Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
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Boismortier: Sonatas, Op. 34
$12.99CDBrilliant Classics
Nov 28, 2025BRI97619 -
Boismortier: 6 Sonatas for 2 Pardessus de viole, Op. 63
$21.99CDFirst Hand Records
Jul 04, 2025FHR159 -
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Simple Pleasures, Hidden Treasures
Boismortier: Six Sonates, Op. 51 / Dikmans, Moon, Elysium Ensemble
Following on from their critically acclaimed Resonus debut of duets by Johann Joachim Quantz, the Elysium Ensemble have recorded an album of the Six Sonates, Op. 51, by French composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689-1755). The second in a series of releases based on research into historical performance practice sees Elysium principles Greg Dikmans (flute) and Lucinda Moon (violin) continue their exploration of neglected and lesser-known works continuing the theme of ‘The Art of Elegant Conversation’. Prolific in his lifetime, publishing over 100 collections of Suites, Sonatas and other instrumental music, Boismortier’s great depth and imagination comes through in these duos for flute and violin brought to life with great panache by the Elysium Ensemble.
Boismortier: Sonatas & Trios / Le Petit Trianon
An agreeable musician, clever, sociable, a shaper of verse, a man of wit whose sallies were greatly appreciated and whose fertile pen was guaranteed to turn out another volume of works every month, Boismortier was the perfect man of his time, courteous, cultured and able to adapt to his surroundings. In this, their first recording, Le Petit Trianon have chosen pieces from his immense body of work that felicitously blend the sonorities of the flute, violin, bassoon, cello and harpsichord.
Boismortier: Six Suites de Pieces, Op. 11 / Nahajowski
Boismortier: Concertos for 5 Flutes / Stephen Schultz
Stephen Schultz takes on the daunting task of playing all five parts of these Concerti for Five Flutes from Boismortier - a feat never before attempted or accomplished! The French composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier wrote a great deal of popular music. The transverse flute was his favorite instrument and he considerably extended its repertory. Boismortier's music demonstrates great facility, and one regrets that he wrote so few works on a large scale.
Boismortier / Schickhardt / Telemann: Recorder Music
Boismortier: Sette Sonata per fagotto e continuo
BOISMORTIER: Sonatas for Flute and Harpsichord, Op. 91
SONATES POUR VIOLON, OP. 20
DON QUIXOTE AT THE DUCHESS
Boismortier: Sonates a deux violes, Op. 10 / Les Deux Violes
Boismortier: Sonatas For 2 Flutes / Fabiano Martignago, Luca Ventimiglia
Composing came easily to Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689–1755). Having arrived in Paris in 1724, he embarked on writing what would become a vast catalogue of instrumental music focused on the flute (or recorder), which so tickled the palates of his bourgeois and aristocratic audiences and amateur performers, and of which he was himself a considerable practitioner. In particular the works for paired flutes reveal a fluency of style that speaks eloquently for Boismortier’s fluency as a composer. The six duets collected here are first and foremost music to enjoy, both in the playing and the listening. Boismortier’s duets reflect the rhetorical principle of elegant and refined conversation, a musical translation of intimate dialogue between two equals, neither of which is ever reduced to the role of mere accompaniment. The prevailing rule is imitation or agreement: when a theme is stated by one player it is taken over by the other and developed, never challenged or opposed. Even the three duets in his first published collection, Op.1, provide ample proof of Boismortier’s lively creative spirit as well as his skill in counterpoint, designed to attract professional players keen to show off their technical and expressive expertise. The movement titles within each duet may encapsulate French dance forms – Gavotte, Allemande, Courante and so on – but Boismortier was far too cultivated and cosmopolitan a musician not to absorb influences from farther afield. His contrapuntal style makes him the French equivalent of Telemann, and the busy passagework recall the violin writing of Italian Baroque masters such as Corelli and Geminiani.
Don Quichotte chez la duchesse
Boismortier: Les Quatre Saisons
The Golden Hour - French Baroque Violin & Viol Music / Boulanger, Pierre, Fortin
We are around the time of the Regency, at the political crossroads between Louis XIV and Louis XV. The viola da gamba was enjoying its last hours of glory in France, while the violin was beginning to take centre stage. The Golden Hour, which generally refers to the periods after sunrise and before sunset when the light changes, evokes here those years of convergence, even confrontation, between a viola da gamba in the twilight of its life and a violin at the dawn of its soloist destiny.
Boismortier: Sonates pour Viole, Op. 50 (Paris 1734) / Les deux Violes
We are taking the liberty of also performing op. 50 as a solo on the viola da gamba. In his title, Boismortier writes: „Pour les Violoncelles, Bassons ou Violes“. We have kept to that. He was practical and versatile – and so are we.
Boismortier: Sonatas, Op. 34
Boismortier: 6 Sonatas for 2 Pardessus de viole, Op. 63
Boismortier: Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse / Niquet, Le concert spirituel
In 1743, two years before Rameau’s Platée, Boismortier created an extraordinarily modern and madcap “comic ballet”, Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse. As the exuberant plot unfurls, Cervantes’ hero encounters monsters, enchanters, princesses and people from Japan, making for plenty of offbeat and audacious dances and choruses. Musical beauty rubs shoulders with satirical and irreverent comedy. A choice work for Hervé Niquet, who leads his Concert Spirituel with unparalleled energy!
Famous Flute Concertos / Jean-Pierre Rampal
