Ensemble La Ninfea - Le Masque de Fer (2014) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Pasacaille lente La Desolée
02. Concert IX "Le Suppliant": I. Le Suppliant
03. Concert IX "Le Suppliant": II. Gavotte la coureuse. Preste
04. Concert IX "Le Suppliant": III. Sarabande
05. Pavane "L’entretien des dieux"
06. Tombeau pour Mr. de Sainte-Colombe
07. Trio Plaisirs Sujet: I. Gravement – moderé
08. Trio Plaisirs Sujet: II. Rondeau tendre
09. Trio Plaisirs Sujet: III. Tendre
10. Trio Plaisirs Sujet: IV. Moderé
11. Aus Manuscrit Saizenay: I. Le Rémouleur
12. Aus Manuscrit Saizenay: II. Que devant vous
13. Aus Manuscrit Saizenay: III. La Nonnette
14. Prélude improvisé
15. Allemande
16. Prélude improvisé
17. Assez de Pleurs
18. La Marotte
19. L’autre jour m’allant promener
20. Sommeil lent
21. Les voix humaines
22. Echos
23. Cloches ou Carillon



The man in the iron mask died in 1703 in the Bastille and was buried in an unknown place. From descriptions by his contemporaries, it is known that his numerous privileges included the possession of a lute and the most recent musical publications. His identity has remained a mystery to the present day...

The young ensemble La Ninfae (whose members include Barbara Heindlmeier, recorder, and Marthe Perl, viola da gamba) has attempted to imagine itself in the situation – the isolation and the anguish, but also the joyful moments – of the famous prisoner. And thus, alongside the melancholy loneliness, the music also reflects the multifaceted spirit of that ostentatious epoch. Sometimes it also tells of that what found its way to his ears in the prison: church bells (cloches), human voices (les voix humaines), or the echo in the corridors.

Ensemble La Ninfea:
Barbara Heindlmeier, recorder
Christian Heim, recorder, Viola da Gamba
Marthe Perl, Viola da Gamba
Simon Linné, theorbo, Baroque Guitar
Alina Rotaru, harpsichord

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