Francis Colpron, Les Boréades de Montréal - Journey (2007)

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Artist: Francis Colpron, Les Boréades de Montréal
Title: Journey
Year Of Release: 2007
Label: ATMA Classique
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:13:13
Total Size: 426 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

King Arthur, Z. 628 (Henry Purcell)
1. Chaconne03:40
La Calisto (Excerpts Arr. for Chamber Ensemble) (Francesco Cavalli)
2. Sinfonia 03:51
3. Non e maggior piacere 02:50
4. Ninfa bella che momora 03:21
5. Passacaglio a 4 01:20
6. Mio foco fatale 01:51
7. Sinfonia Quarta 00:50
8. Ciacona 02:30
Concerto for Flute & Violin in E Minor, TWV 52:e3 (Georg Philipp Telemann)
9. I. Allegro 02:57
10. II. Adagio 02:17
11. III. Presto - Adagio - Allegro 04:46
6 Violin Sonatas, Op. 4 (Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli)
12. Sonata prima La Bernabea (arr. for recorder and basso continuo)Francis Colpron 07:19
Simphonia V (Louis-Nicolas Clérambault)
13. Chaconne in D Major 05:33
Les Caractères de la danse (Jean-Féry Rebel)
14. Les Caracteres de la danse (excerpts) 08:09
Fechtschule Ballet Suite (Johann Heinrich Schmelzer)
15. The Fencing School 07:20
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Henry Purcell)
16. Prelude01:04
King Arthur, Z. 628 (Henry Purcell)
17. Trumpet tune01:38
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Elkanah Settle)
18. First Music01:40
Concerto comique No. 25 in G Minor "Les Sauvages" (Michel Corrette)
19. I. Allegro Les Sauvages 03:12
20. II. Andante 02:01
21. III. Allegro La Furstemberg 03:30
Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse Suite (Joseph Bodin de Boismortier)
22. Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse Suite 01:34

Performers:
Les Boréades de Montréal
Francis Colpron

Journey is a compilation of greatest hits from CDs of Les Boréades de Montréal, an early music ensemble that focuses on music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It was probably compiled as a promotional teaser, to tantalize listeners into going out and buying the albums from which these excerpts were extracted, and if that was the intent it ought to be entirely successful. The performers play with infectious verve and with a lilt that comes close to being a swing. The pieces from the earlier to mid-Baroque, by Purcell and Cavalli, come to life with a special energy. The excerpts from Cavalli's opera La Calisto, which include transcriptions of vocal pieces, are especially entertaining, and even without words the music conveys a sense of wild hilarity. (Cavalli must have been something like the John Waters of his day; the over-the-top librettos he chose and his zany music must certainly have pushed the standards of what was acceptable in seventeenth century Venice.) Even the "serious" pieces included, by Telemann and Clérambault, are played with beguiling panache. The sound is consistently clear and spacious. This CD should be required listening for anyone who has never been seduced by music of the Baroque era -- it should dispel any stereotypes of Baroque music as stiff and stuffy.

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