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Pur ti miro

Wu Wei, Martin Stegner, Janne Saksala

Label
ECM Records GmbH
Release date
21 November 2025
Format
Digital
"An entirely new sonic world opened up for me. I had never heard such old music before: so colorful, so immediately moving," says violist Martin Stegner about his first experience with Monteverdi together with Wu Wei, the master of the sheng, the traditional Chinese mouth organ. The variety of sounds Wei can elicit from his instrument is remarkable, as is the tonal blending of sheng, viola da gamba and double bass in this Chinese-German-Finnish trio. Bassist Janne Saksala, who like Stegner is a member of the Berliner Philharmoniker, shares the improvisational joy of the violist. On this recording, the trio plays Claude Monteverdi's Si dolce è'l tormento and Pur ti miro from L'incoronazione di Poppea, J. S. Bach's Organ Trio Sonatas Nos. 1 and 4 and Antonio Vivaldi's Trio Sonata in D minor, supplemented with a Norwegian folk tune. The musicians "explore the freedom that music offers. With respect, but also with the joy of discovery".
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Tracklist

  1. 01 Madrigals, Book 9: Si dolce è il tormento (Perf. on Sheng, Viola & Double Bass) 03:20
  2. 02 Trio Sonata No. 1 in E-Flat Major, BWV 525 (Perf. on Sheng, Viola & Double Bass): I. [Allegro moderato] 02:45
  3. 03 Trio Sonata No. 1 in E-Flat Major, BWV 525 (Perf. on Sheng, Viola & Double Bass): II. Adagio 06:44
  4. 04 Trio Sonata No. 1 in E-Flat Major, BWV 525 (Perf. on Sheng, Viola & Double Bass): III. Allegro 03:52
  5. 05 Trio Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, BWV 528: II. Andante (Perf. on Sheng, Viola & Double Bass) 05:59
  6. 06 L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308, Act III: Pur ti miro (Perf. on Sheng, Viola & Double Bass) 03:55
  7. 07 Trio Sonata in D Minor, RV 63 "La Folia" (Perf. on Sheng, Viola & Double Bass) 09:43
  8. 08 Bruremarsj frå Beiarn (Perf. on Sheng, Viola & Double Bass) 03:01

Source: MusicBrainz

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