Shannon Mercer, Matthias Maute, Ensemble Caprice – Adagio: A Consideration of a Serious Matter (2013) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Shannon Mercer, Matthias Maute, Ensemble Caprice – Adagio: A Consideration of a Serious Matter (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 56:09 minutes | 959 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Groupe Analekta, Inc.

Under the artistic direction of Matthias Maute, Ensemble Caprice is renowned for its innovative interpretations of baroque music. Centered around Bach’s aria Ich habe genug, this recording of adagios presents choral and orchestral pieces, mostly well-known to the general public, all having one element in common: they are all meditations on the fundamental questions of life and death. Throughout history composers have attempted to express the seemingly endless pain of human suffering through music. All performed on baroque instruments, the examples contained on this recording are among some of the most powerful explorations of this emotional space.

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Shannon Mercer, Matthias Maute, Ensemble Caprice – Adagio: A Consideration of a Serious Matter (2013) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Shannon Mercer, Matthias Maute, Ensemble Caprice – Adagio: A Consideration of a Serious Matter (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 56:09 minutes | 963 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Groupe Analekta, Inc.

Under the artistic direction of Matthias Maute, Ensemble Caprice is renowned for its innovative interpretations of baroque music. Centered around Bach’s aria Ich habe genug, this recording of adagios presents choral and orchestral pieces, mostly well-known to the general public, all having one element in common: they are all meditations on the fundamental questions of life and death. Throughout history composers have attempted to express the seemingly endless pain of human suffering through music. All performed on baroque instruments, the examples contained on this recording are among some of the most powerful explorations of this emotional space.

(more…)

Read more