'Meskin es hu' - Jacob Obrecht, 1501 - performed by Daniel Mantey - Music All Sorts; alto recorder, bass recorder, and 2 treble viols. Back then (1501) and s...
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Monday, June 17, 2013
Daniel Mantey - 'Meskin es hu' - (Jacob Obrecht 1501, recorders and viols!)
Daniel Mantey - 'Meskin es hu' - (Jacob Obrecht 1501, recorders and viols!) Tube. Duration : 1.48 Mins.
'Meskin es hu' - Jacob Obrecht, 1501 - performed by Daniel Mantey - Music All Sorts; alto recorder, bass recorder, and 2 treble viols. Back then (1501) and s...
'Meskin es hu' - Jacob Obrecht, 1501 - performed by Daniel Mantey - Music All Sorts; alto recorder, bass recorder, and 2 treble viols. Back then (1501) and s...
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Daniel Mantey - 'Oh quiet night' - (Dutch 1648, 2 recorders, 2 viols, organ)
Daniel Mantey - 'Oh quiet night' - (Dutch 1648, 2 recorders, 2 viols, organ) Video Clips. Duration : 1.57 Mins.
'O Soeten Nacht, seer langh verwacht' - Guillielmus Munninckx, 1648. Arranged and performed by Daniel Mantey - Music All Sorts; soprano recorder, alto record...
'O Soeten Nacht, seer langh verwacht' - Guillielmus Munninckx, 1648. Arranged and performed by Daniel Mantey - Music All Sorts; soprano recorder, alto record...
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Daniel Mantey - 'Pressed Rat & Warthog' - (1667 version!)
Daniel Mantey - 'Pressed Rat & Warthog' - (1667 version!) Video Clips. Duration : 3.95 Mins.
'Pressed Rat & Warthog' - Mike Taylor, 1967 - arrananged and performed by Daniel Mantey - Music All Sorts; hurdy-gurdys (3), bass viols (4), pardessus viols (3), soprano recorders (3), clavichord, folk-guitar, and organ. 'Pressed Rat...' appeared on 'Wheels of FIre' by the Cream, with Ginger Baker's words (which I do not recite here; still working on that evasive 'final mix'!), though I had never heard the song until just a few years ago. As a kid, I enjoyed Cream ALOT, and had even heard Eric Clapton perform with John Mayall's Blues Breakers in 1968 (?) in Cleveland, but never had bougt their albums. A few years ago, finally bought all the Cream opi on CDs, and started to listen. 'Pressed Rat and Warthog' just simply blew me away; I stopped the CD, went to my music room, and started recording the above version! I worked virtually non-stop for about 3 days! It was INTENSE fun!!! That was in Spring of 2009. I start off with a single full hurdy-gurdy (two more join in for the final chorus), and eventually you hear clavichord, folk-guitar (modified to emulate a bandora!), four bass viols, 3 pardessus viols (that is it's pegbox on the video!), 3 soprano recorders, and organ. It was my intent to present a version as perhaps Oliver Cromwell might have heard it, if the broken consort (the band), down at the Swan & Lyre Tavern around the corner from St. Paul's, had come across a copy of the score (via time transport?) about 300 years prior to the Cream's release (give or take a ...
