Bart Naessens

Amaryllis Dieltiens, Bart Naessens, Capriola di Gioia - Alessandro Scarlatti, Giovanni Bononcini: Bella Immago (2016)

Amaryllis Dieltiens, Bart Naessens, Capriola di Gioia - Alessandro Scarlatti, Giovanni Bononcini: Bella Immago (2016)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 337 Mb | Total time: 74:30 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Aeolus | # AE 10093 | Recorded: 2015

Hitherto unpublished works by the very popular late seventeenth- / early eighteenth- century Italian composers Alessandro Scarlatti and Giovanni Bononcini - that's what Soprano Amaryllis Dieltiens and her continuo partner Bart Naessens found in the Brussels collection of François-Joseph Fétis, who was a famous musicologist in the nineteenth century. With their ensemble Capriola di Gioia they present many of these pieces recorded here for the first time ever. The quality of the compositions is on a par with those already known - an irresistible pleasure for friends of secular Baroque cantatas! Soprano Amaryllis Dieltiens has been acclaimed particularly by connoisseurs of Baroque singing.
Bart Naessens - Handel - Claviorganum (Concertos & Sonatas) (2021) [Official Digital Download 24/88]

Bart Naessens - Handel - Claviorganum (Concertos & Sonatas) (2021) [Official Digital Download 24/88]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/88.2 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 74:17 minutes | 1,36 GB
Classical | Label: Passacaille, Official Digital Download

As the name suggests, a claviorganum is a keyboard instrument with a harpsichord and an organ part, which can be played individually or together over one or two manuals. While this instrument may seem like a curiosity today, many sources confirm that "curiosities" on the European continent from the 15th to the 17th century were the rule rather than the exception.
Capriola di Gioia, Amaryllis Dieltiens, Bart Naessens & Clint van der Linden - Pergolesi: Stabat Mater, P. 77 (2020)

Capriola di Gioia, Amaryllis Dieltiens, Bart Naessens & Clint van der Linden - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Stabat Mater, P. 77 (2020)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 269 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 131 Mb | 00:56:48
Classical, Sacred, Vocal | Label: Evil Penguin Classic

On this recording of Boccherini’s Arie da Concerto, the Belgian ensemble Capriola di Gioia defies the stubborn stereotyping of Boccherini as the gallant master of unsurpassable but insignificant melodies. Close listening to this marvellous music reveals a genius with a profound understanding of human psychology, and a rich harmonic palette to paint the smallest affective nuances. In these arias, Boccherini is rehabilitated as a true heir of Händel, a worthy contemporary to Haydn, and an early precursor of the belcanto of Bellini.
Amaryllis Dieltiens, Bart Naessens, Capriola di Gioia - Luigi Boccherini: Arie da Concerto (2017)

Amaryllis Dieltiens, Bart Naessens, Capriola di Gioia - Luigi Boccherini: Arie da Concerto (2017)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 287 Mb | Total time: 65:19 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Evil Penguin | EPRC0023 | Recorded: 2016

On this recording of Boccherini’s Arie da Concerto, the Belgian ensemble Capriola di Gioia defies the stubborn stereotyping of Boccherini as the gallant master of unsurpassable but insignificant melodies. Close listening to this marvellous music reveals a genius with a profound understanding of human psychology, and a rich harmonic palette to paint the smallest affective nuances. In these arias, Boccherini is rehabilitated as a true heir of Händel, a worthy contemporary to Haydn, and an early precursor of the belcanto of Bellini.
Amaryllis Dieltiens, Clint van der Linde, Bart Naessens, Capriola di Gioia - Pergolesi: Stabat Mater (2020)

Amaryllis Dieltiens, Clint van der Linde, Bart Naessens, Capriola di Gioia - Pergolesi: Stabat Mater (2020)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 267 Mb | Total time: 56:50 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Evil Penguin | EPRC0035 | Recorded: 2019

The Stabat Mater by the Italian late baroque composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710- 1736) invariably holds the number one position in many western classical music charts. In Pergolesis own era, his composition received enormous acclaim and was frequently a source of inspiration for the many tone poets who wanted to follow in his footsteps. For this version, we brought together two wonderful vocalists who are symbiotic and complementary both in terms of personality and musical interpretation: soprano Amaryllis Dieltiens and countertenor Clint van der Linde.
Amaryllis Dieltiens, Bart Naessens, Capriola di Gioia - Dolorosa Partenza (2005)

