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Louise Acabo - Chambonnieres Overseas [CD]

Louise Acabo - Chambonnieres Overseas [CD]

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Alpha Classics proudly presents "Baroque Stories", a new series of recordings devoted to young talents in early music; it's first recording introduces Louise Acabo, a French harpsichordist and winner of several international competitions who divides her time between Paris and Basel. She has chosen to devote her debut recording to Jacques Champion de Chambonnieres (ca1601-1672), composer of more than 150 harpsichord pieces and the first French musician of the 17th century to publish volumes of works for harpsichord. "Once you have heard the harpsichord played by the Sieur de Chambonnieres, you need hear nothing else", stated the Harmonie universelle of 1636. It was this unique relationship with sound that appealed to Louise Acabo: "his writing, eminently vocal, demands that the player transcend the mechanical aspect of the instrument and approach it's strength and fragility with suppleness". Although Chambonnieres never left France, his work crossed borders and influenced composers abroad, the English in particular. Louise Acabo has constructed her own list of works from available sources, alternating works by Chambonnieres with compositions by Locke, Preston and Bryne.

Tracklist:

  1. Suite en ré mineur (Melothesia)~Prelude (Melothesia, London 1673)
  2. Suite en ré mineur (Melothesia)~Allmain (Melothesia, London 1673)
  3. Almaine (courante) [Elizabeth Rogers Virginal Book, 1656]
  4. Sarabande en ré mineur (Bauyn, Paris)
  5. Gigue (la madeleinette) (Bauyn, Paris)
  6. Prélude (Pièces de clavecin, suite no. 3)
  7. Allemande la Rare (Pièces de clavessin, Livre I, Paris 1670)
  8. Courante (Bauyn, Paris)
  9. Melothesia~Saraband (Melothesia, London 1673)
  10. Ayre (Musick's Hand-Maid, John Playford)
  11. Saraband (Musick's Hand-Maid, John Playford)
  12. Vétille (gigue) (Oldham England)
  13. Suite (Partita) en la mineur No. 30~Plaincte (faite à Londres pour passer la Mélancholie)
  14. Suite en do majeur (II)~Prelude (Melothesia, London 1673)
  15. Suite en do majeur (II)~Almain (Melothesia, London 1673)
  16. Courante (Iris) (Brussels 27220)
  17. Suite en do majeur (I)~Country dance (Melothesia, London 1673)
  18. Pavane (dite L'entretien des dieux) (Bauyn, Paris)
  19. Suite XVIII En Sol Mineur~Allemande
  20. Suite XVIII En Sol Mineur~Gigue
  21. Suite XVIII En Sol Mineur~Courante
  22. Suite XVIII En Sol Mineur~Sarabande
  23. Chaconne rondeau (Pièces de clavecin)
  24. Prelude (Melothesia, London 1673)
  25. Allemande (Pièces de clavessin, Livre II, Paris 1670)
  26. Sarabande Chambonnières (avec Double) (Rés 89ter) / Double
  27. Courante (Bauyn, Paris) / Double (de la courante) (Rés 89ter)
  28. Sarabande en sol majeur (Bauyn, Paris)
  29. Tombeau de Mr de Chambonnières (Pièces de clavecin, Livre I, Paris 1689)

UPC: 3701624511565
Label: Alpha
Release Date: 10.17.25
Format: CD

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