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This 2023 release is way outside the usual zone for the ensemble Les Arts Florissants and director Paul Agnew, who have specialized largely in the French Baroque. The booklet even lists an Italian language coach, but it is quite worthwhile, for these Italian-language madrigals by Schütz are sparsely recorded. They were published in 1611 while Schütz was studying in Venice with Giovanni Gabrieli, and they reflect his mastery of the polyphonic Italian madrigal style. There are some splashes of chromaticism, but nothing resembling the music of Gesualdo, Marenzio, or the other late Italian madrigalists. Instead, the model is the early madrigal books of Monteverdi, which would have been very much in the air while Schütz was there. The music reflects the texts in great detail, which was one of the straws in the wind pointing toward the emergent operatic styles, and there is a certain dramatic quality that seems to prefigure the mature Schütz. This is captured well by Les Arts Florissants, essentially opera specialists, and while there is a feel suggesting that the musicians are coming to this tradition from the outside, the performances hold the listener's attention. The Philharmonie in Paris is not really the right venue for this music and gives it a remote sound, but this is, nonetheless, a valuable addition to the Schütz discography.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Il primo libro de madrigali, Op. 1, SWV 1-19 (Heinrich Schütz)
Paul Agnew, Conductor, MainArtist - Les Arts Florissants, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Heinrich Schütz, Composer - Miriam Allan, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Jonathan Sells, MainArtist, BassVocals - Hannah Morrison, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Mathilde Ortscheidt, MainArtist, AltoVocals
2023 harmonia mundi 2023 harmonia mundi / Les Arts Florissants
Paul Agnew, Conductor, MainArtist - Les Arts Florissants, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Heinrich Schütz, Composer - Miriam Allan, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Jonathan Sells, MainArtist, BassVocals - Hannah Morrison, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Mathilde Ortscheidt, MainArtist, AltoVocals
2023 harmonia mundi 2023 harmonia mundi / Les Arts Florissants
Paul Agnew, Conductor, MainArtist - Les Arts Florissants, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Heinrich Schütz, Composer - Miriam Allan, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Jonathan Sells, MainArtist, BassVocals - Hannah Morrison, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Sean Clayton, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Mathilde Ortscheidt, MainArtist, AltoVocals
2023 harmonia mundi 2023 harmonia mundi / Les Arts Florissants
Paul Agnew, Conductor, MainArtist - Les Arts Florissants, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Heinrich Schütz, Composer - Miriam Allan, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Jonathan Sells, MainArtist, BassVocals - Sean Clayton, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Mathilde Ortscheidt, MainArtist, AltoVocals
2023 harmonia mundi 2023 harmonia mundi / Les Arts Florissants
Paul Agnew, Conductor, MainArtist - Les Arts Florissants, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Heinrich Schütz, Composer - Jonathan Sells, MainArtist, BassVocals - Hannah Morrison, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Sean Clayton, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Mathilde Ortscheidt, MainArtist, AltoVocals
2023 harmonia mundi 2023 harmonia mundi / Les Arts Florissants
Paul Agnew, Conductor, MainArtist - Les Arts Florissants, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Heinrich Schütz, Composer - Miriam Allan, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Jonathan Sells, MainArtist, BassVocals - Hannah Morrison, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Mathilde Ortscheidt, MainArtist, AltoVocals
2023 harmonia mundi 2023 harmonia mundi / Les Arts Florissants
Paul Agnew, Conductor, MainArtist - Les Arts Florissants, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Heinrich Schütz, Composer - Miriam Allan, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Jonathan Sells, MainArtist, BassVocals - Hannah Morrison, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Sean Clayton, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Mathilde Ortscheidt, MainArtist, AltoVocals
2023 harmonia mundi 2023 harmonia mundi / Les Arts Florissants
Paul Agnew, Conductor, MainArtist - Les Arts Florissants, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Heinrich Schütz, Composer - Miriam Allan, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Jonathan Sells, MainArtist, BassVocals - Hannah Morrison, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Mathilde Ortscheidt, MainArtist, AltoVocals
2023 harmonia mundi 2023 harmonia mundi / Les Arts Florissants
Paul Agnew, Conductor, MainArtist - Les Arts Florissants, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Heinrich Schütz, Composer - Miriam Allan, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Jonathan Sells, MainArtist, BassVocals - Hannah Morrison, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Sean Clayton, MainArtist, TenorSolo
2023 harmonia mundi 2023 harmonia mundi / Les Arts Florissants
Paul Agnew, Conductor, MainArtist - Les Arts Florissants, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Heinrich Schütz, Composer - Miriam Allan, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Jonathan Sells, MainArtist, BassVocals - Hannah Morrison, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Mathilde Ortscheidt, MainArtist, AltoVocals
