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The Krasiński Codex
Ensemble Peregrina, Ensemble Dragma, Agnieszka Budzińska-Bennett
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2025, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Winners, Early Music
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Early Music
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th December 2025
The lion’s share of music that’s recorded here for the first time is superbly done. Mostly known only to specialists of Central European music, Nicholas of Radom gets a proper outing here, his...
The Krasiński Codex
Ensemble Peregrina, Ensemble Dragma, Agnieszka Budzińska-Bennett
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2025, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Winners, Early Music
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Early Music
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th December 2025
The lion’s share of music that’s recorded here for the first time is superbly done. Mostly known only to specialists of Central European music, Nicholas of Radom gets a proper outing here, his...
About
Miraculously saved from the conflagration of war, the Krasiński Codex takes us back to fifteenth-century Poland. The heart of the country is Kraków, where the royal castle resounds with music by the first Polish composers known by name, as well as works by European masters such as Johannes Ciconia and Zachara da Teramo. The first complete recording of the manuscript under the direction of Agnieszka Budzińska-Bennett was undertaken by the international Ensemble Dragma, presenting the entire palette of medieval instruments in virtuoso compositions, while the pure voices of the ensemble Peregrina invited to collaborate present the vocal works. Recognised early music specialists are a guarantee of thoughful and beautiful renditions of the fascinating compositions from the Krasinski manuscript, many of which will be heard for the first time after 600 years.
Contents and tracklist
- Matthieu Romanens, Raitis Grigalis, Reiner Schneider-Waterberg
- Ensemble Peregrina
- Agnieszka Budzińska-Bennett
- Agnieszka Budzińska-Bennett, Jane Achtman, Elizabeth Rumsey, Marc Lewon
- Ensemble Dragma
- Matthieu Romanens, Grace Newcombe, Raitis Grigalis, Agnieszka Budzińska-Bennett, Hanna Järveläinen, Marc Lewon, Caroline Ritchie, Cameron Drayton
- Ensemble Dragma
- Jane Achtman, Elizabeth Rumsey, Marc Lewon
- Ensemble Dragma
- Agnieszka Budzińska-Bennett
- Grace Newcombe, Jane Achtman, Agnieszka Budzińska-Bennett, Elizabeth Rumsey
- Ensemble Dragma
- Grace Newcombe, Marc Lewon
- Ensemble Dragma
- Matthieu Romanens, Raitis Grigalis, Reiner Schneider-Waterberg
- Ensemble Peregrina
- Agnieszka Budzińska-Bennett
- Grace Newcombe, Lorenza Donadini, Agnieszka Budzińska-Bennett, Tessa Roos
- Ensemble Peregrina
- Matthieu Romanens, Raitis Grigalis, Reiner Schneider-Waterberg
- Ensemble Peregrina
- Agnieszka Budzińska-Bennett
- Grace Newcombe, Jane Achtman, Agnieszka Budzińska-Bennett, Elizabeth Rumsey, Marc Lewon
- Ensemble Dragma
- Jane Achtman, Agnieszka Budzińska-Bennett, Marc Lewon
- Ensemble Dragma
- Hanna Järveläinen, Marc Lewon, Caroline Ritchie
- Ensemble Dragma
- Agnieszka Budzińska-Bennett
- Matthieu Romanens, Grace Newcombe, Raitis Grigalis, Hanna Järveläinen
- Ensemble Peregrina
- Agnieszka Budzińska-Bennett
- Grace Newcombe, Jane Achtman, Agnieszka Budzińska-Bennett, Elizabeth Rumsey, Marc Lewon
- Ensemble Dragma
- Lorenza Donadini, Elizabeth Rumsey, Marc Lewon
- Ensemble Dragma
- Agnieszka Budzińska-Bennett
Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineMarch 2025Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards2026Nominated - Early Music
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Presto Recording of the Week26th December 2025
March 2025
The lion’s share of music that’s recorded here for the first time is superbly done. Mostly known only to specialists of Central European music, Nicholas of Radom gets a proper outing here, his unfussy, stylish music beautifully showcased.
