SCHENCK: Suites for Viola da Gamba [CD de audio] Lixsania Fernandez, Recondita Armonia Ensemble and Schenck

Born in Amsterdam in 1660, Johannes Schenck is one of the most famous Dutch composers who lived in the late 17th century and early 18th century, as evidenced by the tours that saw him triumph in all the major European capitals both as a composer and as a virtuoso. of viola da gamba. Schenck went down in music history for having written the first Dutch work and for having published a collection of sonatas for viola da gamba with an Amsterdam publisher, which contributed to making it one of the most representative melodic instruments of the Baroque era. thanks to its rich, warm, expressive and eloquent sounds. In this album of surprising beauty, Cuban violist Lixsania Fernández performs six of these sonatas, along with some members of the original instrument ensemble Le Tendre Amour, with which she has recorded two albums unanimously acclaimed by the specialized press around the world, All in a Garden Green and a charming anthology of cantatas by de Bousset. Lixsania Fernández, viola da gamba; Eduardo Egüez, theorbo; Esteban Mazer, harpsichord; Maria Alejandra Saturno, cello