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Recent Recordings
 Manuscrit de Vaudry de Saizenay (1668-1742). AS Musique
ASM 004 (1 CD,
September 2009).
Details. Claire Antonini,
11-course baroque lute by Paul Thomson. This is a superb
recording, in every respect -- the music, the richly ornamented
performance, the lute, the recording engineering and the room
acoustics. Claire Antonini has chosen 32 pieces, mostly dances,
from the 450 collected and copied by Vaudry de Saizenay. From
the liner note by Claude Chauvel: "His book ... is full of
technical details and interpretative signs such as fingering,
tenues (held notes), ornaments, harpégements (arpeggiated
chords), and separations. In this unique source for many pieces,
he sometimes corrects the text or clarifies the attributions."
From the liner note by Claire Antonini: "This selection not only
reflects my musical affinities but also satisfies two important
criteria: * Fidelity to the manuscript's spirit and to its
organisation of the modes, richness of musical forms, and
multitude of composers - be they renowned lutenists like
Gaultier or de Visée, others represented by only a few pieces,
like Emond or Jacquesson, or simply anonymous musicians. *
Clarity of the musical discourse.... [T]he alteration of dance
suites and individual pieces, enriched by the play of changing
keys, allows the composers to respond one to another, to assert
their personalities and richness of their styles - Gaultier's
boldness and originality, Gallot's melancholy, or de Visée's
nobility, for example."
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Pierre Robert (1625-1699). Grands Motets (1684).
K617215 (1 CD, September 2009).
Details.
Olivier Schneebeli, Les Pages & Les Chantres du Centre de
Musique Baroque de Versailles, Musica Florea. Dagmar Sasková,
soprano; Damien Guillon, countertenor; Robert Getchell, haute-contre;
Jean-François Novelli, tenor; Alain Buet, baritone; Arnaud
Richard, bass. De Profundis, Quare
fremuerunt gentes, Te decet hymnus, Nisi dominus.
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 Charles
Levens (1689-1764). Te Deum (1722) & Deus Noster Refugium. Hortus
060 (1 CD, April 2008). Michel
Laplénie, Ensemble Sagittarius, Orchestre Baroque Les Passions,
Ensemble Baroque Orfeo et Groupe Vocal Arpège. Sophie Landy,
soprano; Sophie Pattey, soprano; Vincent Lièvre-Picard, haute-contre;
Sébastien Obrecht, tenor; Marcos Loureiro de Sá, bass; Sébastien
Brohier, baritone; Marduk Serrano, baritone. This may be the
finest recording to date of grands motets, and the music is of
the same high quality as the performance and recording. The
Levens Te Deum deserves to be recognized as one of the standard
works of early 18th Century France. It continued to be performed
as late as August 1789, but before recent revivals, this
composer from Marseilles who worked in Vannes, Toulouse &
Bordeaux had been almost totally forgotten. A recording by the
same performers of Levens's Messes des Morts was released
on Lira d'Arco in 2003 and reissued on Etcetera. As on the
recent recording of the Gilles Requiem on Ligia Digital, Volny
Hostiou plays a serpent, with quite an elaborate part in the
chorus Te per orbem in particular.
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Elisabeth
Jacquet de la Guerre et al. Le Passage de la Mer
Rouge. K617218 (1 CD, November 2009).
Details. Luanda Siqueira, soprano. Le Tendre Amour.
Includes Réne Drouard de Bousset (1703-1760), Judith
(1735) & Sébastien de Brossard, La Cheutte de Salomon.
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| Jean-Baptiste Barrière (1707-1747). Concert
Spirituel - 6 Sonatas for Cello & Basso Continuo. dhm (1 CD,
January 2009). Jonas Iten, cello; Rainer Zipperling, cello &
viola da gamba; Naoki Kitaya, harpsichord; Rosanto Conte,
theorbo & guitar.
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| Ténèbres. Arion ARN 68786 (1 CD, October
2008).
Details. Michael Verschaeve, La Compagnie Baroque. Elodie
Nadaud & Elodie Mourot, sopranos. Works by Couperin, Bernier,
Marais & Valette de Montigny.
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| Michel Corrette. Concertos pour Orgue /
Noëls. Tempéraments TEM 316039 (1 CD, November 2008).
Details. Fabio Bonizzoni, organ at Saint-Michel-en-Thiérache,
Ensemble La Risonanza.
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| Musiques au temps de Richelieu. Musiques
à la Chabotterie MC 004 (2 CDs, September 2008). Hugo Reyne, La
Simphonie du Marais. Ballet de la Prospérité des armes de France
(1641). Ballet de Mr. le Cardinal (Chancy, La Barre, Mollier,
Verpré.)
