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Nicolas Achten, Scherzi Musicali - Giulio Caccini: L'Euridice (2008)

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Nicolas Achten, Scherzi Musicali - Giulio Caccini: L'Euridice (2008)

Nicolas Achten, Scherzi Musicali - Giulio Caccini: L'Euridice (2008)
XLD | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 616 Mb | Total time: 79:30 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Ricercar ‎| RIC 269 | Recorded: 2008

Henri IV of France married Maria de' Medici in 1600. A new art-form - opera - played an important role in the wedding celebrations in Florence, with Jacopo Peri's L'Euridice being performed on 6 October at the Palazzo Pitti. Giulio Caccini, however, was clearly in some opposition to his illustrious colleague and beat him to publication; his own version of the same Rinuccini libretto appeared in print in December of the same year. Caccini's lyricism, emotion and skilled vocal writing show clearly that his L'Euridice is the true forerunner of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo. Ricercar now proudly presents this world premiere recording of Caccini's masterpiece.

Nicolas Achten, Scherzi Musicali, Deborah Cachet - Alessandro Scarlatti: O penosa lontananza (2018)

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Nicolas Achten, Scherzi Musicali, Deborah Cachet  - Alessandro Scarlatti: O penosa lontananza (2018)

Nicolas Achten, Scherzi Musicali, Deborah Cachet - Alessandro Scarlatti: O penosa lontananza (2018)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 380 Mb | Total time: 70:59 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Ricercars | # RIC 396 | Recorded: 2018

In this new recording, Scherzi Musicali explores the fascinating world of Alessandro Scarlatti s Arcadian cantatas: the six mostly unpublished cantatas selected here sublimate the affects of nymphs and shepherds far from their beloved. Both the arias and the recitatives are exceptionally beautiful, varied and colorful: the accomplished theatrical sense of these cantatas has stimulated the soprano Deborah Cachet, the baritone Nicolas Achten and the abundant instrumental forces that provide a setting for their voices to a passionate and captivating realization, in which poetry, rhetoric, inventive ornamentation and opulence of sound reign supreme.

Scherzi Musicali & Nicolas Achten - Charles-Joseph Van Helmont: Leçons de ténèbres (2023)

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Scherzi Musicali & Nicolas Achten - Charles-Joseph Van Helmont: Leçons de ténèbres (2023)

Scherzi Musicali & Nicolas Achten - Charles-Joseph Van Helmont: Leçons de ténèbres (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 317 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 169 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:11:25
Classical, Sacred, Vocal | Label: Ricercar, Outhere Music

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.

Nicolas Achten, Scherzi Musicali - Joseph-Hector Fiocco: Petits motets, vol. II (2016)

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Nicolas Achten, Scherzi Musicali - Joseph-Hector Fiocco: Petits motets, vol. II (2016)

Nicolas Achten, Scherzi Musicali - Joseph-Hector Fiocco: Petits motets, vol. II (2016)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 392 Mb | Total time: 73:38 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Musique en Wallonie | # MEW 1682 | Recorded: 2016

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.

Scherzi Musicali, Nicolas Achten - Antonio Bertali: La Maddalena (2016)

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Scherzi Musicali, Nicolas Achten - Antonio Bertali: La Maddalena (2016)

Scherzi Musicali, Nicolas Achten - Antonio Bertali: La Maddalena (2016)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 324 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 157 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical, Baroque | Label: Ricercar | # RIC 367 | Time: 01:07:48

Through the combination of sacred and profane that she embodies, the profoundly human personality of Mary Magdalene greatly inspired artists of the Baroque era, whether painters, poets or composers. It was in the sphere of influence of Italian oratorios, highly prized at the court of Vienna, that Antonio Bertali devoted a most moving sepolcro to her in 1663, a genre traditionally played during Holy Week. In 1617, in Mantua, it was in the form of theatrical interludes that she was honoured by court composers such as Salomone Rossi, Muzio Effrem and Claudio Monteverdi, who wrote the prologue for this other Maddalena.

Nicolas Achten, Scherzi Musicali - Giovanni Paolo Colonna: O Splendida Dies (2019)

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Nicolas Achten, Scherzi Musicali - Giovanni Paolo Colonna: O Splendida Dies (2019)

Nicolas Achten, Scherzi Musicali - Giovanni Paolo Colonna: O Splendida Dies (2019)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 248 Mb | Total time: 58:40 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Ricercar | # RIC406 | Recorded: 2018

Giovanni Battista Colonna (1637-95) spent most of his career in Bologna as maestro di cappella of the basilica of San Petronio. Since he had at his disposal this imposing building with its two choir organs, well known to lovers of the instrument, and its very generous acoustics, Colonna wrote a large number of sacred compositions for imposing vocal and instrumental forces. But, in a more intimate vein, he also devoted two collections to the repertory of ‘small motets’. The pieces recorded here come from the 1681 set of Motetti a due e tre voci (1681). They display a wide variety of formulas, combining traditional elements and innovative aspects that were to be further developed in the following generations.

Nicolas Achten, Scherzi Musicali - Domenico Mazzocchi: La Catena d’Adone (2011)

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Nicolas Achten, Scherzi Musicali - Domenico Mazzocchi: La Catena d’Adone (2011)

Nicolas Achten, Scherzi Musicali - Domenico Mazzocchi: La Catena d’Adone (2011)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 670 Mb | Total time: 57:56+74:13 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Alpha | ALPHA184 | Recorded: 2010

La Catena d Adone was first performed in 1626 and marked the arrival of opera in Rome. With all the characteristics of the genre, a pastoral tale in one prologue and five acts, it chronicles the tumultuous love lives of Adonis, Apollo, Venus, and Falsirena. The frivolous and sensual even erotic tone is placed in sharp contrast with Christian morality in a perfectly mastered Recitarcantando style supported by a wealth of instruments. Besides being a world premiere recording, the opera inaugurates the arrival of a very young conductor to the Alpha catalog. Nicolas Achten is also a director, singer, and player of theorbo, harpsichord, and harp, and follows the path set by great musical pioneers such as Vincent Dumestre and Pablo Valetti.