Kynseker-Ensemble

Ranging from Garklein to Great bass

Undoubtedly the most famous consort of recorders presented in new splendour: based on the original set of instruments by Hieronymus Franciscus Kynseker (now kept at the German National Museum in Nuremberg), we have created a nine-piece set of recorders which is optimised to modern standards and demands.
These instruments are ideal for the choric playing of Renaissance music as well as for performing the soloistic music of the Italian Early Baroque period.

• Made from precious European plumwood or historically stained maple
• With sturdy and reliable keys made from matt-polished brass
• Manufactured in the recorder workshop of Mollenhauer in Fulda.

An excerpt from Windkanal 2018–1

A detailed discussion of the life and instruments of Hieronimus Franciscus Kynseker is available in the following special article which is based on the latest research.

»A rendezvous with Kynseker«

An approach to his recorders and their importance by Nik Tarasov.

Link to the article in english language

Sound sample 01 Ensemble: Giovanni Gabrieli (ca. 1554–1612) Canzon II à 4

Played by employees: Vera Jahn (Soprano), Sohyeun Cho (Alto), Beate Temper (Tenor) und Nik Tarasov (Bass)

Sound sample 02 Ensemble: Adriano Banchieri (1568–1634) L’Alcenagina – sopra Vestiva i colli

Played by Mollenhauer employees: Vera Jahn (Tenor), Beate Temper (Tenor), Nik Tarasov (Bass) und Sohyeun Cho (Great bass)