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| Michel Corrette. Les Amusemens du Parnasse -
Harpsichord Pieces. Pierre Verany PV708021 (1 CD, April
2008). Jean-Patrice Brosse, harpsichord. Livres II (1750) and
III (1754). Book III contains arrangements of Italian arias,
including three movements from Pergolesi's Stabat Mater.
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| Robert de Visée. Pièces de Théorbe.
Metronome MET 1072 (1 CD, June 2008). Fred Jacobs, theorbo.
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| Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre
(1665-1729). Céphale et Procris (Paris 1694). ORF 2011291 (2 CDs, April 2008).
Details (Deutsch)(pdf).
Details (Français). Daniela Dolci, Musica Fiorita. Procris:
Raphaële Kennedy, soprano; Céphale: Achim Schulz, haute-contre;
Dorine: Camilla de Falleiro, soprano; Arcas: Lisandro Abadie,
bass.
ORF Shop.
A pdf French/German libretto is included on each CD, set up with
the old multi-session CD standard, which some computers are
unable to recognize. If you only see audio files in Windows
Explorer (as I did), you can open and extract the pdf files with
the free version of
IsoBuster.
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| Joseph-Nicholas-Pancrace Royer (1705-1755).
Pièces de Clavecin 1746. Naïve Ambroisie (1 CD, March 2008).
Christophe Rousset, harpsichord. Not a reissue of Rousset's
earlier recording on L'Oiseau-Lyre.
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| Antoine Forqueray. Pièces pour viole
transcribed for harpsichord by Jean-Baptiste Forqueray.
Zig-Zag Territoires 080302 (2 CDs, March 2008).
Details. Blandine Rannou, harpsichord.
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| Pierre Danican Philidor (1681-1731). Suites
pour hautbois. Zig-Zag Territoires 080203 (1 CD, February 2008).
Details. Antoine Torunczyk & Alfredo Bernardini, oboes.
L'Assemblée des Honnestes Curieux. Performed on a pair of oboes
built by Bernardini with pitch of a=398.
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| Jacques-Antoine Denoyé. Messe à Grand Choeur
& Symphonie (Strasbourg 1758); Michel Corrette. Psaume
Laudate Dominum à grand choeur & symphonie after Vivaldi's
"Spring" concerto (1766). Ambronay AMY 014 (1 CD, March 2008).
Details -- "Composed in a style similar to that of Rameau -
several references demonstrate knowledge of his operas." Martin
Gester, Le Parlement de Musique, La Maitrise de Bretagne. Judith
Gauthier, soprano; Rodrigo del Pozo, haute-contre; Christophe
Einhorn, tenor; Jean-Louis Georgel, baritone.
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| L'Esprit Galant. Channel Classics
SA-24307 (1 CD, November 2007). Johannette Zomer, soprano; Fred
Jacobs, lute. Airs serieux by Charpentier, Boesset, Le Camus &
Lambert, and lute pieces by de Visée, Ennemond Gautier, Pinel &
Hotman.
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| Michel Corrette. Noël 1788. Ligia
Digital 0104187-07 (2 CDs, November 2007). Messe pour le temps
de Noël (1788); Nouveau de Livre de Noëls avec un Carillon
(1753). Olivier Vernet, organ & director, Ensemble ...in Ore mel...
Anne Magouët, soprano; Guillemette Laurens, mezzo-soprano.
1750 organ by Jean-André Silbermann in Soultz-Haut-Rhin.
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| Jean-Féry Rebel (1666-1747). Ulysse (Tragédie
en musique, 1703). Musiques à la Chabotterie 605003 (2 CDs,
November 2007).
Facsimile livret. Hugo Reyne, La Simphonie du Marais & Le
Choeur du Marais. Circé: Guillemette Laurens, mezzo-soprano;
Pénélope: Stéphanie Révidat, soprano; Ulysse: Betrand Chuberre,
baritone; Orphée, un Génie, Euriloque, Mercure & Télémaque:
Vincent Lièvre-Picard, haute-contre; Urilas: Bernard Deletré,
bass; Céphalie & Pallas: Celine Ricci, soprano; Euphrosine &
Junon: Eugénie Warnier, soprano; Un Savage: Thomas van Essen,
tenor. Text in French only.
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| Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778). Le Devin
du Village. cpo 777260-2 (1 CD, September 2007). Andreas
Reize, cantus firmus consort & kammerchor. Collette: Gabriela
Bürgler, soprano; Colin: Michael Feyfar, tenor; Le Devin:
Dominik Wörner, baritone.
