Scherzi Musicali & Nicolas Achten - Fiocco: Petits motets, Vol. 2 (2017)

Joseph-Hector Fiocco's music is remarkable for its quality, richness of invention and the liveliness that characterizes it all. With a somewhat surprising coherence it achieves a fusion of French and Italian aesthetics, as regards both harmony and melody. His infectious melodies give the listener the impression of knowing them already; singability is always paramount, and the lines are supple and elegant. Now and then a passage is reminiscent of Vivaldi, Pergolesi or Couperin. Yet the firm, inspired pen of Fiocco confirms his stature as a composer of the first order, with a highly personal language full of sensuality and light. Nicolas Achten and Scherzi Musicali deliver a second volume devoted to Fiocco's motets, after a 2011 release which was awarded a Diapason d'or Decouverte and IRR Outstanding.

TRACKLIST

01. Salve regina: Salve regina - Déborah Cachet, Reinoud Van Mechelen, Nicolas Achten, Sönke Tams Freier, Scherzi Musicali
02. Salve regina: Ad te clamamus - Déborah Cachet, Scherzi Musicali, Nicolas Achten
03. Salve regina: Eija ergo advocata nostra - Déborah Cachet, Reinoud Van Mechelen, Nicolas Achten, Sönke Tams Freier, Scherzi Musicali
04. Salve regina: Et Jesum benedictum - Nicolas Achten, Sönke Tams Freier, Scherzi Musicali
05. Salve regina: O Clemens, o pia - Déborah Cachet, Reinoud Van Mechelen, Nicolas Achten, Sönke Tams Freier, Scherzi Musicali
06. Exaudiat te Dominum: Exaudiat te Dominum - Reinoud Van Mechelen, Nicolas Achten, Scherzi Musicali
07. Exaudiat te Dominum: Mittat tibi auxilium de sancto - Scherzi Musicali, Nicolas Achten
08. Exaudiat te Dominum: Tribuat tibi secundum cor tuum - Reinoud Van Mechelen, Scherzi Musicali, Nicolas Achten
09. Exaudiat te Dominum: Laetabimur in salutari tuo - Reinoud Van Mechelen, Scherzi Musicali, Nicolas Achten
10. Exaudiat te Dominum: Impleat Dominus - Reinoud Van Mechelen, Nicolas Achten, Scherzi Musicali
11. Exaudiat te Dominum: Exaudiet illum de cælo - Reinoud Van Mechelen, Nicolas Achten, Scherzi Musicali
12. O beatissima virgo Maria: O beatissima virgo Maria - Reinoud Van Mechelen, Scherzi Musicali, Nicolas Achten
13. O beatissima virgo Maria: In cælis assumpta - Déborah Cachet, Scherzi Musicali, Nicolas Achten
14. O beatissima virgo Maria: Virgo sacra - Sönke Tams Freier, Scherzi Musicali, Nicolas Achten
15. O beatissima virgo Maria: Tartarus ater - Reinoud Van Mechelen, Nicolas Achten, Scherzi Musicali
16. O beatissima virgo Maria: Tuos de Tartaro - Déborah Cachet, Reinoud Van Mechelen, Nicolas Achten, Sönke Tams Freier, Scherzi Musicali
17. Proferte cantica: Proferte cantica - Déborah Cachet, Reinoud Van Mechelen, Nicolas Achten, Sönke Tams Freier, Scherzi Musicali
18. Proferte cantica: Hodie sanctissima virgo Cæcilia - Reinoud Van Mechelen, Scherzi Musicali, Nicolas Achten
19. Proferte cantica: Date plausus triumphales - Sönke Tams Freier, Scherzi Musicali, Nicolas Achten
20. Proferte cantica: Eija protege clientes - Déborah Cachet, Reinoud Van Mechelen, Nicolas Achten, Sönke Tams Freier, Scherzi Musicali
21. Laudate pueri Dominum: Laudate pueri Dominum - Déborah Cachet, Scherzi Musicali, Nicolas Achten
22. Laudate pueri Dominum: A solis ortu - Déborah Cachet, Scherzi Musicali, Nicolas Achten
23. Laudate pueri Dominum: Excelsus super omnes gentes - Déborah Cachet, Scherzi Musicali, Nicolas Achten
24. Laudate pueri Dominum: Suscitans a terra inopem - Déborah Cachet, Scherzi Musicali, Nicolas Achten
25. Laudate pueri Dominum: Alleluija - Déborah Cachet, Scherzi Musicali, Nicolas Achten
26. Alma redemptoris mater: Alma redemptoris mater - Nicolas Achten, Scherzi Musicali
27. Alma redemptoris mater: Succurre cadenti - Déborah Cachet, Reinoud Van Mechelen, Nicolas Achten, Sönke Tams Freier, Scherzi Musicali
28. Alma redemptoris mater: Tu quæ genuisti - Déborah Cachet, Scherzi Musicali, Nicolas Achten
29. Alma redemptoris mater: Virgo prius ac posterius - Reinoud Van Mechelen, Sönke Tams Freier, Scherzi Musicali, Nicolas Achten
30. Alma redemptoris mater: Peccatorum miserere - Déborah Cachet, Reinoud Van Mechelen, Nicolas Achten, Sönke Tams Freier, Scherzi Musicali