The Sultan and the Phoenix

On this CD:

1. La Piémontoise
Composed by Louis Couperin
Performed by Charivari Agreable

2. Pavane in F sharp minor
Composed by Louis Couperin
Performed by Charivari Agreable

3. Fantaisie pour les Violes
Composed by Louis Couperin
Performed by Charivari Agreable

4. 2e Fantaisie à 5 (April 24, 1655), for strings
Composed by Louis Couperin
Performed by Charivari Agreable

5. Le Phénix, concerto in D major for 4 bass viols/ cellos or bassoons & continuo
Composed by Michel Corrette
Performed by Charivari Agreable

6. Les Baricades Mistérieuses, for harpsichord (Pièces de clavecin, Book II, Ordre 6)
Composed by Francois Couperin
Performed by Charivari Agreable

7. Livre d'orgue contenant une suite du premier ton No. 6, Récit
Composed by Pierre Dumage
Performed by Charivari Agreable

8. La Sultane, sonata for 3 treble instruments & continuo
Composed by Francois Couperin
Performed by Charivari Agreable

9. La Chéron
Composed by Armand-Louis Couperin
Performed by Charivari Agreable

10. La Madin, for 2 harpsichords
Composed by Jacques Duphly
Performed by Charivari Agreable

11. La de Casaubon, for 2 harpsichords
Composed by Jacques Duphly
Performed by Charivari Agreable

12. Sonata en quatuor
Composed by Louis-Antoine Dornel
Performed by Charivari Agreable

13. Alcione, tragédie en musique Chaconne
Composed by Marin Marais
Performed by Charivari Agreable

The Sultan and the Phoenix, Music, Michel Corrette, Armand-Louis Couperin, Francois Couperin, Louis Couperin, Louis-Antoine Dornel, Pierre Dumage, Jacques Duphly, John Alan Griffiths, Marin Marais, Charivari Agreable, Basssoon Concerto, Chamber, Chamber Music, Chamber Music & Recitals, Character/Single-Movement/Miscellaneous Work for Keyboard, Classical, Classical Composers, Classical Music, Concerto, Contrapuntal/Improvisatory Keyboard Music, French Baroque Opera, Keyboard, Music for Keyboard, Opera, Pavane for Keyboard, String Chamber Music, Suite/Partita for Keyboard, Trio Sonata, Vocal, Vocal Music

Average customer rating: Simply delightful

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Tracks:

1. La Piemontoise
2. Pavanne in F sharp minor
3. Fantaisie pour les Violes
4. 2e Fantaisie a 5
5. Le Phenix: Allegro
6. Le Phenix: Adagio
7. Le Phenix: Allegro
8. Les baricades misterieuses
9. Recit
10. La Sultane
11. La Cheron
12. La Madin
13. La Casaubon
14. Sonate en quatuor in B minor
15. Chaconne

Customer Reviews:

Simply delightful.......2001-12-31

From the deep contemplation of Louis Couperin's Pavanne in F-Sharp Minor to the joie-de-vivre of Armand-Louis' La Cheron, there's something to appeal to everyone in this album. My particular favorite is the dramatic B-minor 'Sonate en Quatuor' by Louis-Antoine Dornel, which rivals the intensity and depth of expression of any more well-known composer.

This album also showcases a rarity in the Baroque: the consort of viols. The viol, or viola da gamba, is a six-stringed fretted instrument, related to the guitar and lute but bowed somewhat like the cello. Made in all sizes, it was considered the "Queen of Instruments" through the Renaissance and Baroque, falling into disuse with the Classical era. (The largest size, the violone, survived with considerable modification to become the modern double bass.) If you have seen the movie Tous les Matins du Monde, then you have seen and heard the viol and the music of some of its greatest proponents.

While music for solo bass viol is a mainstay of the French Baroque, it was rarely used in consort after about 1650. Charivari Agreable here has culled some fine examples of its later use, however, and arranged some pieces to suit a quartet of viols -- very true to the nature of Baroque music, which considered the musical line quite separable from the instrument used to realize it. The result is a true gem for anyone, and especially the viol enthusiast.

Music Track:

1. The Virtuoso Handel
2. Turban & Nemtsov Play Hebrew Melodies
3. Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8; Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3
4. Verdi: Itallan Opera, Vol.II
5. Verdi: Rigoletto (Gesamtaufnahme in deutscher sprache)
6. Weill: Symphonies 1, 2 & Bastille Music
7. Xenakis; Bouchard; Berio; Cage; Arseneault
8. 20 Great Tenors Sing 20 Great Tenor Arias
9. An American Landscape
10. Bach: Baroque Brass

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