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| Guillaume Bouzignac (1587-1643). Motets.
Tacet 156 (1 CD, June 2007).
Details. Matthias Jung, Sächsisches Vocalensemble.
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| Henry Madin (1698-1748). Les Petits Motets.
K617184 (1 CD, September 2007).
Details. Anne-Catherine Bucher, Le Concert Lorrain.
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| Jean-Baptiste Stuck dit Batistin
(c.1680-1755). Tirannique Empire. Alpha 111 (1 CD, June
2007).
Details. Lunaisiens. Jean-François Novelli, tenor; Arnaud
Marzorati, baritone. Includes the cantatas L'impatience,
Mars Jaloux & Héraclite & Démocrite. (The latter
was recorded by Minkowski in a less than inspiring performance.)
Stuck was born into an Italian family of German origin and
arrived in France during 1702-05. He composed tragédies en
musique including Méléagre, Manto la fée, and
Polydore, as well as four books of cantatas. His
richly-orchestrated cantata "Les Festes bolonnoises", recorded
by Gérard Lesne on the exceptional disk Dans un bois
solitaire, features virtuosic writing for voice and
movements in both French and Italian styles.
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| French Baroque Cantatas Vol. 1. ABC
Classics 476 5941 (1 CD, March 2007). Michel Pignolet de
Montéclair (1667-1737, La mort de Didon & Ariane et
Bachus. Jean-Baptiste Stuck dit Battistin
(c.1680-1755), L'amant réconcilié & Céphale et Aurore.
Taryn Fiebig, soprano; Fiona Campbell, mezzo-soprano. Ensemble
Battistin. More recordings to follow. See
Shaun Ng's
blog.
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 Armand-Louis
Couperin (1727-1789). Livre de Pièces de Clavecin. Syrius
SYR 141401 (1 CD & duplicate 5-channel CD, May 2007). Philippe
Leroy, harpsichord by Anthony Sidey after Ruckers/Hemsch. Highly
recommended! This is one of the finest examples of recorded
harpsichord sound.
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| Roland Marais (c.1680-c.1750), Charles Dollé
(18th Century) & Antoine Forqueray (1672-1745). Le Tombeau de
Marin Marais. AS Musique ASM003 (1 CD, May 2007). À Deux
Violes Esgales. Jonathan Dunford, bass viol; Sylvia Ambramowicz,
bass viol; Nanja Breedijk, harp; Daphni Kokkoni, harpsichord.
Highly recommended! This superb recording has about the finest
sound of any viol recording I have heard.
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| Joseph Boulogne Chevalier de Saint-Georges
(1745-1799). Concertos pour violon. Calliope (1 CD, May
2007). Les Archets de Paris.
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| Jean-Baptiste de Bousset (1662-1725). Les
Fastes de Bacchus: Airs à boire... et sérieux! Arion ARN
68741 (1 CD, May 2007). Michel Verschaeve, La Compagnie Baroque.
Includes music by Rameau, Desmarest, Boismortier & Leguay.
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| Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier
(1734-1794). Oeuvres pour orgue. Natives CDNAT08 (2 CDs,
April 2007).
Details. Marina Tchebourkina, organ.
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| Henri-Joseph Rigel (1741-1799). La
Destruction de Jéricho / La Sortie d'Égypte / Jephté.
K617198 (1 CD, April 2007).
Performance review. Patrick Cohen-Akénine & Olivier
Schneebeli, Les Folies françoises, Les Chantres du Centre de
Musique Baroque de Versailles. Isabelle Poulenard, soprano;
Philippe Do, tenor; Alain Buet, baritone. Includes an English
translation of the texts, unlike many K617 recordings.
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| La Route des orgues, vol. 9: Les orgues de
la Côte d'Or. Ligia Digital 01009174-06 (3 CDs, February
2007). Organs at Auxonne (André Isoir), Beaune (Michel Tissier),
Brazey-en-Plaine (Jean-Paul Serra), Dijon: cathédrale (Maurice
Clerc), St Bernard (Olivier Houette), St Pierre (JM Aymes),
Temple (Jean-Pierre Leguay), Nuits Saint Georges (Olivier &
Isabelle Vernet), Seurre (Laurent Beyhurst), St Jean de Losne
(Thierry Maeder & Catherine Greuillet), Talant (JP Leguay).
Description of the organs in the booklet by Pierre Marie
Guéritey.
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| Pierre Guédron, Michel Lambert, Robert Ballard,
Giovanni Paolo Foscarini, Luigi Rossi, Francesco Corbetta.
Echo de Paris - Parisian Love Songs 1610-1660. Accent ACC
24173 (1 CD, January 2007). Pierre Pitzl, Ensemble Private
Musicke. Stephan van Dyck, tenor.
