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The programme for Pierre Gallon’s new record enjoys the high patronage of a gentleman who was famous in Parisian musical circles in the first half of the 17th century, a certain Charles Fleury Sieur de Blancrocher (or Blanrocher, Blancheroche, 1605-1652). Although he was much admired as a lutenist in his own time, he never took the instrument up professionally.
We know relatively little about his life - merely that he became friends with the harpsichordist Johann Jakob Froberger (1616-1667)… and then that he died in rather comical circumstances, falling down his own stairs in the aforesaid Mr Froberger’s presence. Finally, he has left us a single piece, for the lute - L’Offrande (The Offering), which is to be found in two major sources from the period.
When Blancrocher died no fewer than four composers each wrote a “tombeau” - a tribute piece - in memory of the lutenist. Froberger and Louis Couperin’s pieces were written for the harpsichord, whereas Dufaut and Denis Gaultier’s were for the lute. Although fairly different, all four are wonderful; indeed each of them is a major piece in its composer’s body of work, so the idea is to bring these four tombeaux together on record for the first time. They are the four cornerstones upon which the programme as a whole rests, and then laid out around them there will be various other pieces which are formally more conventional (preludes, dance suites, fantasias, etc.) composed by the same four composers in Paris in the 1650s.
Although Couperin and Froberger both composed for the harpsichord, Gaultier and Dufaut were both lutenists, and so Pierre Gallon has transcribed their pieces on the record for the harpsichord, as people might have done at the time. Finally, the programme comes full circle by - quite literally - inviting Mr de Blancrocher to attend his own tribute, as the lutenist Diego Salamanca performs Blancrocher’s Allemande. © L'Encelade
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Prélude en ré (Louis Couperin)
Pierre Gallon, Harpsichord - Louis Couperin, Composer
2019 2019 L'Encelade
Tombeau de Mr Blanrocher (François Dufaut)
Pierre Gallon, Harpsichord - François Dufaut, Composer
2019 2019 L'Encelade
Courante (François Dufaut)
Pierre Gallon, Harpsichord - François Dufaut, Composer
2019 2019 L'Encelade
Sarabande & Double (François Dufaut)
Pierre Gallon, Harpsichord - François Dufaut, Composer
2019 2019 L'Encelade
Gigue (François Dufaut)
Pierre Gallon, Harpsichord - François Dufaut, Composer
2019 2019 L'Encelade
Gavotte (François Dufaut)
Pierre Gallon, Harpsichord - François Dufaut, Composer
2019 2019 L'Encelade
Tombeau fait a Paris sur la mort de Monsieur Blancheroche, FbWV 632 (Johann Jakob Froberger)
Pierre Gallon, Harpsichord - Johann Jakob Froberger, Composer
2019 2019 L'Encelade
Fantaisie (Louis Couperin)
Pierre Gallon, Harpsichord - Louis Couperin, Composer
2019 2019 L'Encelade
Tocade (Johann Jakob Froberger)
Pierre Gallon, Harpsichord - Johann Jakob Froberger, Composer
2019 2019 L'Encelade
Fantasia (Johann Jakob Froberger)
Pierre Gallon, Harpsichord - Johann Jakob Froberger, Composer
2019 2019 L'Encelade
Lais larmes de Gauttier ou Le Tombeau de Blanrocher (Denis Gaultier)
Pierre Gallon, Harpsichord - Denis Gaultier, Composer
2019 2019 L'Encelade
Prélude à l'imitation de Mr Froberger (Louis Couperin)
Pierre Gallon, Harpsichord - Louis Couperin, Composer
2019 2019 L'Encelade
Allemande faite à Paris (Johann Jakob Froberger)
Pierre Gallon, Harpsichord - Johann Jakob Froberger, Composer
2019 2019 L'Encelade
Courante (Johann Jakob Froberger)
Pierre Gallon, Harpsichord - Johann Jakob Froberger, Composer
2019 2019 L'Encelade
