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Le Parler Et Le Silence
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Le Parler Et Le Silence

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Composer
BASSANO LUZZASCHI GUAMI FRE
Artist
Attaignant Consort
Format
CD
Label
Ramee
Released
Aug 27, 2013
Catalog #
RAM1206
UPC
4250128512060

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LE PARLER ET LE SILENCE: Music for Flute Consort and Lute from the Late 16th to the Early 18th Centuries • Attaignant Consort; Nigel North (lt) • RAMÉE 1206 (68:33)


Works by: PALESTRINA, BASSANO, LUZZASCHI, ANON., GUAMI, FRESCOBALDI, SWEELINCK, PILKINGTON, MORLEY, DOWLAND, LUPO, GIBBONS, BALLARD, TESSIER, BOËSSET, GUÉDRON, R. DE VISÉE, LAMBERT, J.-M. HOTTETERRE, BOISMORTIER


The Attaignant Consort wisely refrains from explaining what they mean by “Speaking and Silence.” Is it the music that speaks, the notes preceded and followed by silence? The tradition of polyphony that would shortly give way to the primacy of homophonic music? The fantasias and arrangements of vocal works, soon to give way to more thoroughly structured works composed for winds? The Renaissance and Baroque flutes (heard here in instrumental families styled after 16th and 18th century models) that would be stilled with the advent of newer models? Regardless, the Attaignant Consort supplies a fascinating program to illustrate the subtitle of their latest release.


As with their earlier albums, Le Parler et le Silence follows the modern practice in many live performances of forming discrete groups of selections that espouse some form of common identity along with internal and external contrasts. An example is the three Sweelinck arrangements—two witty bicinia or teaching pieces, each in two parts, based on French texts, followed by a learned but sweet five-part setting of Psalm 9. These three pieces, with their high order of imitative art, in turn lead into a section of five English works, the break of continuity illustrated by leading off with an arrangement of Francis Pilkington’s strictly homophonic madrigal My choice is made . The English pieces are in fact a microcosm of secular Elizabethan English music media, presenting madrigals, lute songs, and consort fantasias with variations in diminution. Each succeeding section in turn reveals careful attention to programming for formal diversity and central ideas, whether by nation, individual composer, or (as the program ends with a sonata da chiesa by Boismortier) increasingly formalized structure. In short, this isn’t one of those albums that sports an undifferentiated-four-recorders-as-one sound, but a program of diverse origins, thoughtfully explored by anywhere from solo instruments to full ensemble.


The Attaignant Consort appears not to have been reviewed in these pages, before. It was formed in 1998. Three out of four of their original members are still in the group. While recorder consorts aren’t exactly rare, this ensemble brings both a textural variety and touch of class to everything they do. Lutenist Nigel North’s eloquent performances contribute to the former; unpressured tone and sculpted phrasing, to the latter. The engineering is reasonably dry, close and balanced, with the lute never getting lost behind the Attaignants. Highly recommended.