Amaryllis Dieltiens, Bart Naessens, Capriola di Gioia - Dolorosa Partenza (2017)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 312 Mb | Total time: 69:40 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Aeolus | # AE10103 | Recorded: 2017

This duo is a secret trio: while soprano Amaryllis Dieltiens and continuo player Bart Naessens are celebrating their 10th anniversary of ""Capriolo di Gioia"", there is a third, unmistakable protagonist: the sonorous claviorganum (combination of harpsichord and organ) played by Markus Harder-Völkmann, a very convincing representative of this rare instrument group. Dieltiens and Naessens show that the impressive keyboard instrument can be used in a variety of ways in the continuo to present colorful and powerful Italian music of the 17th and 18th centuries. Johann David Heinichens great cantata ""Là, dove in grembo al colle"" may also be counted as Italian music, as it was written in Italian style during his stay in Italy. Amaryllis Dieltien's soprano is the perfect completion; here she shines theatrically as well as lyrically.
Toshiyuki Shibata, Bart Naessens - Bach: Sonatas for Flute & Continuo (2019)

Toshiyuki Shibata, Bart Naessens - Bach: Sonatas for Flute & Continuo (2019)
FLAC tracks | 01:04:37 | 330 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Etcetera

Flautist Toshiyuki Shibata says of this recording: “In contrast to Johann Sebastian Bach, who has been acclaimed as one of the greatest composers of all time, Bach’s second son Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach remains undervalued. Yet he, too, left great musical assets on this planet. I began my career on the Boehm flute, so it wasn’t until I started studying the flauto traverso, in other words, when I entered the world of early music, that I encountered the “jewels” that I recorded here. Belgium has long been a hotspot for early music; the country has produced many pioneers and Brussels has become one of the central locations of the early music scene.
Mario Sarrechia, Sara Kuijken, Bart Naessens, La Petite Bande, Mario Sarecchia - J.S. Bach: Cembaloconcerts, Vol. 1 (2022)

Mario Sarrechia, Sara Kuijken, Bart Naessens, La Petite Bande, Mario Sarecchia - J.S. Bach: Cembaloconcerts, Vol. 1 (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 1:02:45 | 384 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Accent

Johann Sebastian Bach has always been a fixed point in the musical cosmos of Sigiswald Kuijken and La Petite Bande. Over the years, the ensemble has recorded the cantatas for an entire church year, the great sacred works, but also important instrumental works by Bach. Nevertheless, there was still a gap that Kuijken wanted to fill. The present recording is the first part (of a series of three albums) with Bach's six harpsichord concertos, his three harpsichord double concertos and finally the corresponding two violin concertos and the double concerto for two violins.
Il Gardellino, Bart Naessens - Händel: Claviorganum Concertos & Sonatas (2021)

Il Gardellino, Bart Naessens - Händel: Claviorganum Concertos & Sonatas (2021)
FLAC tracks / MP3 320 kbps | 1:14:32 | 395 / 170 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Passacaille

The claviorganum is not an instrument we hear much from these days, but versions of this cross between a harpsichord and an organ – which could be played individually or together, on one or two manuals – were by no means a rare sight in Europe between the 15th and 18th centuries, with Henry VIII owning several. What's more, it was no Frankenstein creation for mere curiosity's sake, but instead an eminently practical piece of problem-solving, because while the harpsichord is perfectly suited to fast, brilliant passagework, but can neither sustain long notes nor change tone or dynamic, the slightly-less-horizontally-nimble organ counts those latter deficiencies as its key strengths. As for why we haven't seen a resurgence of claviorganum sightings as period performance has gone mainstream, perhaps it's a combination of very few examples having survived in their original state, and the fact that composers of that period rarely specified on their manuscripts as to which keyboard instrument should be used.
Roel Dieltiens, Ensemble Explorations - Vivaldi: Cello Sonatas (2010)

Roel Dieltiens, Ensemble Explorations - Vivaldi: Cello Sonatas (2010)
EAC | APE (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 77:16 | 394 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Etcetera | Catalog: KTC 4035

Antonio Vivaldi had his own cello specialist for part of his tenure at the Ospedale della Pietà, and there were several other virtuoso cellists in his orbit. His six sonatas for cello and continuo, of an unknown date of composition, are surprisingly simple technically and may have been intended as teaching pieces at the Ospedale. Most Baroque cellists and viol players, as well as quite a few performers on the modern cello, have recorded them, but this set by Dutch-Swiss cellist Roel Dieltiens stands out as dramatic and adventurous.