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Milena Cord-to-Krax

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  • Three videos of my recorder consort Vox Tremula

    Have a look and a listen to three videos of my recorder consort Vox Tremula: Vincenzo Ruffo — La Danza Vox Tremula: Milena Cord-to-Krax, Elena Escartín & Gonzalo Llao, recorders Zoé Desquesnes, contemporary dance [divider] J. Playford & M. Cord-to-Krax — The Begger Boy Vox Tremula: Milena Cord-to-Krax, Elena Escartín & Gonzalo Llao, recorders David…

  • Recording: Bach’s Suite BWV 995 arranged for a melody instrument and b.c. by M. Cord-to-Krax

    It really happened, I made my first professional recording go public: J.S. Bach — BWV 995 arranged for a melody instrument and b.c. by M. Cord-to-Krax Musick’s Recreation. Milena Cord-to-Krax Milena Cord-to-Krax | alto recorder after Stanesby sr. (by Morgan/Ronimus) Ventura Rico | viola da gamba Alejandro Casal | harpsichord Bárbara Sela | artistic direction…

  • Todd Boyd on playing someone else’s music

    As in the early music scene we like to point out the similarities between early music and jazz in terms of conception of the music (improvisations, variations, creativity, openness of the repertory…) would/should this statement have to refer to us as well? ‘If a Jazz musician plays someone else’s tune, he has a responsibility to…

  • My 5 favourite Early Music CD’s (2016)

    Quite a difficult decision when you can only choose 5 CD’s! Here they go, in alphabetical order: Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet: A Concorde of Sweete Sound (L’Oiseau-Lyre, 1993) Karl-Ernst Schröder & Crawford Young: Amours Amours Amours (Harmonia Mundi, 2002) More Hispano — Vicente Parrilla: Glosas (Carpe Diem, 2011) Musica Antiqua Köln — Reinhard Goebel: French…

  • Vertebración VI — 2016

    Last 23rd & 24th of February I was happy to play next to Bárbara Sela and Alejandra Fernández in a contemporary dance performance at Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville. The event was organized by Asociación PAD and there were 3 different choreographies directed by 3 different dancers. I worked with Juan Luis Matilla in…

  • G.Ph. Telemann: Fantasia No. 10 — A Tempo giusto

    I’ve always loved this first movement of Telemann’s 10th Fantasia for solo flute. I play it very unrytmically because I feel I can tell its story much better this way. I’m a professional freelance recorder player, so if you are enjoying this video — please consider inviting me on a coffee 😉 [button link=”https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=STDXAZZJAGPLC” color=”black”…

  • A photo from 21-12-15 in Berlin

    Last 21-12-15 I played a concert in Berlin with Sofia Chekalina (baroque cello) and César Queruz (tiorba) at KiezKulturWerkstadt. It was the first time for me to travel to Berlin and I had spoken with César via eMail, but we only got to know each other 3 days before the concert. His teacher Björn Collel…

  • Three videos from 29-05-15

    François Couperin (1668-1733) — Concert Royal no. 4 Milena Cord-to-Krax, recorder | Ventura Rico, viola da gamba | Alejandro Casal, harpsichord ☞ Voiceflute by Ernst Meyer ❧ Johannes Ciconia (ca. 1370-1412) — Aler m’en veus Milena Cord-to-Krax & Vicente Parrilla, recorders ☞ Renaissance tenor recorders by Bob Marvin ❧ G.P. da Palestrina & G.B. Bovicelli…

  • Aler m’en veus — A video from 17-04-15

    Johannes Ciconia (ca. 1370-1412) — Aler m’en veus Milena Cord-to-Krax, recorder | Johanna Rose, viella Earlier this month, I was lucky to get to perform with excellent viol player Johanna Rose. This piece forms part of a medieval music duo program: La dolçce sere Medieval Italy around 1400: names such as Ciconia or Landini, famous…

  • Concert in San Roque – 09/04/15

    Next week, 09/04/15, I’m going to play a duo concert with Alejandro Casal (organ) in a village in Southern Spain –San Roque– next to Gibraltar. I am very happy about the program, since this music is one of my favorites and quite rarely chosen by programmers: 16th century diminutions on madrigals. Next to diminutions by…