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
Tessa Lark, Jon Batiste, Michael Cleveland, Sierra Hull, Edgar Meyer
David de Winter and The Brook Street Band
Alexander Baillie & Nigel Yandell
Orquestra Sinfonica Portuguesa; Alvaro Cassuto
The Flautadors Recorder Quartet
The Telling
Sarah Cahill
Arianna Art Ensemble
Steven Isserlis
Marie Stockmarr Becker & Ilaria Macedonio
Paolo Pandolfo
Apollo's Fire; Jeannette Sorrell
Apollo's Fire; Jeannette Sorrell
Altberg Ensemble, Jorg-Andreas Botticher
Musica Temprana