FANFARE: Barry Brenesal

Tracklist 33 tracks

  1. 1 Pulchra es amica mea (diminutions by Kate Clark) 04:07
    Track
    1
    Title
    Pulchra es amica mea (diminutions by Kate Clark)
    Duration
    04:07
    Composer
    Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
    Ensemble
    The Attaignant Consort
  2. 2 Fantasia 02:05
    Track
    2
    Title
    Fantasia
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Giovanni Bassano
    Ensemble
    The Attaignant Consort
  3. 3 Canzon decima 01:59
    Track
    3
    Title
    Canzon decima
    Duration
    01:59
    Composer
    Luzzasco Luzzaschi
    Ensemble
    The Attaignant Consort
  4. 4 Varietie of Lute Lessons: The Knight of the Lute Fantasie 02:24
    Track
    4
    Title
    Varietie of Lute Lessons: The Knight of the Lute Fantasie
    Duration
    02:24
    Composer
    John Dowland
    Performer
    Nigel North
  5. 5 Canzon settimadecima 03:19
    Track
    5
    Title
    Canzon settimadecima
    Duration
    03:19
    Composer
    Gioseffo Guami
    Ensemble
    The Attaignant Consort
  6. 6 Fantasia seconda 04:38
    Track
    6
    Title
    Fantasia seconda
    Duration
    04:38
    Composer
    Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi
    Ensemble
    The Attaignant Consort
  7. 7 L'enfant amour 01:51
    Track
    7
    Title
    L'enfant amour
    Duration
    01:51
    Composer
    Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
    Ensemble
    The Attaignant Consort
  8. 8 Yeux, qui guidez mon ame en l'amoureux voyage 03:07
    Track
    8
    Title
    Yeux, qui guidez mon ame en l'amoureux voyage
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
    Ensemble
    The Attaignant Consort
  9. 9 Psalm 9 03:17
    Track
    9
    Title
    Psalm 9
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
    Ensemble
    The Attaignant Consort
  10. 10 My choice is made 01:30
    Track
    10
    Title
    My choice is made
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Francis Pilkington
    Ensemble
    The Attaignant Consort
  11. 11 Fantasia la tortorella 02:05
    Track
    11
    Title
    Fantasia la tortorella
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Thomas Morley
    Ensemble
    The Attaignant Consort
  12. 12 Galliard, "Sleep wayward thoughts" (arr. N. North for lute) 01:17
    Track
    12
    Title
    Galliard, "Sleep wayward thoughts" (arr. N. North for lute)
    Duration
    01:17
    Composer
    John Dowland
    Performer
    Nigel North
  13. 13 Fantasia 01:23
    Track
    13
    Title
    Fantasia
    Duration
    01:23
    Composer
    Thomas Lupo
    Ensemble
    The Attaignant Consort
  14. 14 Fantasia 03:04
    Track
    14
    Title
    Fantasia
    Duration
    03:04
    Composer
    Christopher Gibbons
    Ensemble
    The Attaignant Consort
  15. 15 Premiere entree de luth 01:19
    Track
    15
    Title
    Premiere entree de luth
    Duration
    01:19
    Composer
    Robert Ballard
    Performer
    Nigel North
  16. 16 Si le penser de mon ame 01:35
    Track
    16
    Title
    Si le penser de mon ame
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    Charles Tessier
    Ensemble
    The Attaignant Consort
  17. 17 Si c'est un crime que l'aymer 01:13
    Track
    17
    Title
    Si c'est un crime que l'aymer
    Duration
    01:13
    Composer
    Antoine Boësset
    Ensemble
    The Attaignant Consort
  18. 18 Esprits qui soupirez 01:13
    Track
    18
    Title
    Esprits qui soupirez
    Duration
    01:13
    Composer
    Pierre Guédron
    Ensemble
    The Attaignant Consort
  19. 19 O destin par trop rigoureux 01:02
    Track
    19
    Title
    O destin par trop rigoureux
    Duration
    01:02
    Composer
    Pierre Guédron
    Ensemble
    The Attaignant Consort
  20. 20 Si le parler et le silence 01:05
    Track
    20
    Title
    Si le parler et le silence
    Duration
    01:05
    Composer
    Pierre Guédron
    Ensemble
    The Attaignant Consort
  21. 21 Chaconne des Harlequins de Mr. Lully 02:57
    Track
    21
    Title
    Chaconne des Harlequins de Mr. Lully
    Duration
    02:57
    Composer
    Robert de Visée
    Performer
    Nigel North
  22. 22 Ritournelle de Ma bergere 02:01
    Track
    22
    Title
    Ritournelle de Ma bergere
    Duration
    02:01
    Composer
    Michel Lambert
    Ensemble
    The Attaignant Consort
  23. 23 Si c'est un crime que l'aymer 02:11
    Track
    23
    Title
    Si c'est un crime que l'aymer
    Duration
    02:11
    Composer
    Antoine Boësset, Jacques-Martin Hotteterre
    Ensemble
    The Attaignant Consort
  24. 24 Ritournelle de L'amour, le seul amour 02:55
    Track
    24
    Title
    Ritournelle de L'amour, le seul amour
    Duration
    02:55
    Composer
    Michel Lambert
    Ensemble
    The Attaignant Consort
  25. 25 Prelude 01:49
    Track
    25
    Title
    Prelude
    Duration
    01:49
    Composer
    Robert de Visée
    Performer
    Nigel North
  26. 26 Chaconne 01:52
    Track
    26
    Title
    Chaconne
    Duration
    01:52
    Composer
    Robert de Visée
    Performer
    Nigel North
  27. 27 Fanfare a trois flutes 01:03
    Track
    27
    Title
    Fanfare a trois flutes
    Duration
    01:03
    Composer
    Jacques-Martin Hotteterre
    Ensemble
    The Attaignant Consort
  28. 28 Brunette en trio, "L'amant le plus fidelle" 01:13
    Track
    28
    Title
    Brunette en trio, "L'amant le plus fidelle"
    Duration
    01:13
    Composer
    Jacques-Martin Hotteterre
    Ensemble
    The Attaignant Consort
  29. 29 Air anglois a trois flutes 00:53
    Track
    29
    Title
    Air anglois a trois flutes
    Duration
    00:53
    Composer
    Jacques-Martin Hotteterre
    Ensemble
    The Attaignant Consort
  30. 30 I. Adagio 02:48
    Track
    30
    Title
    I. Adagio
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
    Ensemble
    The Attaignant Consort
  31. 31 II. Presto 01:53
    Track
    31
    Title
    II. Presto
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
    Ensemble
    The Attaignant Consort
  32. 32 III. Adagio 01:41
    Track
    32
    Title
    III. Adagio
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
    Ensemble
    The Attaignant Consort
  33. 33 IV. Allegro 01:31
    Track
    33
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    01:31
    Composer
    Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
    Ensemble
    The Attaignant Consort