Sarabanda (Johann Jakob Froberger)
Pierre Gallon, Harpsichord - Johann Jakob Froberger, Composer
2019 2019 L'Encelade
Gigue (Johann Jakob Froberger)
Pierre Gallon, Harpsichord - Johann Jakob Froberger, Composer
2019 2019 L'Encelade
Prélude (Denis Gaultier)
Pierre Gallon, Harpsichord - Denis Gaultier, Composer - Jean-Henri d'Anglebert, Transcripton
2019 2019 L'Encelade
Sarabande (Denis Gaultier)
Pierre Gallon, Harpsichord - Denis Gaultier, Composer
2019 2019 L'Encelade
Fantaisies (Denis Gaultier)
Pierre Gallon, Harpsichord - Denis Gaultier, Composer
2019 2019 L'Encelade
Gigue (Denis Gaultier)
Pierre Gallon, Harpsichord - Denis Gaultier, Composer
2019 2019 L'Encelade
Prélude en fa (Louis Couperin)
Pierre Gallon, Harpsichord - Louis Couperin, Composer
2019 2019 L'Encelade
Allemande grave (Louis Couperin)
Pierre Gallon, Harpsichord - Louis Couperin, Composer
2019 2019 L'Encelade
Courante (Louis Couperin)
Pierre Gallon, Harpsichord - Louis Couperin, Composer
2019 2019 L'Encelade
Tombeau de Mr de Blancrocher (Louis Couperin)
Pierre Gallon, Harpsichord - Louis Couperin, Composer
2019 2019 L'Encelade
L'Offrande, allemande de Blanrocher (Charles Fleury sieur de Blancrocher)
Diego Salamanca, Baroque lute - Charles Fleury sieur de Blancrocher, Composer
2019 2019 L'Encelade
Albumbeschreibung
The programme for Pierre Gallon’s new record enjoys the high patronage of a gentleman who was famous in Parisian musical circles in the first half of the 17th century, a certain Charles Fleury Sieur de Blancrocher (or Blanrocher, Blancheroche, 1605-1652). Although he was much admired as a lutenist in his own time, he never took the instrument up professionally.
We know relatively little about his life - merely that he became friends with the harpsichordist Johann Jakob Froberger (1616-1667)… and then that he died in rather comical circumstances, falling down his own stairs in the aforesaid Mr Froberger’s presence. Finally, he has left us a single piece, for the lute - L’Offrande (The Offering), which is to be found in two major sources from the period.
When Blancrocher died no fewer than four composers each wrote a “tombeau” - a tribute piece - in memory of the lutenist. Froberger and Louis Couperin’s pieces were written for the harpsichord, whereas Dufaut and Denis Gaultier’s were for the lute. Although fairly different, all four are wonderful; indeed each of them is a major piece in its composer’s body of work, so the idea is to bring these four tombeaux together on record for the first time. They are the four cornerstones upon which the programme as a whole rests, and then laid out around them there will be various other pieces which are formally more conventional (preludes, dance suites, fantasias, etc.) composed by the same four composers in Paris in the 1650s.
Although Couperin and Froberger both composed for the harpsichord, Gaultier and Dufaut were both lutenists, and so Pierre Gallon has transcribed their pieces on the record for the harpsichord, as people might have done at the time. Finally, the programme comes full circle by - quite literally - inviting Mr de Blancrocher to attend his own tribute, as the lutenist Diego Salamanca performs Blancrocher’s Allemande. © L'Encelade
Details of original recording : Recorded January 2019, Studio de l’Orchestre National d’Île-de-France, Alfortville, Val-de-Marne (France)
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 25 track(s)
- Total length: 01:17:40
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Pierre Gallon, Diego Salamanca
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: L'encelade
- Area: France
- Genre: Klassiek
- Period: Baroque Music
2019 2019 L'Encelade
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