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French 17th-Century Trio Sonatas

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Catalogue numberBIS-1465 CD
Release date2005-04-28
Discs1
Orig. sample rate44100Hz
Total time69:56

Klassik Heute 10/10/10.

The Italian-style trio sonata, honed by Corelli into a monument of seventeenth century classicism with its perfect balance of new-found tonality and assimilation of dance forms into art music, had a hard time finding a foothold in France. Among other aspects, the unwillingness to abandon the dance suite – possibly caused by the privileged position of ballet as a royal pastime at the court of Louis XIV – meant that French composers waited until the end of the century to compose "proper" trio sonatas. But a great deal of experimentation with the form went on before that, and not surprisingly one of the experimenters was the Italian "immigrant" Lully. His rôle at the court of the Sun-king included providing small-scale works for the Coucher du Roi, the nightly ceremony marking the king's withdrawal to bed. Beginning with some of these “bed-chamber pieces”, and comprising composers both unknown (Geoffroy, Clérambault) and well-known (Marais, Louis Couperin), this fascinating survey of the development of the trio sonata in 17th century France includes La Superbe by François Couperin – who in 1725 was to write L'apothéose de Lully (BIS-CD-1275), in which he proclaims the divine nature of his forerunner – and fittingly concludes with Jean-Ferry Rebel's Tombeau de Monsieur Lully, a synthesis of the 17th century lament with the new Italian trio sonata style. This disc is a sequel to BIS-CD-1455, on which London Baroque with incomparable expertise explored the same period in England, to the critics' acclaim – for example in The Strad: "These carefully considered performances radiate real empathy with the idiom, and the vitality and rhetoric with which violinists Ingrid Seifert and Richard Gwilt infuse their interpretations is emphatically illuminating. I await the next issue with eager anticipation."

Some press voices:
"Alles, was man sich von einer Interpretation dieser Musik nur wünschen
kann, bieten sie auf: Charme, Eleganz, Eloquenz, Kraft, Biegsamkeit, Feuer,
Innigkeit und, als wichtigstes von allem, Beseeltheit. Man entsteigt diesem
musikalischen Bade nach 70 Minuten gereinigt und erquickt; damit hat London
Baroque genau das erreicht, was Musik im Barock wollte..." Klassik Heute.com
 
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  Composer: Lully, Jean-Baptiste
  Trios pour le Coucher du Roi 07:33
01 Symphonie 01:44 $ 0.36 USD
02 Sarabande 01:26 $ 0.30 USD
03 Menuet 01:15 $ 0.26 USD
04 Chaconne 03:08 $ 0.66 USD
 
 
  Composer: Geoffroy, Jean Nicolas
05 Dialogue pour le clavessin et les violes 04:49 $ 1.01 USD
 
 
  Composer: Couperin, Louis
06 Simphonie 01:34 $ 0.33 USD
 
 
  Composer: Couperin, Louis
07 Dialogue 01:06 $ 0.23 USD
 
 
  Composer: Couperin, François
  La Superbe 08:15
08 I. 01:49 $ 0.38 USD
09 II. Légèrement 00:50 $ 0.18 USD
10 III. Très lantement 01:34 $ 0.33 USD
11 IV. Légèrement 01:38 $ 0.34 USD
12 V. Air tendre 01:24 $ 0.29 USD
13 VI. Gayement 01:00 $ 0.21 USD
 
 
  Composer: Le Roux, Gaspard
  Suite No.2 in D major 07:02
14 I. Allement grave 03:39 $ 0.77 USD
15 II. Courante 01:07 $ 0.23 USD
16 III. Sarabande 01:23 $ 0.29 USD
17 IV. Gavotte en Rondeau 00:53 $ 0.19 USD
 
 
  Composer: Clérambault, Louis-Nicolas
  Sonata in G major La Félicité 06:50
18 I. Lentement - Allegro - Lent 03:41 $ 0.77 USD
19 II. Allegro 01:20 $ 0.28 USD
20 III. Piano 00:37 $ 0.13 USD
21 IV. Allegro 01:12 $ 0.25 USD
 
 
  Composer: Marais, Marin
  Suite in G minor from Pièces en Trio 17:02
22 Prélude 02:49 $ 0.59 USD
23 Sarabande I 01:49 $ 0.38 USD
24 Gigue 01:49 $ 0.38 USD
25 Menuet I & II 03:07 $ 0.65 USD
26 Plainte 02:33 $ 0.54 USD
27 Petitte Passacaille 03:30 $ 0.74 USD
28 Air 01:25 $ 0.30 USD
 
 
  Composer: Rebel, Jean-Féry
  Tombeau de Monsieur Lully for two violins and b.c. 13:03
29 I. Lentement 02:15 $ 0.47 USD
30 II. Vif 02:04 $ 0.43 USD
31 III. Lentement 02:47 $ 0.58 USD
32 IV. Vivement 03:39 $ 0.77 USD
33 V. Les Regrets 02:18 $ 0.48 USD
 
  Album total 69:56
ComposerClérambault, Louis-Nicolas
Couperin, François
Couperin, Louis
Geoffroy, Jean Nicolas
Le Roux, Gaspard
Lully, Jean-Baptiste
Marais, Marin
Rebel, Jean-Féry
EnsembleLondon Baroque

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