Dolce accenti, passaggi e legature: Florid Italian Solo Music Around 1600 Peter Van Heyghen & Kris Verhelst

• Giovanni Battista Fontana (1589 - 1630): 18 Sonate a 1 2. 3. per il violin, o cornetto:
• 1 Fontana: 18 Sonate a 1 2. 3. per il violin, o cornetto: No. 3, Sonata in C Major, F 1475.03 (Version with Alto Recorder) 04:46
• Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583 - 1643): Il primo libro di capricci:
• 2 Frescobaldi: Il primo libro di capricci: No. 5, Capriccio sopra La Bassa Fiamenga, F 4.05 05:48
• Giovanni Bassano (1560/61 - 1617): Ricercate, passaggi et cadentie:
• 3 Bassano: Ricercate, passaggi et cadentie: No. 3, Ricercata terza (Version with Alto Recorder) 02:44
• Motetti, madrigali et canzone francese di diversi eccellenti autori:
• 4 Bassano: Motetti, madrigali et canzone francese di diversi eccellenti autori: No. 39, Diminutions on "Caro dolce ben mio" by Andrea Gabrieli (Version with Alto Recorder) 03:25
• Francesco Rognoni Taeggio (? - p. 1626): Selva de varii passaggi, Book 1:
• 5 Taeggio: Selva de varii passaggi, Book 1: No. 28, Diminutions on "Pulchra es anima mea", SVP 1.28 (Version with Alto Recorder) 05:11
• Tarquinio Merula (1594/95 - 1665): Intonazione cromatica del nono tono:
• 6 Merula: Intonazione cromatica del nono tono 03:00
• Giovanni Martino Cesare (1590 - 1667): Musicali melodie per voci et instrumenti:
• 7 Cesare: Musicali melodie per voci et instrumenti: No. 1, La Foccarina, a 1 (Version with Alto Recorder) 04:08
• Giovanni Bassano: Ricercate, passaggi et cadentie:
• 8 Bassano: Ricercate, passaggi et cadentie: No. 4, Ricercata quarta (Version with Alto Recorder) 02:56
• Giovanni Picchi (1572 - 1643): Intavolatura di balli d'arpicordo:
• 9 Picchi: Intavolatura di balli d'arpicordo: No. 1, Pass'e mezzo Antico di sei Parti 05:54
• Giovanni Battista Riccio (1563 - p. 1622): Divine lodi musicali, Libro 3:
• 10 Riccio: Divine lodi musicali, Libro 3: No. 2, Canzone à un flautin overo corneto 03:13
• Biagio Marini (1594 - 1663): Arie madrigali et corenti, Op. 3:
• 11 Marini: Arie madrigali et corenti, Op. 3: No. 23, Romanesca per violino solo con basso se piace (Version with Soprano Recorder) 04:18
• Peter Philips (1560/61 - 1628): Fitzwilliam Virginal Book:
• 12 Philips: Fitzwilliam Virginal Book: No. 82, Diminutions on "Amarilli" by Giulio Caccini, FVB 81 04:15
• Jacob van Eyck (1589/90 - 1657): Der Fluyten Lust-Hof:
• 13 Eyck: Der Fluyten Lust-Hof: No. 63, Diminutions on "Amarilli mia bella" by Giulio Caccini (Modo 3, Modo 4) 03:23
• Peter Philips: O dilecte (Diminutions by Peter Van Heyghen):
• 14 Philips: O dilecte (Diminutions by Peter Van Heyghen) 04:01
• Nicolaus a Kempis (1600 - 1676): Symphoniæ, libro secondo:
• 15 Kempis: Symphoniæ, libro secondo: No. 2, Symphonia seconda (Version with Soprano Recorder) 05:58
• Johann Caspar Kerll (1627 - 1693): Toccate, canzoni, et altre sonate:
• 16 Kerll: Toccate, canzoni, et altre sonate: No. 1, Toccata prima 04:28
• Dario Castello (1602 - 1631): Sonate concertate in stil moderno, libro secondo:
• 17 Castello: Sonate concertate in stil moderno, libro secondo: No. 2, Sonata seconda à sopran solo (Version with Soprano Recorder) 05:32
• Total Runtime 01:13:00

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Contrasting affects, sensual melodies, effortless virtuosity and a preference for the intimate: these are some of the characteristics that make Italian music from around 1600 particularly appealing.

Featuring music from Giovanni Battista Fontana, Girolamo Frescobaldi and Giovanni Bassano amongst others, Peter Van Heyghen and Kris Verhelst, two leading specialists in this field, have dedicated their latest recording to this music. Discover and enjoy their selection of virtuosically ornamented motets, madrigals, ricercari, toccatas, capricci, canzonas and sonatas, performed on authentic instruments (three different recorders, two harpsichords and an organ).

Peter Van Heyghen, recorder
Kris Verhelst, harpsichords, organ

Peter Van Heyghen
After his training as a recorder player, Peter Van Heyghen developed himself into an internationally renowned specialist on the performance practice of 16th-, 17t-h and 18th-century music. He regularly performs as a soloist and with his ensembles More Maiorum and Mezzaluna and is also active as a conductor and teacher.

For more than ten years he was the house conductor of the Brussels-based Baroque Orchestra Les Muffatti. Since 2016, though, he works on a regular basis with the Belgian Baroque Orchestra and Vocal Ensemble Il Gardellino. He thereby focuses on the rediscovery of forgotten masterpieces. Both as a recorder player and as a conductor he recorded numerous CDs for labels such as Accent, Eufoda, Opus 111, Passacaille, and Ramée.

He holds teaching positions for Culturally Informed Performance Practice at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels and at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. In addition, he is regularly invited worldwide as a guest conductor, to lead masterclasses and workshops, and to present lectures and papers.

Kris Verhelst
studied organ at the Lemmensinstituut in Leuven with Chris Dubois and harpsichord with Jos Van Immerseel at the Royal Conservatoire in Antwerp. Since then she has made a name for herself at home and abroad as a soloist and a thoroughbass player.

Kris Verhelst gave concerts in Europa, the United States and Japan on period keyboard instruments as well as modern replicas. She performed with renowned baroque orchestras suc as Anima Eterna, Collegium Vocale and Les Muffatti, and chamber music ensembles such as More Maiorum, Oltremontano, La Sfera Armoniosa, Ricercar Consort, Scorpio Collectief and Il Gardellino. She has recorded for labels including Passacaille, Accent, Ramée, Klara, Channel Classics, Mirare, Aliud and EMR.

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