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 Louis
Marchand (1669-1732). Livre de Pièces de Clavecin. Olive
Music OM 008 (1 CD, January 2007).
Details. Mario Martinoli, harpsichord. Includes previously
unknown pieces attributed to Marchand from a recently discovered
1754 manuscript.
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| Joseph Boulogne Chevalier de Saint-Georges.
Les 10 Sonates pour Clavecin. BNL (1 CD, November 2006).
Anne Robert, harpsichord.
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 André
Raison (1650-1719). Messe du premier ton / Messe du deuziesme
ton. Tempéraments TEM 316035 (1 CD, November 2006).
Details. Serge Schoonbroodt. 1752 J.-F. Lépine organ of the
Cathédrale Saint-Sacerdos de Sarlat.
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| Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers (1632-1714). Messe,
Suites & Motets. Tempéraments TEM 316033/34 (2 CDs, October
2006). Kei Koito, organ. Dominique Vellard, Ensemble Gilles
Binchois, plainchant and motets.
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| Etienne-Nicolas Méhul (1763-1817). L'Irato
ou l'Emporté (Opéra comique 1804). Capriccio 60128 (1 CD
2006).
Details. Werner Ehrhardt, L'arte del mondo, Bonner
Kammerchor. Isabelle: Pauline Courtin, soprano; Nerine: Svenja
Hempel, soprano; Lysandre: Cyril Auvity, tenor; Dr. Balouard:
Georg Poplutz, tenor; Scapin: Miljenko Turk, baritone; Pandolphe:
Alain Buet, baritone. This may be the best recording to date of
an opéra-comique. It's very well performed and recorded, and the
booklet includes an excellent English translation.
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| Antoine Boesset, Pierre Guédron, Etienne
Moulinié, et al. La Semaine Mystique: Chants de dévotion du
règne de Louis XIII. Alpha 103 (1 CD, September 2006).
Details. Ensemble Faenza. Marco Horvat, basse-contre, bass
lute & direction. Olga Pitarch, soprano; Blandine Folio-Peres,
mezzo-soprano; Robert Getchell, haute-contre; Marc Mauillon,
tenor; Renaud Delaigue, baritone; Massimo Moscardo, lute &
tiorbino; Eric Bellocq, lute & Renaissance guitar.
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| Charles Tessier. Carnets de voyages.
Alpha 100 (1 CD, August 2006).
NewOlde.com 2006 Best 16th Century Music CD. Vincent
Dumestre, Le Poème Harmonique. Claire Lefilliâtre, soprano;
Bruno le Levreur, haute-contre; Jan van Elsacker, tenor; Arnaud
Marzorati, bass.
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| François-André Danican Philidor (1726-1795).
Tom Jones (Opéra-comique 1776). Dynamic CDS 509 (2 CDs, July
2006).
Details. Jean-Claude Malgoire, Le Sinfonietta de Lausanne.
Tom Jones: Sébastien Droy, tenor; Sophie: Sophie Marin-Degor,
soprano; Monsieur Western: Marc Barrard, baritone; Madame
Western: Sibyl Zanganelli, contralto; Honora: Carine Séchehaye,
mezzo-soprano; Blifil: Rodolphe Briand, tenor; Allworthy:
Léonard Pezzino, tenor; Jellyfisch: Guillaume Michel; Buttercup:
Frédéric Burdet, tenor. A correspondent writes that this is an
extremely bad, live recording, with extensive boring dialogue
and loud stage noise. About an hour of music is interspersed
with the dialogue, but the whole thing was recorded on one
track, making it impossible to skip the dialogue. He described
the music as "quite unexciting" and the orchestra as "dismal".
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| Gilles Jullien (c.1653-1703). L'Œuvre
intégrale: Premier Livre d'Orgue & Motet de Sainte-Cœcille.
Aeolus AE-10481 (2 CDs 2005).
Details. Serge Schoonbroodt, historic French organs; Bob van
Asperen, Melante Amsterdam. John Elwes, haute-contre; Andreas
Post, tenor; Klaus Mertens, bass.
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| François-Joseph Gossec (1734-1829). Le
Triomphe de la République ou Le Camp de Grand Pré. Chandos
Chaconne CHAN 0727 (1 CD, April 2006).
Details. Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti, Coro della Radio
Svizzera, Coro Calicantus. Laurette: Salomé Haller, soprano;
Goddess of Liberty: Antonella Balducci, soprano; Aide-de-Camp:
Guillemette Laurens, mezzo-soprano; Thomas: Makoto Sakurada,
tenor; General: Claudio Danuser, baritone; Mayor: Arnaud
Marzorati, bass; Old Man: Philippe Huttenlocher, bass. This
festive, revolutionary work sounds like an extended finale to an
opera buffa, followed by a 16-minute ballet of the nations. An
excellent recording.
