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L'ame-son - Grénerin: Suites Française / Helstroffer
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L'ame-son - Grénerin: Suites Française / Helstroffer

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Details

Composer
Henry Grenerin
Artist
Bruno Helstroffer, Chantal Santon Jeffery
Format
CD
Label
Alpha
Released
Aug 25, 2023
Catalog #
ALPHA1007
UPC
3701624510070

About

It was in the second half of the sixteenth century that the guitar became fashionable in France: it was the instrument of the people, whereas the lute was associated with the intellectuals and the nobility. Henry Grenerin became a page (choirboy) in the Musique du Roi in 1641 and went on to invent a new way of playing the instrument and offer it music full of ‘freedom, mystery and ardour’, says Bruno Helstroffer. In the very first recording devoted to Grenerin’s music, Bruno revives this unjustly forgotten composer and makes the most of his long experience as both Baroque musician and exponent of today’s music. He became fascinated by this seventeenth-century composer, and his investigations led him to the Left Bank of the Seine, opposite the Louvre Palace, where Henry’s grandfather was a fisherman, hence the punning title L’âme-son [French hameçon = ‘fish-hook’, âme-son = ‘soul of sound’]. A saga that has also generated a book and a stage show about Grenerin – the first in the line of ‘guitar heroes’ that was to lead to Django Reinhardt and Jimi Hendrix!

Tracklist 29 tracks

  1. 1 I. Prélude 01:37
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Prélude
    Duration
    01:37
    Composer
    Henry Grénerin
    Performer
    Bruno Helstroffer
  2. 2 II. Allemande 02:28
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allemande
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Henry Grénerin
    Performer
    Bruno Helstroffer
  3. 3 III. Courante 02:04
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Courante
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Henry Grénerin
    Performer
    Bruno Helstroffer
  4. 4 IV. Sarabande 02:33
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Sarabande
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Henry Grénerin
    Performer
    Bruno Helstroffer
  5. 5 V. Gigue 01:18
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Gigue
    Duration
    01:18
    Composer
    Henry Grénerin
    Performer
    Bruno Helstroffer
  6. 6 VI. Menuet 00:53
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Menuet
    Duration
    00:53
    Composer
    Henry Grénerin
    Performer
    Bruno Helstroffer
  7. 7 VII. Bourrée 01:01
    Track
    7
    Title
    VII. Bourrée
    Duration
    01:01
    Composer
    Henry Grénerin
    Performer
    Bruno Helstroffer
  8. 8 I. Prelude 01:39
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Prelude
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Henry Grénerin
    Performer
    Bruno Helstroffer
  9. 9 II. Allemande 01:53
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Allemande
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Henry Grénerin
    Performer
    Bruno Helstroffer
  10. 10 III. Courante 01:22
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Courante
    Duration
    01:22
    Composer
    Henry Grénerin
    Performer
    Bruno Helstroffer
  11. 11 IV. Passacaille 02:42
    Track
    11
    Title
    IV. Passacaille
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    Henry Grénerin
    Performer
    Bruno Helstroffer
  12. 12 V. Sarabande 03:03
    Track
    12
    Title
    V. Sarabande
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    Henry Grénerin
    Performer
    Bruno Helstroffer
  13. 13 VI. Gigue 01:02
    Track
    13
    Title
    VI. Gigue
    Duration
    01:02
    Composer
    Henry Grénerin
    Performer
    Bruno Helstroffer
  14. 14 VII. Menuet 01:17
    Track
    14
    Title
    VII. Menuet
    Duration
    01:17
    Composer
    Henry Grénerin
    Performer
    Bruno Helstroffer
  15. 15 Airs de cour, Book 9: Je meurs sans mourir 04:03
    Track
    15
    Title
    Airs de cour, Book 9: Je meurs sans mourir
    Duration
    04:03
    Composer
    Antoine Boësset
    Performer
    Bruno Helstroffer
  16. 16 I. Allemande 02:58
    Track
    16
    Title
    I. Allemande
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Henry Grénerin
    Performer
    Bruno Helstroffer
  17. 17 II. Courante 01:31
    Track
    17
    Title
    II. Courante
    Duration
    01:31
    Composer
    Henry Grénerin
    Performer
    Bruno Helstroffer
  18. 18 III. Sarabande 02:30
    Track
    18
    Title
    III. Sarabande
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Henry Grénerin
    Performer
    Bruno Helstroffer
  19. 19 IV. Gigue à la manière angloise 01:07
    Track
    19
    Title
    IV. Gigue à la manière angloise
    Duration
    01:07
    Composer
    Henry Grénerin
    Performer
    Bruno Helstroffer
  20. 20 V. Menuet 00:51
    Track
    20
    Title
    V. Menuet
    Duration
    00:51
    Composer
    Henry Grénerin
    Performer
    Bruno Helstroffer
  21. 21 VI. Passacaille 02:11
    Track
    21
    Title
    VI. Passacaille
    Duration
    02:11
    Composer
    Henry Grénerin
    Performer
    Bruno Helstroffer
  22. 22 Ballet de la nuit, Part III: Récit de la Lune 03:06
    Track
    22
    Title
    Ballet de la nuit, Part III: Récit de la Lune
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    Jean de Cambefort
    Performer
    Bruno Helstroffer
  23. 23 I. Prélude 01:23
    Track
    23
    Title
    I. Prélude
    Duration
    01:23
    Composer
    Henry Grénerin
    Performer
    Bruno Helstroffer
  24. 24 II. Allemande 02:33
    Track
    24
    Title
    II. Allemande
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Henry Grénerin
    Performer
    Bruno Helstroffer
  25. 25 III. Sarabande 02:07
    Track
    25
    Title
    III. Sarabande
    Duration
    02:07
    Composer
    Henry Grénerin
    Performer
    Bruno Helstroffer
  26. 26 IV. Courante 01:40
    Track
    26
    Title
    IV. Courante
    Duration
    01:40
    Composer
    Henry Grénerin
    Performer
    Bruno Helstroffer
  27. 27 V. Sarabande 02:06
    Track
    27
    Title
    V. Sarabande
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    Henry Grénerin
    Performer
    Bruno Helstroffer
  28. 28 VI. Gigue aymable 01:47
    Track
    28
    Title
    VI. Gigue aymable
    Duration
    01:47
    Composer
    Henry Grénerin
    Performer
    Bruno Helstroffer
  29. 29 Passacaille 04:52
    Track
    29
    Title
    Passacaille
    Duration
    04:52
    Composer
    Henry Grénerin
    Performer
    Bruno Helstroffer