'Pressed Rat & Warthog' - Mike Taylor, 1967 - arrananged and performed by Daniel Mantey - Music All Sorts; hurdy-gurdys (3), bass viols (4), pardessus viols (3), soprano recorders (3), clavichord, folk-guitar, and organ. 'Pressed Rat...' appeared on 'Wheels of FIre' by the Cream, with Ginger Baker's words (which I do not recite here; still working on that evasive 'final mix'!), though I had never heard the song until just a few years ago. As a kid, I enjoyed Cream ALOT, and had even heard Eric Clapton perform with John Mayall's Blues Breakers in 1968 (?) in Cleveland, but never had bougt their albums. A few years ago, finally bought all the Cream opi on CDs, and started to listen. 'Pressed Rat and Warthog' just simply blew me away; I stopped the CD, went to my music room, and started recording the above version! I worked virtually non-stop for about 3 days! It was INTENSE fun!!! That was in Spring of 2009. I start off with a single full hurdy-gurdy (two more join in for the final chorus), and eventually you hear clavichord, folk-guitar (modified to emulate a bandora!), four bass viols, 3 pardessus viols (that is it's pegbox on the video!), 3 soprano recorders, and organ. It was my intent to present a version as perhaps Oliver Cromwell might have heard it, if the broken consort (the band), down at the Swan & Lyre Tavern around the corner from St. Paul's, had come across a copy of the score (via time transport?) about 300 years prior to the Cream's release (give or take a ...
Friday, January 18, 2013
Daniel Mantey - 'Nova nova' & 'Angelus ad Virginem' - (Medieval Carols)
Daniel Mantey - 'Nova nova' & 'Angelus ad Virginem' - (Medieval Carols) Tube. Duration : 3.55 Mins.
'Nova Nova!' & 'Angelus ad Virginem' 'News News!!!' & 'The Angel and the Virgin' - English Medieval Carols, Anon., 13th century. Arranged and performed by Daniel Mantey - Music All Sorts; hurdy-gurdy, soprano and alto recorders, & hand-bells, with Kenji Mantey and Ami Mantey - vocals. These are two VERY old Christmas Carols, two of the earliest, and both about the Annunciation; Angel Gabriel's visit to Mary. The first really is like a 'Hear-yee, hear-yee, read all about it' call. And that is Kenji calling out the first 'Nova novas.' I use a very simple ensemble as would have been likely used in the 13th Century, and certainly children would have joined in and sung these carols! (I have heard different rhythmic versions of the opening; this is mine.) The second is in slightly more confusing Old English, but can be figured out when you see the words (not sure if hearing them helps?). What a great tune! I think Chaucer has one of his characters singing this tune as he travels to Canterbury in one of his Tales? There is a polyphonic version, but could not track it down, so wrote my own extra part in the style (on the alto recorder after the sung verse). I have always (since I learned these pieces nearly 40 years ago!) played these two together, and I used to always do them on bag-pipes! The hurdy-gurdy is just right. This track is on my Winter CD, recorded about 3 years ago, when Kenji was 9 and Ami 11. Happy holidays!!!
'Nova Nova!' & 'Angelus ad Virginem' 'News News!!!' & 'The Angel and the Virgin' - English Medieval Carols, Anon., 13th century. Arranged and performed by Daniel Mantey - Music All Sorts; hurdy-gurdy, soprano and alto recorders, & hand-bells, with Kenji Mantey and Ami Mantey - vocals. These are two VERY old Christmas Carols, two of the earliest, and both about the Annunciation; Angel Gabriel's visit to Mary. The first really is like a 'Hear-yee, hear-yee, read all about it' call. And that is Kenji calling out the first 'Nova novas.' I use a very simple ensemble as would have been likely used in the 13th Century, and certainly children would have joined in and sung these carols! (I have heard different rhythmic versions of the opening; this is mine.) The second is in slightly more confusing Old English, but can be figured out when you see the words (not sure if hearing them helps?). What a great tune! I think Chaucer has one of his characters singing this tune as he travels to Canterbury in one of his Tales? There is a polyphonic version, but could not track it down, so wrote my own extra part in the style (on the alto recorder after the sung verse). I have always (since I learned these pieces nearly 40 years ago!) played these two together, and I used to always do them on bag-pipes! The hurdy-gurdy is just right. This track is on my Winter CD, recorded about 3 years ago, when Kenji was 9 and Ami 11. Happy holidays!!!
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Daniel Mantey - 'Metal on Metal' - (Clavichord, Heavy Metal, from Kraftwerk TEE)
Daniel Mantey - 'Metal on Metal' - (Clavichord, Heavy Metal, from Kraftwerk TEE) Tube. Duration : 4.33 Mins.