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| Jean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764). Integrale du
4e Livre. Zig Zag Territoires 060401/3 (3 CDs,
June 2006).
Review. Patrick Bismuth, violin; Valérie Balssa, traverso.
La Tempesta: Hélène Dufour, harpsichord; Mathias Spaeter,
theorbo; David Simpson, Lucas Guimaraes & Martin Bauer, viols.
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| Nicolas Formé (1567-1638). Le Vœu de Louis
XIII. Alpha 097 (1 CD, June 2006).
Details. Olivier Schneebeli, Les Pages & Les Chantres du
Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles. Barbara Kusa, soprano;
Damien Guillon, countertenor; Robert Getchell, haute-contre;
Alain Buet, baritone; Arnaud Richard, bass. Also includes music
by Etienne Moulinié, Antoine Boesset, Guillaume Bouzignac, and
Louis XIII.
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| Jacques Boyvin (c.1653-1706). Intégrale de
L'Oeuvre pour Orgue. Vol. 1: Premier Livre (1689). Plenum
Vox PV011 (2 CDs, 2005). Michel Chapuis, historic Joyeuse-Muno
organ at La Cathédrale Sainte-Marie d'Auch (Gers).
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DE Vol. 2: Second Livre (1700). Plenum Vox
PV012 (2 CDs, March 2006).
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 Gaspard
Le Roux (c.1660-c.1707). Pièces de Clavecin. Pierre
Verany PV706052 (1 CD, May 2006). Les Cyclopes. Bibiane Lapointe
& Thierry Maeder, harpsichords.
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| Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre
(1665-1729). Protégée of the Sun King: Music of
Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre. Centaur CRC 2781/82
(2 CDs, March 2006).
Details. Frances Conover Fitch & Peter Sykes, harpsichords;
Laurie Monahan, Anne Azéma & Lydia Knutson, sopranos; Na'ama
Lion, traverso; Dana Maiben & Robert Mealy, violins. Includes
Le Sommeil d'Ulisse (1691), Esther (1708), and
excerpts from Cephale et Procris (1694).
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| Simon Simon (1735-1787). Pièces de Clavecin.
Œuvre 1er (1761). Pierre Verany PV 706022 (1 CD,
February 2006).
Details. Jean-Patrice Brosse, 1774 Kroll harpsichord.
Interesting pieces comparable in quality to those of Balbastre
and A-L Couperin, nicely played and recorded. Includes an
English translation of excerpts from Brosse's book, Le
Clavecin des Lumières (2004).
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| Robert de Visée (1658/60?-c1732). Suites
pour théorbe. Zig-Zag Territoires ZZT051101 (1 CD, February
2006).
Details. Pascal Montheilhet, theorbo; Amandine Beyer,
violin; Amélie Michel, traverso; Marianne Muller, viol.
Montheilhet's last recording before he moved permanently to the
Philippines. His recording of Visée suites on FNAC is one of the
greatest baroque recordings ever made.
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| Jean-Ferry Rebel (1666-1747). Sonates pour
Violons et Basse Continue. Zig-Zag Territoires ZZT051102 (1
CD, January 2006).
Details. Amandine Beyer, violin. Assemblée des Honnestes
Curieux.
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| Bernard de Bury (1720-1785). Premier Livre
de Pièces de Clavecin (1737). BNL 112939 (1 CD & 1 5-channel
CD, January 2006). Jory Vinikour, harpsichord. Scores of de
Bury's pieces are available for download in .mus format on
Jory's website. You can view them with the clunky but free
Score Preview viewer. Performed on the earliest (1750) of
the three surviving
Stehlin harpsichords, owned by the Musée Antoine Lécuyer in
Saint-Quentin.
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JP |
 Josse
Boutmy (1697-1779). Troisième livre de Pièces de clavecin
(1749). Musique en Wallonie MEW 0524 (1 CD 2005).
Details. Isabelle Sauveur, harpsichord. Another fine
production from Musique en Wallonie. Includes five of the six
suites in Boutmy's 3rd book, which clearly was influenced by
Rameau and Handel. I find the 3rd book much more interesting
than the 2nd, which was recorded in 1994 by Brigitte Haudebourg.
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| Louis de Caix d'Herveloix [d'Hervelois]
(c.1680-c.1760). Pièces de Viole. Arion (1 CD, October
2005). Jay Bernfeld, bass viol; Ensemble Fuoco e Cenere.
