Scherzi Musicali, Nicolas Achten - Charles-Joseph Van Helmont: Leçons de ténèbres (2023) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Premiere lecon du Merchredy Saint
02. Seconde lecon du Merchredy Saint
03. Troisieme lecon du Merchredy Saint
04. Fuga prima
05. Premiere lecon du Jeudy Saint
06. Seconde lecon du Jeudy Saint
07. Troisieme lecon du Jeudy Saint
08. Fuga terza
09. Fuga quarta
10. Troisieme lecon du Jeudy Saint (1756 Version)
11. Fuga quinta
12. Premiere lecon du Vendredy Saint
13. Seconde lecon du Vendredy Saint
14. Troisieme lecon du Vendredy Saint
15. Fuga seconda
16. Troisieme lecon du Vendredy Saint (1756 Version)
17. Fuga sesta



Charles-Joseph Van Helmont played a leading role in music in Brussels during the Baroque period. In 1737 he followed in the footsteps of Joseph-Hector Fiocco and composed a cycle of nine Leçons de ténèbres for solo voice and continuo. Ornamentation in the French style blends here with Italian lyricism, and each lamentation of the prophet Jeremiah is granted its own particular atmosphere. He revised one of his most beautiful Leçons of Holy Week in 1756 and added a solo cello part, also taking the opportunity to compose a completely new Leçon whose galant style surprises as much as it seduces the listener. For these works, recorded here for the first time, the Brussels-based ensemble Scherzi Musicali has here assembled three sopranos and several instrumentalists around a magnificent organ (1775) built by Guillaume Robustelly.

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