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Le Plaintif / Cordevento
Brilliant Classics

Le Plaintif / Cordevento

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Details

Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
Cordevento
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Jan 22, 2021
Catalog #
BRI95694
UPC
5028421956947

About

An ‘illuminating’ series (Fanfare) reaches Volume 9, presenting the complete piano sonatas on instruments of the period. The French grand siècle is most often viewed through the gilt-framed mirrors of Versailles, showing the pomp and splendour, the feasts and formality of Louis XIV’s reign. However, the composers of his court took special pains to represent and analyze the human condition in all its moods, not least mourning and sadness. The entire aesthetic imaginary of this era is imbued with the power and charm of tears: the audience – in the words of philosopher Bernard de Fontenelle – wants ‘to be moved, agitated, [...] to shed tears. The pleasure one takes in crying is so curious that I cannot help but think about it.’ The aesthetic of sorrow and grief was so powerful that not even instrumental music could resist its charm. Marais, Hotteterre and their contemporaries wrote eloquent examples of the plainte and the tombeau as well as courantes and allemandes which conveyed a sad and lamenting mood, through slow tempos, minor modes dissonance and chromaticism. It is from this eloquent repertoire that Cordevento, expanded for the occasion to a five-person lineup, has assembled an imaginative programme. The lion’s share is drawn from two collections of suites en trio by Marin Marais and Antoine Dornel, performed by Erik Bosgraaf (recorder) and Robert Smith (treble viola da gamba) with their colleagues Izhar Elias, Israel Golani and Alessandro Pianu (respectively on baroque guitar, theorbo, harpsichord) providing attentive and generous continuo accompaniment. Erik Bosgraaf also takes the spotlight with a selection of pieces for solo recorder and basso continuo by Hotteterre, Philidor and Montéclair, while his Cordevento co-founders Izhar Elias and Alessandro Pianu contribute solo pieces by Campion and d’Anglebert.

REVIEW:

The aesthetics of grief and mourning have had a great influence on the instrumental music of Marin Marais, Pierre Philidor, and Jacques Hotteterre. This is expressed on the CD Le Plaintif, on which the Ensemble Cordevento has put together a program in which the recorders of Erik Bosgraaf in particular achieve special expressiveness.