2023 harmonia mundi 2023 harmonia mundi / Les Arts Florissants
Paul Agnew, Conductor, MainArtist - Les Arts Florissants, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Heinrich Schütz, Composer - Miriam Allan, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Jonathan Sells, MainArtist, BassVocals - Hannah Morrison, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Sean Clayton, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Mathilde Ortscheidt, MainArtist, AltoVocals
2023 harmonia mundi 2023 harmonia mundi / Les Arts Florissants
Paul Agnew, Conductor, MainArtist - Les Arts Florissants, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Heinrich Schütz, Composer - Miriam Allan, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Jonathan Sells, MainArtist, BassVocals - Hannah Morrison, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Mathilde Ortscheidt, MainArtist, AltoVocals
2023 harmonia mundi 2023 harmonia mundi / Les Arts Florissants
Paul Agnew, Conductor, MainArtist - Les Arts Florissants, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Heinrich Schütz, Composer - Miriam Allan, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Jonathan Sells, MainArtist, BassVocals - Hannah Morrison, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Sean Clayton, MainArtist, TenorSolo
2023 harmonia mundi 2023 harmonia mundi / Les Arts Florissants
Paul Agnew, Conductor, MainArtist - Les Arts Florissants, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Heinrich Schütz, Composer - Miriam Allan, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Jonathan Sells, MainArtist, BassVocals - Hannah Morrison, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Sean Clayton, MainArtist, TenorSolo
2023 harmonia mundi 2023 harmonia mundi / Les Arts Florissants
Paul Agnew, Conductor, MainArtist - Les Arts Florissants, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Heinrich Schütz, Composer - Miriam Allan, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Jonathan Sells, MainArtist, BassVocals - Hannah Morrison, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Sean Clayton, MainArtist, TenorSolo
2023 harmonia mundi 2023 harmonia mundi / Les Arts Florissants
Paul Agnew, Conductor, MainArtist - Les Arts Florissants, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Heinrich Schütz, Composer - Miriam Allan, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Jonathan Sells, MainArtist, BassVocals - Hannah Morrison, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Sean Clayton, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Mathilde Ortscheidt, MainArtist, AltoVocals
2023 harmonia mundi 2023 harmonia mundi / Les Arts Florissants
Paul Agnew, Conductor, MainArtist - Les Arts Florissants, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Heinrich Schütz, Composer - Miriam Allan, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Jonathan Sells, MainArtist, BassVocals - Hannah Morrison, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Mathilde Ortscheidt, MainArtist, AltoVocals
2023 harmonia mundi 2023 harmonia mundi / Les Arts Florissants
Paul Agnew, Conductor, MainArtist - Les Arts Florissants, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Heinrich Schütz, Composer - Miriam Allan, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Jonathan Sells, MainArtist, BassVocals - Hannah Morrison, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Sean Clayton, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Mathilde Ortscheidt, MainArtist, AltoVocals
2023 harmonia mundi 2023 harmonia mundi / Les Arts Florissants
Paul Agnew, Conductor, MainArtist - Les Arts Florissants, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Heinrich Schütz, Composer - Miriam Allan, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Jonathan Sells, MainArtist, BassVocals - Hannah Morrison, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Sean Clayton, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Mathilde Ortscheidt, MainArtist, AltoVocals
2023 harmonia mundi 2023 harmonia mundi / Les Arts Florissants
Album review
This 2023 release is way outside the usual zone for the ensemble Les Arts Florissants and director Paul Agnew, who have specialized largely in the French Baroque. The booklet even lists an Italian language coach, but it is quite worthwhile, for these Italian-language madrigals by Schütz are sparsely recorded. They were published in 1611 while Schütz was studying in Venice with Giovanni Gabrieli, and they reflect his mastery of the polyphonic Italian madrigal style. There are some splashes of chromaticism, but nothing resembling the music of Gesualdo, Marenzio, or the other late Italian madrigalists. Instead, the model is the early madrigal books of Monteverdi, which would have been very much in the air while Schütz was there. The music reflects the texts in great detail, which was one of the straws in the wind pointing toward the emergent operatic styles, and there is a certain dramatic quality that seems to prefigure the mature Schütz. This is captured well by Les Arts Florissants, essentially opera specialists, and while there is a feel suggesting that the musicians are coming to this tradition from the outside, the performances hold the listener's attention. The Philharmonie in Paris is not really the right venue for this music and gives it a remote sound, but this is, nonetheless, a valuable addition to the Schütz discography.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 01:00:44
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Les Arts Florissants Paul Agnew
- Composer: Heinrich Schütz
- Label: harmonia mundi
- Genre: Classical Art Songs, Mélodies & Lieder
2023 harmonia mundi 2023 harmonia mundi / Les Arts Florissants
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