Release Date: 11 March 2022
Label: First Hand Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5060216342122
Description
Incantati brings together three instrumental timbres which were used in the baroque period to represent enchantment or otherworldliness, whether it be the touch of the supernatural, the moment of falling in love or the departure into the next world.
The recorder's sweet tone was associated with pastoral and amorous scenes, while the viola d'amore's ethereal quality enhances moments of spirituality in both religious music and opera. In the Passions by J.S. Bach, the viola da gamba's delicate sound accompanies the departure of Christ from life on earth. These three sonorities come together in incantati to create a uniquely charming sound, with each of the instruments clearly distinguishable, yet complementing each other.
Video promo 1: https://youtu.be/Y0lr6pfUP10
Video promo 2: https://youtu.be/ijfFuIQBvGU
"The exploratory incursions by Incantati into Bach's keyboard Inventions and Sinfonias are imaginative and, in the main, illuminating."
"The colourful means by which Incantati aspire to Bach's direction is pleasing, and, in respect of clarity and cantabile playing, they might at least have earned a nod of acceptance from the composer." – BBC Music Magazine
Tracklisting
Noxwode, Conor Gricmanis
ZRI: Ben Harlan, Max Baillie, Matthew Sharp, Joe Banks, Iris Pissaride
Tessa Lark, Jon Batiste, Michael Cleveland, Sierra Hull, Edgar Meyer
Eva Maria Doroszkowska
Claudio Arrau
Shura Cherkassky
David de Winter and The Brook Street Band
Alexander Baillie & Nigel Yandell
Daniel-Ben Pienaar
Nicolo Balducci; Sophie Rennert; Benedetta Mazzucato; Martin Vanberg; Riccardo Novaro; NovoCanto; L
Seda Amir-Karayan; Fritz Kramer; Camerata Vivaldiana
L'Orfeo Barockorchester; Carin van Heerden
Artem Dzeganovskyi; Leonard Gatti; Sonia Hrechorowicz
Arcis-Vocalisten Munchen; Barockorchester L'Arpa Festante; Monika Mauch; Ulrike Malotta; Georg Popl
Hamburger Ratsmusik; Neoclassical Ensemble of Tehran
Barthold Kuijken; Ewald Demeyere
