Il Concerto Caccini [Double Album]

Giulio Caccini played a decisive role in the birth of the solo madrigal. He not only accompanied himself as he sang them, but also formed the Concerto Caccini with his wife and children; this ensemble would go as far as to leave its mark on the French court. This double album features some of Caccini’s finest works as well as pieces by his two daughters Francesca and Settimia. It also provides the perfect opportunity for Scherzi Musicali to assemble some thirty instruments and to present the combinations of instruments used for the continuo group that developed around 1600.

Wei-Lian Huang & Gwendoline Blondeel – soprano
Isabelle Druet – mezzo-soprano
Andrea Gavagnin – countertenor
Pierre Derhet & Emanuele Petracco – tenor
Nicolas Achten – baritone, chitarrone in G & A, theorbo in A, colascione, Italian guitar, Spanish guitar in E, double & triple harp, harpsichord, organ
Justin Glaie – lute in A & G, bass lute in D, theorbo in A, cittern, Spanish chitarrino in A, Spanish guitar in E, bass viol
Francois Dambois – bass lute in D, chitarrone in A, theorbo in D, A & low D, Spanish chitarrino in A, Italian guitar in E, Spanish guitar in E, Spanish chitarriglia in high E
Beniamino Paganini – harpsichord, spinet & organ
Lies Wyers – tenor & bass viol, lirone
Clemence Schiltz – treble & bass viol
Benoît Vanden Bemden – violone