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Solo Bach-Abel / Boulanger
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Solo Bach-Abel / Boulanger

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Details

Composer
Carl Friedrich Abel, Johann Sebastian Bach
Artist
Lucile Boulanger
Format
CD
Label
Alpha
Released
Jan 28, 2022
Catalog #
ALPHA783
UPC
3760014197833

About

This is Lucile Boulanger’s first solo recital. The French gambist, universally praised for her natural and moving playing – BBC Music Magazine even described her as ‘the Jacqueline du Pré of the viola da gamba’ – juxtaposes Bach with Carl Friedrich Abel, a great master of the bass viol and a close friend of the Bach family. Although Johann Sebastian never wrote for solo viola da gamba, we know that he transcribed many of his works for other instruments. So Lucile Boulanger has chosen, for example, to transcribe three dances from the Sixth Suite, ‘because it sounds particularly good on the viol, being written for five-stringed cello (a step towards the six or seven strings of the viol?). It is in D, the viol key par excellence, and its style, already somewhat galant, is reminiscent of Abel… This album gives me the opportunity to showcase the viol as both a melodic instrument – with the grain of the bow, the fragility of tone – and a polyphonic one.’

Tracklist 22 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846 (arr. L. Boulanger for bass viol) 01:45
    Track
    1
    Title
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846 (arr. L. Boulanger for bass viol)
    Duration
    01:45
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Lucile Boulanger
  3. 2 Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: II. Allemande (arr. L. Boulanger for bass viol) 08:38
    Track
    2
    Title
    Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: II. Allemande (arr. L. Boulanger for bass viol)
    Duration
    08:38
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Lucile Boulanger
  4. 3 Cello Suite No.3 in C major, BWV 1009: III. Courante (arr. L. Boulanger for bass viol) 04:00
    Track
    3
    Title
    Cello Suite No.3 in C major, BWV 1009: III. Courante (arr. L. Boulanger for bass viol)
    Duration
    04:00
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Lucile Boulanger
  5. 4 IV. Sarabande 05:23
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Sarabande
    Duration
    05:23
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Lucile Boulanger
  6. 5 V. Gavotte I-II 04:05
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Gavotte I-II
    Duration
    04:05
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Lucile Boulanger
  7. 6 27 Pieces for Viola da gamba: Allegro, WKO 212 (arr. L. Boulanger for bass viol as Gigue) 02:09
    Track
    6
    Title
    27 Pieces for Viola da gamba: Allegro, WKO 212 (arr. L. Boulanger for bass viol as Gigue)
    Duration
    02:09
    Composer
    Carl Friedrich Abel
    Performer
    Lucile Boulanger
  8. 7 Adagio, WKO 209 04:19
    Track
    7
    Title
    Adagio, WKO 209
    Duration
    04:19
    Composer
    Carl Friedrich Abel
    Performer
    Lucile Boulanger
  9. 8 [Andante], WKO 206 02:06
    Track
    8
    Title
    [Andante], WKO 206
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    Carl Friedrich Abel
    Performer
    Lucile Boulanger
  10. 9 Allegro, WKO 207 02:56
    Track
    9
    Title
    Allegro, WKO 207
    Duration
    02:56
    Composer
    Carl Friedrich Abel
    Performer
    Lucile Boulanger
  11. 10 Prelude in C Minor, BWV 999 (arr. L. Boulanger for bass viol) 01:49
    Track
    10
    Title
    Prelude in C Minor, BWV 999 (arr. L. Boulanger for bass viol)
    Duration
    01:49
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Lucile Boulanger
  12. 11 Flute Partita in A Minor, BWV 1013: IV. Bourée Anglaise (arr. L. Boulanger for bass viol) 03:13
    Track
    11
    Title
    Flute Partita in A Minor, BWV 1013: IV. Bourée Anglaise (arr. L. Boulanger for bass viol)
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Lucile Boulanger
  13. Disc 2
  14. 1 [Arpeggio], WKO 205 02:34
    Track
    1
    Title
    [Arpeggio], WKO 205
    Duration
    02:34
    Composer
    Carl Friedrich Abel
    Performer
    Lucile Boulanger
  15. 2 [Moderato], WKO 208 05:47
    Track
    2
    Title
    [Moderato], WKO 208
    Duration
    05:47
    Composer
    Carl Friedrich Abel
    Performer
    Lucile Boulanger
  16. 3 Allegro, WKO 186 03:28
    Track
    3
    Title
    Allegro, WKO 186
    Duration
    03:28
    Composer
    Carl Friedrich Abel
    Performer
    Lucile Boulanger
  17. 4 Fuga, WKO 196 02:32
    Track
    4
    Title
    Fuga, WKO 196
    Duration
    02:32
    Composer
    Carl Friedrich Abel
    Performer
    Lucile Boulanger
  18. 5 [Adagio], WKO 187 03:58
    Track
    5
    Title
    [Adagio], WKO 187
    Duration
    03:58
    Composer
    Carl Friedrich Abel
    Performer
    Lucile Boulanger
  19. 6 Tempo di Menuet, WKO 200 03:02
    Track
    6
    Title
    Tempo di Menuet, WKO 200
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Carl Friedrich Abel
    Performer
    Lucile Boulanger
  20. 7 Vivace, WKO 190 03:59
    Track
    7
    Title
    Vivace, WKO 190
    Duration
    03:59
    Composer
    Carl Friedrich Abel
    Performer
    Lucile Boulanger
  21. 8 Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003: I. Grave (arr. L. Boulanger for bass viol) 05:22
    Track
    8
    Title
    Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003: I. Grave (arr. L. Boulanger for bass viol)
    Duration
    05:22
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Lucile Boulanger
  22. 9 II. Fugue: Allegro 06:41
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Fugue: Allegro
    Duration
    06:41
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Lucile Boulanger
  23. 10 III. Siciliana 03:27
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Siciliana
    Duration
    03:27
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Lucile Boulanger
  24. 11 Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003: IV. Allegro (arr. L. Boulanger for bass viol) 06:52
    Track
    11
    Title
    Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003: IV. Allegro (arr. L. Boulanger for bass viol)
    Duration
    06:52
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Lucile Boulanger