Following Jean-Louis Charbonnier's recent recording of Caix
d'Herveloix's Troisième Oeuvre, it is welcome to see another CD
of music by this neglected master of the viol.
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| Louis de Caix d'Herveloix [d'Hervelois]
(c.1680-c.1760). Troisième Oeuvre (1731). Ligia Digital
Lidi 0301155-05 (1 CD, May 2005). Jean-Louis Charbonnier &
Paul Rousseau, viols; Mauricio Buraglia,
theorbo; Pierre Trocellier, harpsichord. (Excerpts were recorded
by Savall, Smith & Koopman on Astrée AS 7 (LP) in 1977.)
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| Sainte-Colombe. Concerts a deux violes
esgales, Vol. 3. Atma ACD22277 (2 CDs, October 2005).
Details. Les Voix Humaines. Margaret Little & Susie Nappier,
viols.
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JP Vol. 2. Atma ACD22276 (2 CDs 2004).
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JP
Vol. 1. Atma ACD22275 (2 CDs 2003).
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| Louis Marchand. L'Honnête Homme. Oeuvres
pour Clavier. Éditions Hortus 021-22 (2 CDs 2002). Laurent
Stewart, 17th Century French harpsichord; Freddy Eichelberger,
organ.
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| Anonymous (c.1750). Magnificat / Noël au
Concert Spirituel. Éditions Hortus 043 (1 CD, November
2005). Noëls by Balbastre, J-F Dandrieu, Daquin & Corrette.
Daniel Meylan, organ & direction, Le Camerata Baroque. Agnieszka
Kowalczyk, soprano; Jean-Francois Lombard, haute-contre;
Bertrand Bochud, tenor; Olivier Bettens, bass. Historic organ at
St-Jean de Losne.
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| Pierre Bouteiller (1655-1717). Messe des
Morts / Motets. Atma ACD22259 (1 CD 2005).
Details. Suzie LeBlanc, soprano; Stephan van Dyck, tenor;
Sylvain Bergeron, lute, Alexander Weimann, organ, Les Voix
Humanes.
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| Armand-Louis Couperin. Pièces de Clavecin.
Chandos CHAN 0718 (1 CD, May 2005). Sophie Yates, harpsichord.
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| Nicolas Antoine Lebègue (c.1631-1702).
Pièces d'orgue et Motets. Tempéraments TEM 316031 (1 CD, May
2005).
Details. Martin Gester, organ & director, Le Parlement de
Musique. Salomé Haller, soprano; Marie-Bénédicte Souquet,
soprano; Muriel Ferraro, mezzo-soprano. Recorded on the historic
organ at Saint-Michel-en-Thiérache.
FR |
 Thomas-Louis
Bourgeois (1676-1750). Cantates Françaises: Ariane, Le Berger
Fidèle, L'Amour et Psyché, Phèdre et Hippolyte. Musique en
Wallonie MEW0422 (1 CD 2005).
Details. Isabelle Desrochers, soprano; Thibaut Lenaerts,
tenor; Ensemble Ausonia.
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| Henry Du Mont. Grands Motets pour la
Chapelle de Louis XIV au Louvre. Alpha 069 (1 CD, February
2005).
Details. Frédéric Desenclos, Ensemble Pierre Robert.
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| Dumont, Boesset, Le Jeune, Du Caurroy, Vallet,
Louis Couperin, Roberday, Guedron et al. Le Trésor d'Orphée.
Zig Zag Territoires (1 CD 2004).
Details. Caroline Pelon, soprano. L'Amoroso, Guido
Balestracci, dessus de viole and director.
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| Anthoine Boesset. Je meurs sans mourir.
Alpha 057 (1 CD 2004).
Details. Vincent Dumestre, Le Poème Harmonique. Claire
Lefilliâtre, soprano; Bruno Le Levreur, haute-contre;
Jean-François Novelli, tenor; Arnaud Marzorati, basse-contre.
Superb recording.
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JP Reissued in a 3-CD box set with the same group's
fine recordings of airs de cour by Moulinié and Guédron.
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| Nicolas Bernier (1664-1734). Petits Motets.
Ornate arras, Congratula mini, Cantemus Domino, Alma
redemptoris, Accurite fideles, Omnes gentes. L'Empreinte
Digitale ED 13205 (1 CD, September 2004). Iakovos Pappas,
Ensemble Almasis. Catherine Padaut & Béatrice Mayo-Felip,
sopranos; Jean-Louis Georgel, bass.
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| Nicolas Bernier. Les Nuits de Sceaux (1715).
