Country : Canada (Quebec) Label : ATMA Classique Genres and styles : Baroque / Classical Year : 2024

Ensemble ArtChoral, Matthias Maute : Art Choral vol. 2 : Baroque I

· by Alexis Desrosiers-Michaud

Looking at the list of composers on this album, one might wonder about the title Baroque 1, since apart from Henry Purcell (1659-1695), all the others are usually classified as Renaissance composers. Of the lot, only Henrich Schütz (1585-1672) straddles both eras.

Although it’s not presented this way, the disc can be divided into three sections: Italy, Germany and England, with a stopover of less than two minutes in Portugal, but well worth it for the Xicochi xicochi by Gaspar Fernandes (1566-1629).

For the madrigals by Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) and Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613), two completely different styles, the interpretations are driven by the text, the essence of this style of music. For the Anglo-Saxons, all religious works, we feel the uniqueness of the ensemble according to the music.

We can assume that the next 8 albums will include a Baroque 3, since neither the 1st nor the 2nd features a work by the great master Georg Friedrich Handel.

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