Miniatures: Renaissance Music & New Music

This unique recording brings together new music and sounds from the renaissance and also features unusual instrumentation. Katharina Bäuml’s shawm is a woodwind instrument which saw its heyday during the Renaissance but is still admired today for its fascinating timbres and tonal effects. Margit Kern’s accordion shines brilliantly as she moves effortlessly between new music works and selections from the Baroque and earlier. This release’s wide-ranging repertoire–from the 1600s to today–links two worlds in a convincing tonal experiment rarely encountered elsewhere.