Sainte-Colombe - Concerts a deux violes esgales Vol.1 | Dynamic CDS7952

Sainte-Colombe - Concerts a deux violes esgales Vol.1

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Label: Dynamic

Cat No: CDS7952

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 17th June 2022

Contents

Works

Sainte-Colombe, Monsieur de

Concerts a deux violes esgales du Sieur de Sainte Colombe
» no.1 Le Retrouve
» no.6 La Duchesse
» no.7 Le Pleureux: Sarabande la pleureuse
» no.18 Les Bateries
» no.28 Le Passant
» no.39 Le Resjoui
» no.44 Tombeau: Les Pleurs
» no.45 Le Cor
» no.48 Le Raporte: Chacone raportee
» no.53 L'Aureille
» no.59 Le Precipite
» no.60 Le Majestueux
» no.61 Le Varie
» no.66 L'Infidelle

Artists

Paolo Biordi (bass viol)
Francesco Tomei (bass viol)

Works

Sainte-Colombe, Monsieur de

Concerts a deux violes esgales du Sieur de Sainte Colombe
» no.1 Le Retrouve
» no.6 La Duchesse
» no.7 Le Pleureux: Sarabande la pleureuse
» no.18 Les Bateries
» no.28 Le Passant
» no.39 Le Resjoui
» no.44 Tombeau: Les Pleurs
» no.45 Le Cor
» no.48 Le Raporte: Chacone raportee
» no.53 L'Aureille
» no.59 Le Precipite
» no.60 Le Majestueux
» no.61 Le Varie
» no.66 L'Infidelle

Artists

Paolo Biordi (bass viol)
Francesco Tomei (bass viol)

About

Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe’s life is largely shrouded in mystery, and almost nothing was known of his music until these Concerts à deux violes esgales were discovered in Geneva in 1966. Full of inspiration and fantasy, these pieces are often technically very demanding, innovatively deploying the viol’s entire range and putting players to the test in ways that were unprecedented in French viol literature. The sound of the viols is as haunting as the music’s titles are teasingly expressive, and for their extraordinary imagination, originality and rare sonic splendour these works are justly considered one of the great monuments of European Baroque music.

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