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The project Mare Balticum aims to present the medieval musical heritage of the Baltic Sea region in the 12th-15th centuries. It consists of four musical programmes, prepared in great detail, and employing the newest musicological, philological, historical and organological research. Each of these programmes presents the local character of a different coastal region of Balticum, it's specific historical and cultural situation, it's most important saints and rulers, and the Christian roots of the relevant country. They provide an insight into the local literature and musical repertories of medieval Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Germany, and Poland; both Latin and the vernacular are represented, as well as the diversity of historical musical instruments used in those regions at the time. The project as a whole, however, aims to show something of the strong political and cultural connections between those medieval countries, their development over time, and the similarities between them, all of which are essential to our understanding of the common identity and history of Balticum, as is reflected to us through it's centuries of music. (Agnieszka Budzinska-Bennett) As special guest we welcome Benjamin Bagby. Album Tracks 1. Mith Hierthae Brendher - Danish Song 2. O Rosa in Iherico - 2-Part Danish Song 3. Gaude Mater Letare - 2-Part Song 4. Psallat Fidelis Concio - Sequence 5. Got in Viel Hohen Vröuden Saz - German Song 6. Instrumental Piece 7. Die Tenschen Morder - German Song 8. Alle Kunige Vürsten Herren - German Song 9. Instrumental Piece 10. Gaudet Mater Ecclecia - Hymn 11. Ave Martyr Dux Danorum - Antiphon 12. Decus Regni Et Liebertas V. Cetibus Angelicis - Responsorium with Prosa 13. Dulcis Martyr Dux Kanute - Antiphon 14. Preciosa Mors Sanctorum - Sequence 15. Von Meiner Mervart - German Song 16. Dromte Mig en Drom I Nat - Instrument
