Les Galanteries: Mandolin Music from 18th Century Paris
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Label: Brilliant Classics
Cat No: 94636
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 25th November 2013
Contents
Works
Sonatas (3) for 2 mandolinsSonata in G minor
Ariette
Ariette
Petit air
Air de Julie
Air de deserteur
Air de serrurier
Sonata per mandolino solo e basso
Minuetto afandangado: Andante con variazioni
Sonata per mandolino e basso
Sonata per mandolino e basso
Artists
Nathalie Pearson (soprano)Artemandoline
Works
Sonatas (3) for 2 mandolinsSonata in G minor
Ariette
Ariette
Petit air
Air de Julie
Air de deserteur
Air de serrurier
Sonata per mandolino solo e basso
Minuetto afandangado: Andante con variazioni
Sonata per mandolino e basso
Sonata per mandolino e basso
Artists
Nathalie Pearson (soprano)Artemandoline
About
‘Galant pleasures’ seems an apt description for this release, which presents a charming selection of works written for the mandolin in 18th‐century Paris. Indeed, it was around this time that a number of plucked instruments came into vogue, and the mandolin in particular found great success among the nobility and middle classes, taking part in an atmosphere of intellect and refinement that prompted a new artistic direction in music of the period, revolutionising audiences’ tastes and
sensibilities along the way.
Zaneboni, Altieri, Cifolelli, de Gistau, de Ferreira: many of the composers included hailed from different parts of Europe, eventually settling in Paris where music for the mandolin was reaching its zenith. The vast majority, if not all, will be unfamiliar with listeners, but this should not discourage them from tapping into a gem‐packed compendium built around a number of sonatas as well as arias – works which highlight the instrument’s divertissement role in salons of the time.
Acclaimed period‐performance group Artemandoline is the featured ensemble, all of its members having undertaken painstaking research in order to recapture the standards of mandolin playing once enjoyed among the upper echelons of society, and which has set new standards in the interpretation and perception of 17th‐ and 18th‐century works.
Joined by soprano Nathalie Pearson, this release marks their second recording for Brilliant Classics, the first dedicated to the complete mandolin sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti (BC 94477).
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