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Le Plaintif: Doleful Music of the French Grand Siecle | Brilliant Classics 95694

Le Plaintif: Doleful Music of the French Grand Siecle

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Label: Brilliant Classics

Cat No: 95694

Barcode: 5028421956947

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 15th January 2021

Contents

Works

Campion, Francois

Nouvelles decouvertes sur la guitarre
» Tombeau (Allemande) in D minor

d'Anglebert, Jean Henri

Suite no.2 in G minor
» Passacaille
» Prelude

Dornel, Louis-Antoine

Livre de Simphonies
» Suite no.1 in G minor: no.1 Ouverture
» Suite no.1 in G minor: no.4 Air en Loure
» Suite no.3 in D minor: no.1 Prelude
» Suite no.3 in D minor: no.2 Allemande
» Suite no.3 in D minor: no.7 Passacaille
» Suite no.5 in F major: no.5 Plainte in D minor
» Suite no.6 in E minor: no.6 Chaconne

Hotteterre, Jacques

Pieces pour la Flute-Traversiere et autres Instruments, Book 1
» Suite no.3 in G major: no.4 Rondeau tendre 'Le Plaintif'
Pieces pour la Flute-Traversiere et autres Instruments, Book 2
» Suite no.2 in C minor: no.1 Prelude

Marais, Marin

Pieces en trio
» Suite in B flat major: no.11 Plainte
» Suite in C major: no.2 Sarabande
» Suite in E minor: no.5 Sarabande en rondeau
» Suite in E minor: no.6 Menuet
» Suite in G minor: no.1 Prelude
» Suite in G minor: no.3 Sarabande
» Suite in G minor: no.10 Plainte

Monteclair, Michel Pignolet de

Concerto no.2 in C minor
» V Plainte

Philidor, Pierre Danican

Suite no.5 in E minor

Artists

Cordevento

Works

Campion, Francois

Nouvelles decouvertes sur la guitarre
» Tombeau (Allemande) in D minor

d'Anglebert, Jean Henri

Suite no.2 in G minor
» Passacaille
» Prelude

Dornel, Louis-Antoine

Livre de Simphonies
» Suite no.1 in G minor: no.1 Ouverture
» Suite no.1 in G minor: no.4 Air en Loure
» Suite no.3 in D minor: no.1 Prelude
» Suite no.3 in D minor: no.2 Allemande
» Suite no.3 in D minor: no.7 Passacaille
» Suite no.5 in F major: no.5 Plainte in D minor
» Suite no.6 in E minor: no.6 Chaconne

Hotteterre, Jacques

Pieces pour la Flute-Traversiere et autres Instruments, Book 1
» Suite no.3 in G major: no.4 Rondeau tendre 'Le Plaintif'
Pieces pour la Flute-Traversiere et autres Instruments, Book 2
» Suite no.2 in C minor: no.1 Prelude

Marais, Marin

Pieces en trio
» Suite in B flat major: no.11 Plainte
» Suite in C major: no.2 Sarabande
» Suite in E minor: no.5 Sarabande en rondeau
» Suite in E minor: no.6 Menuet
» Suite in G minor: no.1 Prelude
» Suite in G minor: no.3 Sarabande
» Suite in G minor: no.10 Plainte

Monteclair, Michel Pignolet de

Concerto no.2 in C minor
» V Plainte

Philidor, Pierre Danican

Suite no.5 in E minor

Artists

Cordevento

About

The French grand siècle is most often viewed through the gilt-framed mirrors of Versailles, showing the pomp and splendour, the feasts and formality of Louis XIV’s reign. However, the composers of his court took special pains to represent and analyse the human condition in all its moods, not least mourning and sadness. The entire aesthetic imaginary of this era is imbued with the power and charm of tears: the audience – in the words of philosopher Bernard de Fontenelle – wants ‘to be moved, agitated, [...] to shed tears. The pleasure one takes in crying is so curious that I cannot help but think about it.’ The aesthetic of sorrow and grief was so powerful that not even instrumental music could resist its charm. Marais, Hotteterre and their contemporaries wrote eloquent examples of the plainte and the tombeau as well as courantes and allemandes which conveyed a sad and lamenting mood, through slow tempos, minor modes dissonance and chromaticism.

It is from this eloquent repertoire that Cordevento, expanded for the occasion to a five-person lineup, has assembled an imaginative programme. The lion’s share is drawn from two collections of suites en trio by Marin Marais and Antoine Dornel, performed by Erik Bosgraaf (recorder) and Robert Smith (treble viola da gamba) with their colleagues Izhar Elias, Israel Golani and Alessandro Pianu (respectively on baroque guitar, theorbo, harpsichord) providing attentive and generous continuo accompaniment. Erik Bosgraaf also takes the spotlight with a selection of pieces for solo recorder and basso continuo by Hotteterre, Philidor and Montéclair, while his Cordevento co-founders Izhar Elias and Alessandro Pianu contribute solo pieces by Campion and d’Anglebert. Cordevento’s previous albums on Brilliant Classics have won international acclaim.

‘Erik Bosgraaf’s recorder-playing is fluent and lively in fast music, and his five colleagues provide accompaniments that are lean, stylish and precise’ – Gramophone, April 2012 (Bach concertos, 94296)

‘As usual with Telemann, the music is jovial and good natured, something that Erik Bosgraaf responds to well. His playing is crisp and articulate, with careful delineation of individual notes, however fast the music’ – Early Music, 2015 (Telemann concertos, 95248)

‘Compelling and stylistically convincing performances of some of Telemann’s best works… Erik Bosgraaf, a brilliant and virtuosic player… His colleagues are every inch his equals. This disc has to be ranked among the best in the category of Telemann concertos’ – Musica dei donum, 2019 (Telemann concertos, 95249)

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