamb 02:30
• 11 No. 5, The Sparrow's Party 01:11
• Jean Sibelius (1865-1957): 2 Partsongs, Op. 108:
• 12 No. 1, Humoresque 02:37
• The Lover, Op. 14, JS 160a (Version for Male Choir)
• 13 The Lover, Op. 14, JS 160a (Version for Male Choir) 06:59
• 6 Partsongs, Op. 18:
• 14 No. 6, Song of My Heart 02:32
• 15 No. 1, The Broken Voice 01:46
• Finlandia Hymn:
• 16 Finlandia Hymn 02:08
• To the Fatherland, JS 98b (Version for Male Choir):
• 17 To the Fatherland, JS 98b (Version for Male Choir) 02:08
• Edvard Grieg:Land-Sighting, Op. 31
• 18 Land-Sighting, Op. 31 06:35
• Total Runtime 56:28

Info for Landkjending / Landerkennung

National identity in music: this is the theme of the third GENUIN release by the splendid vocal formation Ensemble Nobiles. The program features rugged, beautiful, and truly unique works from Norway, Bohemia, and Finland. The composers Antonín Dvořák, Edvard Grieg, and Jean Sibelius are the fathers of the musical culture of their respective countries, each with his own unmistakable language that suffuses every note of this refined and sophisticated production. For the first time, the five singers from Leipzig are accompanied by two world-class partners on the piano in a number of selections on the CD. Rare pleasures sung to vocal perfection – a true discovery!

Ensemble Nobiles
Guest:
Alexander Schmalcz, piano
Sung-Ah Park, piano

Ensemble Nobiles
The Leipzig vocal quintet Ensemble Nobiles has its roots in the Leipzig St. Thomas Boys Choir and is able to look back over more than ten years of artistic collaboration. While the ensemble’s repertoire ranges from Gregorian chant to contemporary music, it is romantic male-voice works and liturgical music of various periods which are given particular emphasis.

The quintet has recieved valuable artistic impulses from workshops with artists such as John Potter, amarcord and the Hilliard Ensemble. Ensemble Nobiles was a prizewinner at numerous competitions; it was awarded first prize at the 2014 German Choral Competition in Weimar and judged best vocal ensemble at the 2015 International Choral Competition Gallus Maribor. One year later, the ensemble won first prize and received the renowned Ward Swingle Award Gold from the vokal.total-A cappella Competition held in Graz.

The young singers are recipients of grants from the German Music Council, the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben and from the Marie-Luise Imbusch Foundation. In 2012, their first CD, A German Mass, was issued by GENUIN classics. Since that time, a further CD together with the vocal ensemble Sjaella was released to mark the 70th anniversary of composer Hugo Distler’s death, and another CD, Be welcome, combines songs and motets for the time of Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. Radio stations in Germany and abroad have broadcast features and concert recordings of the ensemble.

In addition to numerous concerts in Germany, Ensemble Nobiles has been invited to perform in the Netherlands, France, Spain, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. Ensemble Nobiles is an ambassador of the musical education campus forum thomanum in Leipzig.

Booklet for Landkjending / Landerkennung