'Metal on Metal' - Ralf Hutter & Emil Schult, (Kraftwerk) 1977. Arranged and performed by Daniel Mantey, Music All Sorts; - Clavichord, 4 recorders (soprano, tenor, & 2 bass), 3 viola da gamba (treble & 2 bass), hurdy-gurdy, acoustic bass guitar, organ, percussion (Turkish darbukas and claves), vocals. This is the second half of Kraftwerk's 'Trans Europe Express' (TEE), but I will let you refer to my other 'TEE' versions for all my chit-chat on and about the piece and my versions...but in a nutshell: the Kraftwerk masterpiece had been on my list for about ten years to arrange for 'early instruments,' finally done a few weeks back, polished up with the addition of the concluding 'Metal on Metal' half of the complete song yesterday, and HERE, 'Metal on Metal' alone as a 'heavy metal' clavichord solo! Now a word about clavichords. Yes, they are quiet, and certainly one of the quietest instruments around, but NOT the absolute quietest. And when you are sitting at, and playing, a well-built, well-tuned, well-regulated clavichord, and playing it well (!), it can have a lot of sound! Might not be so loud to anyone else around, but depends on the style of clavichord and its characteristics. The instrument WAS sort of an acoustic accident. The sound you hear is just the peripheral sound of the 'one half' of a string vibrating when hit by a metal tangent. The other side is dampened by a piece of cloth. The tangent stays in contact with the string, so the string is never really ...
'Metal on Metal' - Ralf Hutter & Emil Schult, (Kraftwerk) 1977. Arranged and performed by Daniel Mantey, Music All Sorts; - Clavichord, 4 recorders (soprano, tenor, & 2 bass), 3 viola da gamba (treble & 2 bass), hurdy-gurdy, acoustic bass guitar, organ, percussion (Turkish darbukas and claves), vocals. This is the second half of Kraftwerk's 'Trans Europe Express' (TEE), but I will let you refer to my other 'TEE' versions for all my chit-chat on and about the piece and my versions...but in a nutshell: the Kraftwerk masterpiece had been on my list for about ten years to arrange for 'early instruments,' finally done a few weeks back, polished up with the addition of the concluding 'Metal on Metal' half of the complete song yesterday, and HERE, 'Metal on Metal' alone as a 'heavy metal' clavichord solo! Now a word about clavichords. Yes, they are quiet, and certainly one of the quietest instruments around, but NOT the absolute quietest. And when you are sitting at, and playing, a well-built, well-tuned, well-regulated clavichord, and playing it well (!), it can have a lot of sound! Might not be so loud to anyone else around, but depends on the style of clavichord and its characteristics. The instrument WAS sort of an acoustic accident. The sound you hear is just the peripheral sound of the 'one half' of a string vibrating when hit by a metal tangent. The other side is dampened by a piece of cloth. The tangent stays in contact with the string, so the string is never really ...
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Daniel Mantey - 'Novo Profusio Gaudio' - (Medieval Carol, English 13th century)
Daniel Mantey - 'Novo Profusio Gaudio' - (Medieval Carol, English 13th century) Tube. Duration : 1.10 Mins.
'Novo Profusio Gaudio' - English anon. 13th century, Medieval Christmas Carol. Performed by Daniel Mantey - Music All Sorts; alto and tenor recorders. A Medieval English 'macaronic' Christmas Carol! Macaronic? No, not macaroni, but perhaps a similar etymology? A 'macaronic' song is one in which many languages are used together; rather hodge-podge if you will? This carol uses Latin, French, and English for each verse: in fact each line, in that order, with the fourth line again in Latin. The Choruses (Burdens, as they were then called!) are all in Latin. To save all the confusion, I use two recorders! I do apologize, I am using two Baroque recorders (as pictured in the video) to play a Medieval piece, and we are not entirely sure they might have had a tenor recorder this early, though certainly an alto might have been around (we are always guessing!)? But the sound is right on, and the Pythagorian tuning just as they would have done. What a wonderful composition! Beautiful counterpoint, and such dynamic, complex rhythms!!! The main melody is the one on the bottom. From my WInter CD.
