Schütz: Italian Madrigals
Les Arts Florissants (early music ensemble), Paul Agnew (tenor), Miriam Allan (soprano), Hannah Morrison, Mathilde Ortscheidt, Sean Clayton, Jonathan Sells
Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Finalist - Early Music
Les Arts Florissants’ elasticity of expression brings out a particularly lucid evocation of rolling waves and ‘sweet harmony’ in the concluding eight-voice ‘Vasto mar, nel cui seno fan soave...
Schütz: Italian Madrigals
Les Arts Florissants (early music ensemble), Paul Agnew (tenor), Miriam Allan (soprano), Hannah Morrison, Mathilde Ortscheidt, Sean Clayton, Jonathan Sells
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Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Finalist - Early Music
Les Arts Florissants’ elasticity of expression brings out a particularly lucid evocation of rolling waves and ‘sweet harmony’ in the concluding eight-voice ‘Vasto mar, nel cui seno fan soave...
About
1611: After two years of study with Gabrieli in Venice, Heinrich Schütz tried his hand at composing madrigals on Italian poems.
This mere ‘graduation exercise’ turned out to be a masterpiece: the young German composer demonstrated his ability to identify each nuance of the text with a different musical emotion, a refinement heightened here by the interpretation of Les Arts Florissants.
Contents and tracklist
- Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew, Miriam Allan, Hannah Morrison, Mathilde Ortscheidt, Jonathan Sells, Sean Clayton
Awards and reviews
February 2024
Les Arts Florissants’ elasticity of expression brings out a particularly lucid evocation of rolling waves and ‘sweet harmony’ in the concluding eight-voice ‘Vasto mar, nel cui seno fan soave armonia’.
