This album was recorded at the Sound Recording Centre Steurbaut in Gent, Belgium, across several dates in January 2001 and March 2002.
Composition History
Fiocco's work primarily consists of vocal-instrumental sacred music, including masses, motets, and leçons de ténèbres, as required by his chapel posts.
Album & Artwork
The cover image for this album is "Crucifixion" by Sassoferrato (Giovanni Battista Salvi), an Italian Baroque painter.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Fiocco's music synthesizes French styles from Lully and Couperin, Italian styles from Vivaldi, and the Italianate style of Handel.
Composer Biography
Joseph-Hector Fiocco is considered the most important Flemish composer of the first half of the eighteenth century.
Compositional Technique
Fiocco's unique style features soaring melodic lines combined with complex fugal writing and innovative harmonies.
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