Philidor - Suites pour hautbois (Suites for oboe) | Zig Zag Territoires ZZT080203

Philidor - Suites pour hautbois (Suites for oboe)

Label: Zig Zag Territoires

Cat No: ZZT080203

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 31st March 2008

Contents

Works

Philidor
Cinquieme Suitte in D minor

Philidor
Premiere Suitte in G minor

Philidor
Troisieme Suitte de trios in C Major

Philidor
Troisieme Suitte in D minor

Philidor
Quatrieme Suitte in G minor

Artists

Antoine Torunczyck (oboe)
L’Assemblee des Honnestes Curieux

Works

Philidor
Cinquieme Suitte in D minor

Philidor
Premiere Suitte in G minor

Philidor
Troisieme Suitte de trios in C Major

Philidor
Troisieme Suitte in D minor

Philidor
Quatrieme Suitte in G minor

Artists

Antoine Torunczyck (oboe)
L’Assemblee des Honnestes Curieux

About

Pierre Philidor belongs to the illustrious Philidor dynasty of musicians and instrument makers, which began its career playing shawms (regarded as outdoor instruments in the reign of Louis XIII), then moved on to the oboe, which was first admitted by Lully to the Petite Bande of violins and later managed to gain admission to the company of ‘noble’ instruments (harpsichord, viola da gamba, and so on).

Here Antoine Torunczyck rehabilitates the music of Pierre Philidor, the grandson of the first generation of makers who transformed the shawm into the oboe around 1660, and son of the Philidor who persuaded Lully to introduce the oboe to the Petite Bande.

The first appealing feature of this recording is the rediscovery of a wonderful composer too often confused with the rest of his dynasty.

Its second attraction is that Alfredo Bernardini has built two “twinned” instruments specially for this recording, making exact copies without changing either the pitch or the tuning (a = 398 Hz). By respecting the original pitch of the instruments, we have given them back their original flexibility and brilliance.

Finally, just as Pierre Philidor belonged to the third generation of musicians after the adoption of the “new” oboe, I am a member of the third generation of “Baroque” performers. I am therefore touched and proud that two illustrious members of the preceding generations, my teacher Alfredo Bernardini and his teacher Bruce Haynes, have agreed to participate in this project.’ - Antoine Torunczyk

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