'Novo Profusio Gaudio' - English anon. 13th century, Medieval Christmas Carol. Performed by Daniel Mantey - Music All Sorts; alto and tenor recorders. A Medieval English 'macaronic' Christmas Carol! Macaronic? No, not macaroni, but perhaps a similar etymology? A 'macaronic' song is one in which many languages are used together; rather hodge-podge if you will? This carol uses Latin, French, and English for each verse: in fact each line, in that order, with the fourth line again in Latin. The Choruses (Burdens, as they were then called!) are all in Latin. To save all the confusion, I use two recorders! I do apologize, I am using two Baroque recorders (as pictured in the video) to play a Medieval piece, and we are not entirely sure they might have had a tenor recorder this early, though certainly an alto might have been around (we are always guessing!)? But the sound is right on, and the Pythagorian tuning just as they would have done. What a wonderful composition! Beautiful counterpoint, and such dynamic, complex rhythms!!! The main melody is the one on the bottom. From my WInter CD.
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Daniel Mantey - 'Chocolate Dream' - (Dark, bitter, 99%)
Daniel Mantey - 'Chocolate Dream' - (Dark, bitter, 99%) Video Clips. Duration : 3.72 Mins.
'Chocolate Dream' - Daniel Mantey, April 2006. Performed by Daniel Mantey - Music All Sorts; 2 alto recorders, 2 pardessus viols, & bass viola da gamba. Yes, another of my own. Written in the wake of Valentine's Day (as I was savoring a delicious chunk of dark chocolate) for a wedding of a Japanese cousin-in-law! And originally just as a recorder quartet with the opening Pavane section. The piece went through some changes: it was originally for sopranino, 2 soprano, and alto recorders (for the wedding), and then expanded to a quintet (with a second sopranino added), and a Galliard section added on. At the wedding, it was intended for my family to play, so the 3 lower parts are VERY simple, but SIMPLY beautiful (if I may say so?). The top part (and later parts) were very much on the trickier side with a very healthy amount of high 'f's and 'g's (on sopraninos!)! It was fun to write and fun to play. For my first studio version the piece was expanded to 10 recorders, the five high recorders joined by a low quintet of 2 altos, 2 tenors, and bass with the two choruses alternating and joining for each section. That version (in 2 versions) was on my first several CDs. But last year (2010) I wanted something completely different, and re-set the piece for 2 alto recorders, and the 3 viols, as you have it here. I like both versions, but this one is certainly more dark and bitter, and closer to 100%! I find it a very satisfactory composition, much like a good bite of my favorite ...
'Chocolate Dream' - Daniel Mantey, April 2006. Performed by Daniel Mantey - Music All Sorts; 2 alto recorders, 2 pardessus viols, & bass viola da gamba. Yes, another of my own. Written in the wake of Valentine's Day (as I was savoring a delicious chunk of dark chocolate) for a wedding of a Japanese cousin-in-law! And originally just as a recorder quartet with the opening Pavane section. The piece went through some changes: it was originally for sopranino, 2 soprano, and alto recorders (for the wedding), and then expanded to a quintet (with a second sopranino added), and a Galliard section added on. At the wedding, it was intended for my family to play, so the 3 lower parts are VERY simple, but SIMPLY beautiful (if I may say so?). The top part (and later parts) were very much on the trickier side with a very healthy amount of high 'f's and 'g's (on sopraninos!)! It was fun to write and fun to play. For my first studio version the piece was expanded to 10 recorders, the five high recorders joined by a low quintet of 2 altos, 2 tenors, and bass with the two choruses alternating and joining for each section. That version (in 2 versions) was on my first several CDs. But last year (2010) I wanted something completely different, and re-set the piece for 2 alto recorders, and the 3 viols, as you have it here. I like both versions, but this one is certainly more dark and bitter, and closer to 100%! I find it a very satisfactory composition, much like a good bite of my favorite ...
