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any recordings have of course been made of François Couperin’s music; this project does not, therefore, aim to provide the discography with yet another version of one or another group of his works. Harpsichordist Brice Sailly has gone through Couperin’s chamber music, his little-known airs de cour and several other of his harpsichord works; here he offers us a poetic journey through an imaginary Arcadia where various characters stroll about, fall in love, and become estranged again.
These are the same characters that populate the literature that inspired both Italian madrigals and the “air français”: they are generally shepherds and shepherdesses and bear such names as Tirsis, Zéphire, Silvie, Phillis and Iris. The handful of vocal works by Couperin here recorded by soprano Emmanuelle de Negri were published under the name of Airs sérieux or Airs à boire and appeared in compilations of works by various composers during the first years of the 18th century; they can therefore still be dated from the reign of Louis XIV. The several instrumental pieces that punctuate the vocal works in this programme have been taken from the Concerts royaux and the Nations. Two dances of folk origin, a Gavotte for oboe and bassoon and the Forlane for violin and viola from the Quatrième Concert royal provide a clear depiction of the pastoral theme.
Brice Sailly plays on a modern copy of a cembalo by Antoine Vatter, French by adoption but German by birth, who did not forget his origins and his germanic culture. He constructed a harpsichord in 1732 – currently on view in the Musée de la Musique in Paris – in which he recalled the polyphonic roots of the instruments of his childhood in Hanover and recast these memories into the French aesthetic of the time. The harpsichord has been tuned according to the requirements of the French Tempéraments ordinaires: these contain chords that have preserved a few pure thirds inherited from mesotonic tuning, whilst making other adaptations to correct notes that would otherwise be too false in some slightly unusual tonalities. © SM/Qobuz
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François Couperin, Composer - Emanuelle De Negri, MainArtist - La chambre claire, MainArtist - Brice Sailly, MainArtist
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Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - François Couperin, Composer - Brice Sailly, MainArtist
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Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - François Couperin, Composer - Brice Sailly, MainArtist
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Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - François Couperin, Composer - La chambre claire, MainArtist - Brice Sailly, MainArtist
2018 Outhere 2017 Outhere
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - François Couperin, Composer - La chambre claire, MainArtist - Brice Sailly, MainArtist
2018 Outhere 2017 Outhere
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - François Couperin, Composer - Brice Sailly, MainArtist
2018 Outhere 2017 Outhere
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - François Couperin, Composer - Brice Sailly, MainArtist
2018 Outhere 2017 Outhere
François Couperin, Composer - Emanuelle De Negri, MainArtist - La chambre claire, MainArtist - Brice Sailly, MainArtist
2018 Outhere 2017 Outhere
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - François Couperin, Composer - Brice Sailly, MainArtist
2018 Outhere 2017 Outhere
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - François Couperin, Composer - Brice Sailly, MainArtist
2018 Outhere 2017 Outhere
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - François Couperin, Composer - Brice Sailly, MainArtist
2018 Outhere 2017 Outhere
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - François Couperin, Composer - Brice Sailly, MainArtist
2018 Outhere 2017 Outhere
François Couperin, Composer - Emanuelle De Negri, MainArtist - La chambre claire, MainArtist - Brice Sailly, MainArtist
2018 Outhere 2017 Outhere
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - François Couperin, Composer - Brice Sailly, MainArtist
2018 Outhere 2017 Outhere
François Couperin, Composer - Emanuelle De Negri, MainArtist - La chambre claire, MainArtist - Brice Sailly, MainArtist
2018 Outhere 2017 Outhere
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - François Couperin, Composer - La chambre claire, MainArtist - Brice Sailly, MainArtist
2018 Outhere 2017 Outhere
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - François Couperin, Composer - La chambre claire, MainArtist - Brice Sailly, MainArtist
2018 Outhere 2017 Outhere
François Couperin, Composer - Emanuelle De Negri, MainArtist - La chambre claire, MainArtist - Brice Sailly, MainArtist
2018 Outhere 2017 Outhere
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - François Couperin, Composer - La chambre claire, MainArtist - Brice Sailly, MainArtist
2018 Outhere 2017 Outhere
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - François Couperin, Composer - Brice Sailly, MainArtist
2018 Outhere 2017 Outhere
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - François Couperin, Composer - La chambre claire, MainArtist - Brice Sailly, MainArtist
2018 Outhere 2017 Outhere
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - François Couperin, Composer - Brice Sailly, MainArtist
2018 Outhere 2017 Outhere
Album review
any recordings have of course been made of François Couperin’s music; this project does not, therefore, aim to provide the discography with yet another version of one or another group of his works. Harpsichordist Brice Sailly has gone through Couperin’s chamber music, his little-known airs de cour and several other of his harpsichord works; here he offers us a poetic journey through an imaginary Arcadia where various characters stroll about, fall in love, and become estranged again.
These are the same characters that populate the literature that inspired both Italian madrigals and the “air français”: they are generally shepherds and shepherdesses and bear such names as Tirsis, Zéphire, Silvie, Phillis and Iris. The handful of vocal works by Couperin here recorded by soprano Emmanuelle de Negri were published under the name of Airs sérieux or Airs à boire and appeared in compilations of works by various composers during the first years of the 18th century; they can therefore still be dated from the reign of Louis XIV. The several instrumental pieces that punctuate the vocal works in this programme have been taken from the Concerts royaux and the Nations. Two dances of folk origin, a Gavotte for oboe and bassoon and the Forlane for violin and viola from the Quatrième Concert royal provide a clear depiction of the pastoral theme.
Brice Sailly plays on a modern copy of a cembalo by Antoine Vatter, French by adoption but German by birth, who did not forget his origins and his germanic culture. He constructed a harpsichord in 1732 – currently on view in the Musée de la Musique in Paris – in which he recalled the polyphonic roots of the instruments of his childhood in Hanover and recast these memories into the French aesthetic of the time. The harpsichord has been tuned according to the requirements of the French Tempéraments ordinaires: these contain chords that have preserved a few pure thirds inherited from mesotonic tuning, whilst making other adaptations to correct notes that would otherwise be too false in some slightly unusual tonalities. © SM/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 22 track(s)
- Total length: 01:07:39
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Brice Sailly La chambre claire Emmanuelle de Negri
- Composer: François Couperin
- Label: Ricercar
- Genre: Classical Chamber Music
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