– Pizzicato

Tracklist 24 tracks

  1. 1 I. Prélude 02:18
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Prélude
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    Marin Marais
    Ensemble
    Cordevento
  2. 2 VIII. Plainte 03:03
    Track
    2
    Title
    VIII. Plainte
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    Marin Marais
    Ensemble
    Cordevento
  3. 3 Prélude 01:47
    Track
    3
    Title
    Prélude
    Duration
    01:47
    Composer
    Jean Henri D'Anglebert
    Ensemble
    Cordevento
  4. 4 Passacaille 04:55
    Track
    4
    Title
    Passacaille
    Duration
    04:55
    Composer
    Jean Henri D'Anglebert
    Ensemble
    Cordevento
  5. 5 Première suitte de pièces à 2 dessus, Op. 4, No. 2: VII. Rondo 03:02
    Track
    5
    Title
    Première suitte de pièces à 2 dessus, Op. 4, No. 2: VII. Rondo
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Jacques-Martin Hotteterre
    Ensemble
    Cordevento
  6. 6 Pièces en trio: Suite No. 2a in G Minor: III. Sarabande 02:34
    Track
    6
    Title
    Pièces en trio: Suite No. 2a in G Minor: III. Sarabande
    Duration
    02:34
    Composer
    Marin Marais
    Ensemble
    Cordevento
  7. 7 Pieces en trio: Suite No. 4 in B-Flat Major: VIII. Plainte 03:38
    Track
    7
    Title
    Pieces en trio: Suite No. 4 in B-Flat Major: VIII. Plainte
    Duration
    03:38
    Composer
    Marin Marais
    Ensemble
    Cordevento
  8. 8 I. Ouverture 02:31
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Ouverture
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Louis-Antoine Dornel
    Ensemble
    Cordevento
  9. 9 II. Air Grave 02:26
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Air Grave
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Louis-Antoine Dornel
    Ensemble
    Cordevento
  10. 10 Concert No. 1 for 2 Flutes in D Minor: VII. Plainte 03:26
    Track
    10
    Title
    Concert No. 1 for 2 Flutes in D Minor: VII. Plainte
    Duration
    03:26
    Composer
    Michel Pignolet de Montéclair
    Ensemble
    Cordevento
  11. 11 Nouvelles découvertes Sur la Guitarre: Allemande 03:06
    Track
    11
    Title
    Nouvelles découvertes Sur la Guitarre: Allemande
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    François Campion
    Ensemble
    Cordevento
  12. 12 I. Prélude 02:05
    Track
    12
    Title
    I. Prélude
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Louis-Antoine Dornel
    Ensemble
    Cordevento
  13. 13 II. Allemande 02:23
    Track
    13
    Title
    II. Allemande
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Louis-Antoine Dornel
    Ensemble
    Cordevento
  14. 14 Suitte en Trio No. 5 in G Major, Op. 1: IV. Plainte 02:37
    Track
    14
    Title
    Suitte en Trio No. 5 in G Major, Op. 1: IV. Plainte
    Duration
    02:37
    Composer
    Louis-Antoine Dornel
    Ensemble
    Cordevento
  15. 15 Suitte en Trio No. 3 in E Minor, Op. 1: VI. Passacaille 02:21
    Track
    15
    Title
    Suitte en Trio No. 3 in E Minor, Op. 1: VI. Passacaille
    Duration
    02:21
    Composer
    Louis-Antoine Dornel
    Ensemble
    Cordevento
  16. 16 Pièces en trio: Suite No. 1 in C Major: II. Sarabande 02:18
    Track
    16
    Title
    Pièces en trio: Suite No. 1 in C Major: II. Sarabande
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    Marin Marais
    Ensemble
    Cordevento
  17. 17 Deuxième livre de pièces, Op. 5: I. Prélude 03:25
    Track
    17
    Title
    Deuxième livre de pièces, Op. 5: I. Prélude
    Duration
    03:25
    Composer
    Jacques-Martin Hotteterre
    Ensemble
    Cordevento
  18. 18 V. Sarabande en rondeau 03:11
    Track
    18
    Title
    V. Sarabande en rondeau
    Duration
    03:11
    Composer
    Marin Marais
    Ensemble
    Cordevento
  19. 19 VI. Menuet 00:57
    Track
    19
    Title
    VI. Menuet
    Duration
    00:57
    Composer
    Marin Marais
    Ensemble
    Cordevento
  20. 20 I. Très Lentement 02:38
    Track
    20
    Title
    I. Très Lentement
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Pierre Danican Philidor
    Ensemble
    Cordevento
  21. 21 II. Allemande 02:21
    Track
    21
    Title
    II. Allemande
    Duration
    02:21
    Composer
    Pierre Danican Philidor
    Ensemble
    Cordevento
  22. 22 III. Sarabande. Tres tendrement - Un peu plus gay, Et pique -Mouvement ordinaire 03:40
    Track
    22
    Title
    III. Sarabande. Tres tendrement - Un peu plus gay, Et pique -Mouvement ordinaire
    Duration
    03:40
    Composer
    Pierre Danican Philidor
    Ensemble
    Cordevento
  23. 23 IV. Gigue. Gayment 02:02
    Track
    23
    Title
    IV. Gigue. Gayment
    Duration
    02:02
    Composer
    Pierre Danican Philidor
    Ensemble
    Cordevento
  24. 24 Suitte en Trio No. 6 in E Minor, Op. 1: VI. Chaconne 03:44
    Track
    24
    Title
    Suitte en Trio No. 6 in E Minor, Op. 1: VI. Chaconne
    Duration
    03:44
    Composer
    Louis-Antoine Dornel
    Ensemble
    Cordevento