Chaconne: Voices of Eternity

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Label
Analekta
Release Date
November 6, 2015
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BACH LANDI MAUTE
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Ensemble Caprice
    • PERFORMER
      Maute
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 06, 2015
    • UPC
      774204913229
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      AN29132
    • LABEL
      Analekta
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. Le Pelerin cherubinique: Chaconne I

      Composer: Matthias Maute

      Ensemble: Ensemble Caprice

      Conductor: Matthias Maute

    2. Ciaccona di Paradiso e dell'inferno [17th Century]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Ensemble Caprice

      Conductor: Matthias Maute

    3. Le Pelerin cherubinique: Chaconne II

      Composer: Matthias Maute

      Ensemble: Ensemble Caprice

      Conductor: Matthias Maute

    4. Selva morale e spirituale: Chi vol che m'innamori

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Ensemble Caprice

      Conductor: Matthias Maute

    5. Passacalli della vita

      Composer: Stefano Landi

      Ensemble: Ensemble Caprice

      Conductor: Matthias Maute

    6. Le Pelerin cherubinique: Chaconne III

      Composer: Matthias Maute

      Ensemble: Ensemble Caprice

      Conductor: Matthias Maute

    7. Trio Sonata in D Minor, Op. 1, No. 12, RV 63, "Follia"

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

      Ensemble: Ensemble Caprice

      Conductor: Matthias Maute

    8. Le Pelerin cherubinique: Chaconne IV

      Composer: Matthias Maute

      Ensemble: Ensemble Caprice

      Conductor: Matthias Maute

    9. Byl jest v Kunstate [16th Century] (arr. M. Maute)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Ensemble Caprice

      Conductor: Matthias Maute

    10. Ach mlynarko, mlynarko [16th Century] (arr. M. Maute)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Ensemble Caprice

      Conductor: Matthias Maute

    11. Keby som ja mala [16th Century] (arr. M. Maute)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Ensemble Caprice

      Conductor: Matthias Maute

    12. Stuoj, formanku, nehybaj [16th Century] (arr. M. Maute)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Ensemble Caprice

      Conductor: Matthias Maute

    13. Proc, kalino, vstruze stojis [16th Century] (arr. M. Maute)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Ensemble Caprice

      Conductor: Matthias Maute

    14. Jidech tam vedle reky [16th Century] (arr. M. Maute)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Ensemble Caprice

      Conductor: Matthias Maute

    15. Vij mi venec - Zvolil jsem sobe [16th Century] (arr. M. Maute)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Ensemble Caprice

      Conductor: Matthias Maute

    16. Le Pelerin cherubinique: Chaconne V

      Composer: Matthias Maute

      Ensemble: Ensemble Caprice

      Conductor: Matthias Maute

    17. Il primo libro di canzone, sinfonie, fantasie, capricci, brandi, correnti, gagliarde, alemane, volte: Passacalle

      Composer: Andrea Falconieri

      Ensemble: Ensemble Caprice

      Conductor: Matthias Maute

    18. Le Pelerin cherubinique: Chaconne VI

      Composer: Matthias Maute

      Ensemble: Ensemble Caprice

      Conductor: Matthias Maute

    19. Il primo libro di canzone, sinfonie, fantasie, capricci, brandi, correnti, gagliarde, alemane, volte: La Folia

      Composer: Andrea Falconieri

      Ensemble: Ensemble Caprice

      Conductor: Matthias Maute

    20. Le Pelerin cherubinique: Chaconne VII

      Composer: Matthias Maute

      Ensemble: Ensemble Caprice

      Conductor: Matthias Maute

    21. Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004 (arr. M. Maute for chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Ensemble Caprice

      Conductor: Matthias Maute


In the 17th and 18th centuries, the chaconne was generally indistinguishable from the passacaglia, the two musical forms being so similar in nature. In both, the repetition of a single harmonic motif evoked a sense of time stretching far beyond the limits of our physical world, thus creating an illusion of eternity!

This recording collects some of the most beautiful examples from the literally hundreds of such pieces composed during the baroque period. Since the attempt to create the illusion of eternity in music was generally linked to the principle of melodic variations – whether it be variations on a theme or variations over a repeated harmonic motif – two famous examples of Folias composed by Falconiero and Vivaldi are also included.

Ensemble Caprice has made a habit of entering into dialog with composers of the past. For this recording, they have added several short vocal pieces written by the ensemble leader based on poems by the 17th century mystic Angelus Silesius. These brief verses in alexandrine meter are a perfect expression of the dichotomy experienced by the human being torn between life and death, between this world and the invisible world.