Composer: Charles-Joseph van Helmont
Performer: Scherzi Musicali
Conductor: Nicolas Achten
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Ricercar
Catalogue: RIC454
Release: 2023
Size: 2.45 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Première leçon du Merchredy Saint
02. Seconde leçon du Merchredy Saint
03. Troisième leçon du Merchredy Saint
04. Fuga prima
05. Première leçon du Jeudy Saint
06. Seconde leçon du Jeudy Saint
07. Troisième leçon du Jeudy Saint
08. Fuga terza
09. Fuga quarta
10. Troisième leçon du Jeudy Saint (1756 Version)
11. Fuga quinta
12. Première leçon du Vendredy Saint
13. Seconde leçon du Vendredy Saint
14. Troisième leçon du Vendredy Saint
15. Fuga seconda
16. Troisième leçon du Vendredy Saint (1756 Version)
17. Fuga sesta
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. Ornamentation in the French style blends here with Italian lyricism, and each lamentation of the prophet Jeremiah is granted its own particular atmosphere. He revised one of his most beautiful Leçons of Holy Week in 1756 and added a solo cello part, also taking the opportunity to compose a completely new Leçon whose galant style surprises as much as it seduces the listener. For these works, recorded here for the first time, the Brussels-based ensemble Scherzi Musicali has here assembled three sopranos and several instrumentalists around a magnificent organ (1775) built by Guillaume Robustelly.