Alpha 058 (1 CD 2004).
Details. Patrick Cohën-Akenine, violin and director, Les
Folies Françoises & Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de
Versailles. La Nuit / L'Aurore: Gaëlle Méchaly, soprano; Apollon
/ Mercure: Robert Getchell, tenor; Première muse: Hanna Bayodi,
soprano; Deuxième muse: Anne-Marie Jacquin, soprano; Comus:
Alain Buet, bass.
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| Nicolas Antoine Lebègue (c.1631-1702).
Pièces de Clavessin (1677 & 1687). Stradivarius STR33673 (1
CD, March 2004).
Details. Paola Erdas, harpsichord.
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| Jacques Champion de Chambonnières. Les
Pièces de Clavessin. AS Musique ASM001 (2 CDs, February
2004). Olivier Baumont, antique 17th Century harpsichord;
Claire Antonini, theorbo & lute; Jean-Denis Monory, narrator.
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| Louis-Claude Daquin (1694-1772). Oeuvres
complètes. Tempéraments TEM 316026/27 (2 CDs 2003).
Details. Olivier Baumont, organ & harpsichord. La Simphonie
du Marais, Hugo Reyne, director.
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| Charles Dollé. Pièces de Viole avec La Basse
Continuë. Dorian DOR-93246 (1 CD 2003). Petr Wagner, Viola
da gamba; Jacque Ogg, harpsichord.
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| Claude Lejeune. Muze honorons l'illustre &
grand Henry: Motets pour le culte catholique / Psaumes
protestants.
Details. Alpha 032 (1 CD, 2003). Olivier Schneebeli, Les
Pages & Les Chantres.
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| Laurent Belissen (1693-1762). Grands Motets
Provençais. K617150 (1 CD 2003). Guy Laurent, Les Festes
d'Orphée. Jean-François Lombard, countertenor; Vincent Deliau,
baritone. Belissen: Grands Motets "Magnificat" & "Nisi Dominus".
Pierre Gautier dit de Marseille: Pièces instrumentales &
petit motet.
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| Jean-Baptiste Moreau (1656-1733). Musique
pour les intermèdes d'Athalie. Calliope CAL 9524 (1 CD,
2001). Hugo Reyne, La Simfonie du Marais. Includes selections
from Racine's tragedy, read by Lambert Wilson.
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Some Favorite Recordings
| Joseph Chabanceau de la Barre (1633-1678).
Airs à deux Parties. Ricercar 233352 (1 CD 2000). Stephan
Van Dyck, tenor; Stephen Stubbs, lute, theorbo, guitar. This is
a superb recording of a collection of airs de cour that was
published by Ballard in 1669. The detailed liner notes by Van
Dyck include developments in the performance of airs de cour
during the 17th Century. Nicole Rouillé, a specialist in old
French, assisted in historical pronunciation.
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| Joseph Michel (1688-1736). Leçons de
Ténèbres. Naxos France 8.553295. (2 CDs).
Details. Hervé Niquet, Le Concert Spirituel. Marie-Louise
Duthoit, Sally Bruce-Payne, François Fauché. Outstanding music
and performance. Like Rameau, Michel was from Dijon. |
| Jacques Champion de Chambonnières. Pièces de
clavecin: Suites, Pavannes & Preludes. dhm 05472 77210 2 (1
CD 1993). Skip Sempé, Antique Flemish harpsichord. The best
harpsichord recording I've heard. Check out-of-print sources for
the original 1993 issue.
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JP Cheap Baroque Esprit reissue, which undoubtedly
lacks the original's liner notes by Sempé, dhm 05472 77453 2
(1997).
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| Jean-Nicolas Geoffroy. Messe pour les fêtes
doubles, Magnificat, Memento Domine David, etc. Naxos
8.553637. Hervé Niquet. Le Concert Spirituel. Alternation of
5-part plainchant and organ, as specified by Geoffroy. 1699
Julien Tribuot organ at the Église de Seurre, Bourgogne.
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| Robert De Visée. Suites de danses. FNAC Music 592095
(1 CD 1993). Pascal Monteilhet, theorbo.
FR Reissued on Virgin Veritas VM 5615412 (1999).
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| Jean Adam Guilain. Quatre Suites pour le Magnificat.
Tempéraments TEM 316012 (1 CD 1997). André Isoir, Boizard organ
(1714). Emmanuel Mandrin & Les Demoiselles de Saint-Cyr, chant.
Guilain came from Germany and incorporated Italian forms,
including one movement (track 11) that sounds like a
transcription of a Vivaldi concerto. Superb, on-pitch singing by
Les Demoiselles de Saint-Cyr.