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Daniel Mantey - 'The Leaves Be Green' - (William Byrd, recorder quintet, sounds like viols!)
Daniel Mantey - 'The Leaves Be Green' - (William Byrd, recorder quintet, sounds like viols!) Tube. Duration : 4.33 Mins.
A ground on 'The Leaves Be Green' - William Byrd, ca.1600 - performed by Daniel Mantey - Music All Sorts; soprano recorder, 2 alto recorders, tenor recorder, and bass recorder. This is absolutely one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written. And William Byrd is one of my favorite composers as well. He is my "3 B's!" Originally composed for a quintett of viola da gambas, but fits the five recorders perfectly. Recorded during the Summer of 2010. On my 'Winter and beyond' CD. Enjoy!!! (Just listened, and no idea where all that rumbling is coming from; perhaps my sound is too loud for the little camcoder's mic, or it doesn't like all the high frequency flutes and recorders? I might need to re-do this one, darn, I just LOVE that video.)
A ground on 'The Leaves Be Green' - William Byrd, ca.1600 - performed by Daniel Mantey - Music All Sorts; soprano recorder, 2 alto recorders, tenor recorder, and bass recorder. This is absolutely one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written. And William Byrd is one of my favorite composers as well. He is my "3 B's!" Originally composed for a quintett of viola da gambas, but fits the five recorders perfectly. Recorded during the Summer of 2010. On my 'Winter and beyond' CD. Enjoy!!! (Just listened, and no idea where all that rumbling is coming from; perhaps my sound is too loud for the little camcoder's mic, or it doesn't like all the high frequency flutes and recorders? I might need to re-do this one, darn, I just LOVE that video.)
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Daniel Mantey - 'Pat-a-pan' - (French trad., hurdy-gurdy+!)
Daniel Mantey - 'Pat-a-pan' - (French trad., hurdy-gurdy+!) Video Clips. Duration : 1.53 Mins.
'Pat a pan' - French Traditional, anon., arranged and performed by Daniel Mantey - Music All Sorts; hurdy-gurdy, 3 sopranino recorders, voice & drum, with Ami Mantey and Kenji Mantey - vocals ('pat a pat a pan...'). Mostly remember this carol from a Bing Crosby Holiday Albumn that I grew up with (and I now have the CD of!). Great tune! Maybe from the16th or 17th century? I arranged it closer to how an 18th century ensemble might have done the piece, turning it eventyually into a many-voiced fugue (including drum and trumpette!) Oh, that 'other' percussion sound is the hurdy-gurdy's trumpette! And what brilliant 'pat a pans' from Ami (then 9) and Kenji (then 7)!!! This was recorded a good 4 years ago, and wish I had had better studio technique back then; way too much work to do this one again! Hope you enjoy! Happy holidays indeed!!!
'Pat a pan' - French Traditional, anon., arranged and performed by Daniel Mantey - Music All Sorts; hurdy-gurdy, 3 sopranino recorders, voice & drum, with Ami Mantey and Kenji Mantey - vocals ('pat a pat a pan...'). Mostly remember this carol from a Bing Crosby Holiday Albumn that I grew up with (and I now have the CD of!). Great tune! Maybe from the16th or 17th century? I arranged it closer to how an 18th century ensemble might have done the piece, turning it eventyually into a many-voiced fugue (including drum and trumpette!) Oh, that 'other' percussion sound is the hurdy-gurdy's trumpette! And what brilliant 'pat a pans' from Ami (then 9) and Kenji (then 7)!!! This was recorded a good 4 years ago, and wish I had had better studio technique back then; way too much work to do this one again! Hope you enjoy! Happy holidays indeed!!!
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