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Herman-François Delange Sonate e Sonate a tre
ENSEMBLE SOLSTICE
Isabelle Lamfalussy, traverso
Mariette Holtrop, violon
Bernard Woltèche, violoncelle
Bart Jacobs, clavecin
During the 18th century, the Italian style had an influence upon musical production in Liège, affecting both instrumental and vocal music. The establishment in 1699 of the Collège Liégois in Rome was to play a significant part in this process of cultural importation.
Herman-François Delange, scholarships from the Darchis Foundation, was to exemplify this musical development. Particularly drawn to the Neapolitan school, he introduced its expressivity and its melodic colours to the prince-bishopric and so contributed to the establishment there of a typically Neapolitan Italianate style. He leaved us a body of work in the galant style with refined and pleasant melodies, modestly defining a bridge between the old baroque style and the advent of classicism. His few surviving works display a real talent and establish Delange as a significant figure in the development of chamber music in Belgium.
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John Jenkins Consort Music of Four Parts
THE SPIRIT OF GOMBO
Freek Borstlap dessus de viole
Gesina Liedmeier, viole ténor
Thomas Baeté, viole ténor
Ivanka Neeleman, basse de viole
John Jenkins’ life encompassed the golden age of English instrumental music, from Byrd to Purcell. Throughout this period, he scrupulously followed the fashions of English chamber music as it evolved in stages from the typical English fantasia towards the trio sonata of more Italianate inspiration. With considerable skill and a strong sense of lyricism he brought the fantasia for viol consort to its zenith. John Jenkins and his much esteemed friend William Lawes can be regarded as the two most important composers in England during the reign of Charles I.
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Giovani Battista Pergolesi & Nicola Antonio Porpora Cantate e sonate da camera Magali Léger soprano
ROSASOLIS
Guillaume Humbrecht violin
Marieke Bouche violin
Géraldine Roux viola
Nicolas Crnjanski cello
Carola Grinberg archiluth
Julie Blais harpsichord
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Spiritual parodies and spirituality in parodies Céline Scheen, soprano
LES MENUS-PLAISIRS DU ROY
Catherine Daron, traverso
Gail-Ann Schroeder, viola da gamba
Eriko Semba, viola da gamba
Ricardo Rodriguez Miranda, viola da gamba
Dimitri Dumon, percussion
Jean-Luc Impe, archilute & direction
Under the impulse of the Counter-Reformation, the Roman Catholic Church decided to appropriate the most popular among the secular songs of the time and to set them to new lyrics, thus creating so-called “spiritual parodies” that would be more conducive to meditation and more effective for home praying. In parallel emerged a naughty or even licentious literature revelling in stigmatizing the French clergy’s shortcomings, while mocking gently the lascivious aspirations of certain religious congregations.
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John Dowland… Clear or Cloudy. Lute songs
Valeria Mignaco soprano
Alfonso Marín lute
England came late to the trend of Lute Song, but embraced it in a way that proved to be more fruitful and influential than in the rest of Europe. This was mainly due to the figure of John Dowland, one of the greatest song composers of any age and the main inspiration behind this recording.
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Georg Friedrich Haendel (1685-1759) Mottetti e Sonate da chiesa
Magali Léger, soprano
ROSASOLIS
For its debut CD, the ensemble RosaSolis accompanies the outstanding soprano Magali Léger (appearing on her first early music CD) in a selection of three motets by Handel, dating from his Roman period. Among them is the much-discussed Gloria which was rediscovered and attributed to Handel as recently as 2001.
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Loeillet Sonatas & Triosonatas
LA CACCIA
Patrick Denecker, director
The 20th-century revival of the recorder began very much in England – on the one hand thanks to the discovery of historical instruments, and on the other hand due to the presence of players who belonged to an uninterrupted tradition. The recorder player Patrick Denecker and his ensemble La Caccia invite us to discover the instrument through the medium of a dynasty of composers originally from Ghent, who played an important part in English musical life.
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Carolus Hacquart (ca 1640 - ca 1701) Cantiones sacrae & Sonate
Céline Scheen, soprano
Stephan Van Dyck, tenor
Dirk Snellings, bass
CLEMATIS
Leonardo Garcia Alarcòn, director
The Ensemble Clematis returns with another album of discoveries. Carolus Hacquart was undoubtedly the most important composer in the Netherlands during the late 17th century. Nevertheless, he remains unknown to the public at large. The present programme alternates motets taken from his Cantiones Sacrae, performed by a strong cast of musicians, with instrumental pieces from his Harmonia Parnassia Sonatarum.
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Giulio Caccini (1551-1618) Amor che fai ? Madrigali e Arie
Stephan Van Dyck, ténor
Christina Pluhar, harpe, théorbe
Eero Palviainen, archiluth I, guitare I
Francisco Gato, archiluth II, guitare II
Paulina Van Laarhoven, viole de gambe, lirone
Vincent Libert, percussions
The Belgian tenor Stéphane van Dyck needs no introduction: for years now he has performed with the best European baroque ensembles. This solo recital of madrigals explores the sources of Baroque music, in which vocal expressivity is given free rein in the service of the text. Van Dyck is joined for this recording by outstanding musicians such as Christina Pluhar and Quito Gato.
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A.E.M. Gretry (1741-1813) Sei Quartetti, op.3
QUATUOR THAÏS
Caroline Bayet, violin I
Elsa de Lacerda, violin II
Wendy Ruymen, viola
Kathy Adm, violoncello
Little is known about Grétry’s six youthful string quartets op. 3. They appear to have been composed and performed while this Liège composer was living in Rome, and are his only chamber music publication. These graceful and vivacious pieces were probably well received by the public of the time, which was sensing the beginnings of a stylistic renewal with an emphasis on expressivity and elegance.
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Martin Codax (XIIIe) Cantiga de amigo
FIN' AMOR
Carole Matras, voice & harp
Bernard Mouton, recorders
Thomas Baeté, fiddle
Michaël Grébil, cister, oud, fiddle
Vincent Libert, percussions
Like the poetry of the troubadours and trouvères, the Gallego-Portuguese lyric includes several distinct genres, one of which is the cantiga de amigo. There are nearly 400 surviving poems in this genre, only six of which – cantigas by Martin Codax – have come down to us with their music. The ensemble Fin’Amor presents a richly instrumented interpretation of these rare examples of Gallego-Portuguese lyric.
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Nikolaus à Kempis (ca. 1600-1676) Symphoniae
Céline Scheen, soprano
Stephan Van Dyck, tenor
Dirk Snellings, bass
ENSEMBLE CLEMATIS
Leonardo Garcia Alarcòn, artistic director
For its first recording, Ensemble Clematis presents the 17th-century Brussels composer Nicolaus à Kempis. Very little is known about him, but he left several publications of superb music with an Italian influence.
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