74 J A d'Anglebert: Harpsichord Works and Airs after Lully - Céline Frisch, harpsichord; Café Zimmermann

ALPHA074 J A d'Anglebert: Harpsichord Works and Airs after Lully - Céline Frisch, harpsichord; Café Zimmermann

Label - Alpha

Cat. No. - ALPHA074

2 CD Set

Including D'Anglebert Harpsichord works: Suite in G major, Transcriptions of airs by Monsieur de Lully: Overture to Cadmus, Ritournelle des fées from Rolland, Chaconne from Phaeton, Overture to La Mascarade, Sarabande 'Dieux des Enfers', Les Sourdines from Armide, Les Songes agréables from Atys, Air d'Apollon from Le Triomphe de l'Amour, Passacaille from Armide; Suite in G minor; Airs by Monsieur de Lully played by Café Zimmermann Overture to Cadmus, Ritournelle des fées from Rolland, Petit Air pour les mesmes, Chaconne from Phaeton, Overture to La Mascarade, Les Songes agreables from Atys, Sarabande 'Dieux des Enfers', Air d'Apollon from Le Triomphe de l'Amour, Passacaille from Armide Pièces d'orgue by D'Anglebert

D'Anglebert's two Suites in G major and G minor show the refinement of this composer through pieces that are sometimes poetic, sometimes lively, but always rich and profound. But the most unusual, and the most captivating pieces, are D'Anglebert's brilliant harpsichord transcriptions of airs from Lully's operas. Transcriptions of transcriptions, we should say, for D'Anglebert did not in fact use the original airs but rather the orchestral adaptations made by Lully himself. To witness the successive metamorphoses of the same musical material - a process typical of Baroque - is quite fascinating. We find D'Anglebert making the most of his skill as court harpsichordist and taking full advantage of the instrument's technical and expressive possibilities to bring out the beauty of Lully's orchestral music.

The originality of this recording lies in the fact that it enables music lovers to compare D'Anglebert's transcriptions with the music of Lully in its original version. The Quelques Fugues pour l'Orgue complete this portrait of D'Anglebert the musician. In his preface the composer presents these fugues as follows: 'I also wished to give a small sample of my earlier compositions for the organ, which is why I have included five fugues on the same subject, with variations.'
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