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With the participation of: A Nocte Temporis
After a Bach album, the tenor Reinoud Van Mechelen and his ensemble A Nocte Temporis present a programme of French music devoted to Nicolas Clérambault (1676–1749), a precociously gifted composer who published four volumes comprising a total of twenty-one cantatas. Reinoud van Mechelen offers us an anthology of these Cantates Françaises – Le Jaloux with its final air ‘Dieu des Amants’, Apollon, L’Amour guéri par l’amour and Pirasme et Thisbé (based on Ovid’s Metamorphoses) – set as a succession of recitatives, airs and symphonies, as in a tragédie lyrique.
The young Flemish tenor, now aged thirty, pursues an intensive solo career with the leading Baroque conductors (Christie, Pichon, Niquet) but is also keen to develop his personal projects and his ensemble: ‘I’m a purist but without elitism. Music has to appeal to people. Perhaps that requires them to make an effort and depends on different criteria from the somewhat sensationalist criteria of society, politics and money. But music must be more than a simple distraction, and many people actually want it that way’, he told the Belgian newspaper Le Soir in 2017, when the Prix Caecilia named him ‘Artist of the Year’.
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Reviews
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Oliver Condy - BBC Music magazine (Brief Notes section) - April 2018
“…From the opening track, the musicians perform with confidence, palpable rapport and style. Their keen attention to the detail and emotional nuances of the text and music results in a succession of arresting moments… Van Mechelen’s emotional intelligence and vocal control are impressive… The instrumental playing …is expertly executed and perfectly balances the voice…”
Julie Anne Sadie – Gramophone magazine – March 2018
Diapason d'Or - Exceptional Album
Sound: 4.5/5
Loïc Chahine - Diapason magazine (France) - March 2018
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