Froberger: The Strasbourg Manuscript / Ludger Rémy

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Label
CPO
Release Date
October 1, 2000
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      FROBERGER
    • PERFORMER
      Ludger Remy
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 01, 2000
    • UPC
      761203975020
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      999750-2
    • LABEL
      CPO
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    2. II. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    3. III. Courante

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    4. IV. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    5. I. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    6. II. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    7. III. Courante

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    8. IV. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    9. I. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    10. II. Courante

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    11. III. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    12. IV. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    13. I. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    14. II. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    15. III. Courante

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    16. IV. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    17. I. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    18. II. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    19. III. Courante

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    20. IV. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    21. I. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    22. II. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    23. III. Courante

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    24. IV. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    25. I. Allemande - II. Double

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    26. III. Courante - IV. Double

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    27. V. Sarabande - VI. Double

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    28. VII. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    29. I. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    30. II. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    31. III. Courante

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    32. IV. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    33. I. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    34. II. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    35. III. Courante

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    36. IV. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    37. I. Allemanda

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    38. II. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    39. III. Courant

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    40. IV. Sarabanda

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    41. I. Lamento

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    42. II. Courante

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    43. III. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    44. IV. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    45. I. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    46. II. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    47. III. Courante

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    48. IV. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    49. I. Allemande - II. Double

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    50. III. Courante

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    51. IV. Sarabande - V. Double

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    52. VI. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    53. I. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    54. II. Courante

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy

    55. III. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Ludger Rémy



Like his contemporary Louis Couperin, Johann Jacob Froberger preferred to let his music speak for itself. He left no known treatises to clue the interpreter one way or the other as to interpretation, save for the usual dance markings in the suites themselves. Once in a rare while he'll title a movement programmatically, alluding to an extramusical subject (such as in the Allemande of Suite III here subtitled "Wasserfall" or waterfall); but otherwise, the performer is left to freely interpret within the stylistic keyboard parameters of the time. For the less imaginative performer this can be stultifying. For the adventurous one however, the rich variety of Froberger's ideas can bring great joy.

On this new two-CD set from CPO, harpsichordist Ludger Rèmy is thankfully up to the task. He offers the debut recording of Froberger's complete autograph Strasbourg Manuscript, an amazing collection of 14 keyboard suites brimming with fine ideas which was discovered in 1675, eight years after its composer's death. How youthful and exuberant these works are! And how pensive and introspective they can become. The scope and variety of Froberger's imagination places him on par with Rameau, the Couperins, Frescobaldi, and d'Anglebert in their prime. In Germany certainly, he had no peer before J.S. Bach. Listen to the marvelous Gigue in Suite XII, for instance. Rèmy's pointed contrapuntal voice-leading may make the piece impossible to dance to--it is, after all, a stylization--yet it's musically fascinating, a real treat for the ear. In the Allemande of Suite IV, Rèmy treats each run as if it were a new beginning; a fresh start in a series of fresh starts that ends up completeing the piece. The simple minute-long Courante in Suite X is a model of dignity undermined, with it's cocky twists and flourishes humorously interupting the march. This set is loaded with similarly brilliant inventive moments.

CPO's sound is excellent; Rèmy's harpsichord has sufficient weight, yet sparkles gracefully. His fascinating, personal notes are appropriately suited to the diverse interpretive nature of the program. Since this is the only recording of these pieces, there is no comparison. However, for those inclined to further their enjoyment of Froberger, I heartily recommend last year's "Ou L'intranquillité" by longstanding Froberger champion Blandine Verlet (Astree Naive), as well as a much older, transcendental program performed by Enrico Baiano (Symphonia). Like these, this recording could not be recommended more highly!
--John Greene, ClassicsToday.com