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Manuscrit de Vaudry de Saizenay (1668-1742). AS Musique
ASM 004 (1 CD,
September 2009).
Details. Claire Antonini,
11-course baroque lute by Paul Thomson. This is a superb
recording, in every respect -- the music, the richly ornamented
performance, the lute, the recording engineering and the room
acoustics. Claire Antonini has chosen 32 pieces, mostly dances,
from the 450 collected and copied by Vaudry de Saizenay. From
the liner note by Claude Chauvel: "His book ... is full of
technical details and interpretative signs such as fingering,
tenues (held notes), ornaments, harpégements (arpeggiated
chords), and separations. In this unique source for many pieces,
he sometimes corrects the text or clarifies the attributions."
From the liner note by Claire Antonini: "This selection not only
reflects my musical affinities but also satisfies two important
criteria: * Fidelity to the manuscript's spirit and to its
organisation of the modes, richness of musical forms, and
multitude of composers - be they renowned lutenists like
Gaultier or de Visée, others represented by only a few pieces,
like Emond or Jacquesson, or simply anonymous musicians. *
Clarity of the musical discourse.... [T]he alteration of dance
suites and individual pieces, enriched by the play of changing
keys, allows the composers to respond one to another, to assert
their personalities and richness of their styles - Gaultier's
boldness and originality, Gallot's melancholy, or de Visée's
nobility, for example."
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Charles
Levens (1689-1764). Te Deum (1722) & Deus Noster Refugium. Hortus
060 (1 CD, April 2008). Michel
Laplénie, Ensemble Sagittarius, Orchestre Baroque Les Passions,
Ensemble Baroque Orfeo et Groupe Vocal Arpège. Sophie Landy,
soprano; Sophie Pattey, soprano; Vincent Lièvre-Picard, haute-contre;
Sébastien Obrecht, tenor; Marcos Loureiro de Sá, bass; Sébastien
Brohier, baritone; Marduk Serrano, baritone. This may be the
finest recording to date of grands motets, and the music is of
the same high quality as the performance and recording. The
Levens Te Deum deserves to be recognized as one of the standard
works of early 18th Century France. It continued to be performed
as late as August 1789, but before recent revivals, this
composer from Marseilles who worked in Vannes, Toulouse &
Bordeaux had been almost totally forgotten. A recording by the
same performers of Levens's Messes des Morts was released
on Lira d'Arco in 2003 and reissued on Etcetera. As on the
recent recording of the Gilles Requiem on Ligia Digital, Volny
Hostiou plays a serpent, with quite an elaborate part in the
chorus Te per orbem in particular.
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JP
Armand-Louis
Couperin (1727-1789). Livre de Pièces de Clavecin. Syrius
SYR 141401 (1 CD & duplicate 5-channel CD, May 2007). Philippe
Leroy, harpsichord by Anthony Sidey after Ruckers/Hemsch. Highly
recommended! This is one of the finest examples of recorded
harpsichord sound.
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JP
Louis
Marchand (1669-1732). Livre de Pièces de Clavecin. Olive
Music OM 008 (1 CD, January 2007).
Details. Mario Martinoli, harpsichord. Includes previously
unknown pieces attributed to Marchand from a recently discovered
1754 manuscript.
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JP
André
Raison (1650-1719). Messe du premier ton / Messe du deuziesme
ton. Tempéraments TEM 316035 (1 CD, November 2006).
Details. Serge Schoonbroodt. 1752 J.-F. Lépine organ of the
Cathédrale Saint-Sacerdos de Sarlat.
FR
Gaspard
Le Roux (c.1660-c.1707). Pièces de Clavecin. Pierre
Verany PV706052 (1 CD, May 2006). Les Cyclopes. Bibiane Lapointe
& Thierry Maeder, harpsichords.
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DE
Josse
Boutmy (1697-1779). Troisième livre de Pièces de clavecin
(1749). Musique en Wallonie MEW 0524 (1 CD 2005).
Details. Isabelle Sauveur, harpsichord. Another fine
production from Musique en Wallonie. Includes five of the six
suites in Boutmy's 3rd book, which clearly was influenced by
Rameau and Handel. I find the 3rd book much more interesting
than the 2nd, which was recorded in 1994 by Brigitte Haudebourg.
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Thomas-Louis
Bourgeois (1676-1750). Cantates Françaises: Ariane, Le Berger
Fidèle, L'Amour et Psyché, Phèdre et Hippolyte. Musique en
Wallonie MEW0422 (1 CD 2005).
Details. Isabelle Desrochers, soprano; Thibaut Lenaerts,
tenor; Ensemble Ausonia.
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