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Boismortier: Sonatas For 2 Flutes / Fabiano Martignago, Luca Ventimiglia
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Boismortier: Sonatas For 2 Flutes / Fabiano Martignago, Luca Ventimiglia

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Composer
BOISMORTIER JOSEPH BODIN DE
Artist
Martignago, Ventimiglia
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Oct 16, 2020
Catalog #
BRI96121
UPC
5028421961217

About

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.

Tracklist 26 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allemande. Gravement 02:21
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allemande. Gravement
    Duration
    02:21
    Composer
    Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
    Performer
    Fabiano Martignago, Luca Ventimiglia
  2. 2 II. Gayment 01:18
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Gayment
    Duration
    01:18
    Composer
    Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
    Performer
    Fabiano Martignago, Luca Ventimiglia
  3. 3 III. Gavotte 00:56
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Gavotte
    Duration
    00:56
    Composer
    Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
    Performer
    Fabiano Martignago, Luca Ventimiglia
  4. 4 IV. Lentement 02:05
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Lentement
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
    Performer
    Fabiano Martignago, Luca Ventimiglia
  5. 5 V. Légèrement 01:24
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Légèrement
    Duration
    01:24
    Composer
    Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
    Performer
    Fabiano Martignago, Luca Ventimiglia
  6. 6 I. Allemande. Gayment 02:58
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Allemande. Gayment
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
    Performer
    Fabiano Martignago, Luca Ventimiglia
  7. 7 II. Courante 01:42
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Courante
    Duration
    01:42
    Composer
    Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
    Performer
    Fabiano Martignago, Luca Ventimiglia
  8. 8 III. Rondeau. Gracieusement 00:45
    Track
    8
    Title
    III. Rondeau. Gracieusement
    Duration
    00:45
    Composer
    Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
    Performer
    Fabiano Martignago, Luca Ventimiglia
  9. 9 IV. Gavotte 01:12
    Track
    9
    Title
    IV. Gavotte
    Duration
    01:12
    Composer
    Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
    Performer
    Fabiano Martignago, Luca Ventimiglia
  10. 10 I. Lentement 02:18
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Lentement
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
    Performer
    Fabiano Martignago, Luca Ventimiglia
  11. 11 II. Allemande. Gayment 02:40
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Allemande. Gayment
    Duration
    02:40
    Composer
    Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
    Performer
    Fabiano Martignago, Luca Ventimiglia
  12. 12 III. Rondeau. Gracieusement 01:50
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Rondeau. Gracieusement
    Duration
    01:50
    Composer
    Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
    Performer
    Fabiano Martignago, Luca Ventimiglia
  13. 13 IV. Gigue 01:53
    Track
    13
    Title
    IV. Gigue
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
    Performer
    Fabiano Martignago, Luca Ventimiglia
  14. 14 I. Andante 02:09
    Track
    14
    Title
    I. Andante
    Duration
    02:09
    Composer
    Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
    Performer
    Fabiano Martignago, Luca Ventimiglia
  15. 15 II. Allegro 02:01
    Track
    15
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    02:01
    Composer
    Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
    Performer
    Fabiano Martignago, Luca Ventimiglia
  16. 16 III. Allegro 01:30
    Track
    16
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
    Performer
    Fabiano Martignago, Luca Ventimiglia
  17. 17 IV. Poco Allegro 02:09
    Track
    17
    Title
    IV. Poco Allegro
    Duration
    02:09
    Composer
    Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
    Performer
    Fabiano Martignago, Luca Ventimiglia
  18. 18 I. Gravement 03:07
    Track
    18
    Title
    I. Gravement
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
    Performer
    Fabiano Martignago, Luca Ventimiglia
  19. 19 II. Courante 01:59
    Track
    19
    Title
    II. Courante
    Duration
    01:59
    Composer
    Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
    Performer
    Fabiano Martignago, Luca Ventimiglia
  20. 20 III. Lentement 01:47
    Track
    20
    Title
    III. Lentement
    Duration
    01:47
    Composer
    Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
    Performer
    Fabiano Martignago, Luca Ventimiglia
  21. 21 IV. Légèrement 01:42
    Track
    21
    Title
    IV. Légèrement
    Duration
    01:42
    Composer
    Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
    Performer
    Fabiano Martignago, Luca Ventimiglia
  22. 22 I. Doucement 02:28
    Track
    22
    Title
    I. Doucement
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
    Performer
    Fabiano Martignago, Luca Ventimiglia
  23. 23 II. Allemande. Gayment 01:51
    Track
    23
    Title
    II. Allemande. Gayment
    Duration
    01:51
    Composer
    Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
    Performer
    Fabiano Martignago, Luca Ventimiglia
  24. 24 III. Gavotte 00:34
    Track
    24
    Title
    III. Gavotte
    Duration
    00:34
    Composer
    Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
    Performer
    Fabiano Martignago, Luca Ventimiglia
  25. 25 IV. Sarabande 01:24
    Track
    25
    Title
    IV. Sarabande
    Duration
    01:24
    Composer
    Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
    Performer
    Fabiano Martignago, Luca Ventimiglia
  26. 26 V. Gigue 01:34
    Track
    26
    Title
    V. Gigue
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
    Performer
    Fabiano Martignago, Luca Ventimiglia