Voces Suaves won critical applause for its recent recording of Jephte, with Gramophone appraising the performance as being 'by turns vivid, animated, heartbroken and mournful'. The Swiss vocal ensemble, joined by the period instruments of Ensemble Ad Fontes, sets Carissimi's haunting 'sacred history' in company with the chamber opera Les arts florissants, among the best-known works by his pupil, Marc-Antoine Charpentier.

Programme:

Marc-Antoine Charpentier Sonate à huit in C H 548
Giacomo Carissimi Jephte
Marc-Antoine Charpentier Les arts florissants H 487

Performers:

Voces Suaves:
Myriam Arbouz, Sara Jäggi sopranos
Jan Thomer countertenor
Andrés Montilla high-tenor
Dan Dunkelblum tenor
Tobias Wicky baritone
Joachim Höchbauer bass

Ensemble Ad Fontes:
Anne Simone Aeberhard, Keiko Kinoshita flutes
Mojca Gal, Anna Liza Rogers violins
Bruno Hurtado Gosalvez bass violin
Niels Pfeffer archlute
Thys Grobelnik harpsichord, organ