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NOW AVAILABLE: Brockes-Passion by Reinhard Keiser

28/3/2014

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March 25th saw the long-awaited release of Reinhard Keiser's Brockes-Passion by Les Muffatti and Vox Luminis, under the conducting of Peter van Heyghen (on the label Ramée). 
Fernando, singing the part of Petrus, joins the likes of Peter Kooij (Jesus), Jan van Elsacker (Evangelist), Zsuzsi Tóth (Tochter Zion) et al., in this quintessential piece of Passion music.

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... or here to take a look at the CD booklet!


"The Brockes-Passion can be considered the archetype of the German Passion oratorio. As such, it served as a model and source of inspiration for famous later masterpieces, enjoying uninterrupted popularity throughout the 18th century when no less than 11 composers, including Handel and Telemann, set it to music. The superb version by Reinhard Keiser (1674-1739) is not only the first but also adheres most closely to the great rhetorical power and rich changes of affects of the poet’s text. In German literary history, Barthold Heinrich Brockes (1680-1747) is known above all for his innovative role during the second quarter of the 18th century. In 1712, the year of the Brockes-Passion's  first performance, Keiser, fellow citizen of Brockes in Hamburg, was already recognized as the most important opera composer in Germany – and, in some opinions, even in Europe. When the genius of these two great artists combined in a single work, the result could only be spectacular. The tricentennial of its first performance justified a belated but nonetheless dithyrambic tribute, here presented by the singers of the Vox Luminis ensemble and the instrumentalists of Les Muffatti."

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Prix Caecilia 2013 for Falvetti's "Nabucco"

19/3/2014

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The recording of Michelangelo Falvetti's oratorio Nabucco - in which Fernando takes the title role - has been awarded the prestigious Prix Caecilia 2013. This yearly award recognises the best recordings of the previous season, according to the Belgian musical press, and had previously been awarded (in 2011) to another recording of Falvetti's music in which Fernando takes a major part: Il Diluvio Universale. Congratulations to everyone involved!

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