A Musical Picture - up to 40% off selected titles
A Musical Picture - Until 18th September 2024, we are offering up to 40% off titles on selected labels on CD, Vinyl, Blu-Ray & DVD, and download.
A Musical Picture - up to 40% off selected titles, Scherzi Musicali (early music ensemble)
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These ravishing, often ornately decorated solos, duets and trios on the subject of love reveal an intense engagement with text and sentiment that at times attains Monteverdian levels. Achten’s... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, March 2018, Découverte
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Haute-contre Reinoud Van Mechelen's top register is impressively sweet in Adones first monologue...and the incantation scene between the desperate sorceress and unhelpful Pluto in Act 4 is compelling... — More…
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His music is well written and often sensitive to the painting of the text. He is also a master of easy counterpoint, wherein the lines fit together like a puzzle and yet do not avoid coloratura.... — More…
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Special offer. Rubens and the Musicians of his Time
Guy Penson, Capilla Flamenca, Karl Ernst Schröder, Paolo da Col, Odhecaton (early music ensemble), Enrico Parizzi, Nicolas Achten, Scherzi Musicali (early music ensemble), Ensemble La Fenice (early music ensemble), Bernard Foccroulle (organ), Ricercar Consort (early music ensemble), Henri Ledroit,...
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Les Scherzi Musicali impart sensuality to the substance of the music, and tenor Reinoud Van Mechelen adds to it a fitting (and necessary) brightness. — More…
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Special offer. Charles-Joseph van Helmont: Lecons de Tenebres
Scherzi Musicali (early music ensemble), Nicolas Achten
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Special offer. Alessandro Scarlatti: O Penosa Lontananza
Cantate da Camera
Scherzi Musicali, Nicolas Achten
As usual Scarlatti’s music flits between Handelian spaciousness and the more compact and direct expression of the late 17th century. Yet consistent to it is a strong lyrical gift and a song-writer’s... — More…
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Special offer. Purcell: How pleasant ‘tis to Love!
Nicolas Achten (baritone, harp, keyboards)
Scherzi Musicali, Reinoud Van Mechelen
it is the domestic atmosphere in which many of [the works] would have become known then, rather than a memory of their original theatrical or court contexts. that this disc seeks to celebrate...these... — More…
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