Chelys Consort of Viols - Les âges du monde: French Viol Consort Music through the Ages (2025) [Hi-Res]
Artist: Chelys Consort of Viols, James Akers, Harry Buckoke
Title: Les âges du monde: French Viol Consort Music through the Ages
Year Of Release: 2025
Label: BIS
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks) / 24bit-192kHz FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:04:38
Total Size: 334 MB / 1.22 GB
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Tracklist:Title: Les âges du monde: French Viol Consort Music through the Ages
Year Of Release: 2025
Label: BIS
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks) / 24bit-192kHz FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:04:38
Total Size: 334 MB / 1.22 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
1. Terpsichore, Musarum Aoniarum: Passamezze (2:48)
2. Terpsichore, Musarum Aoniarum: Pavane de Spaigne (1:13)
3. Terpsichore, Musarum Aoniarum: L’Espagnollette (1:01)
4. Terpsichore, Musarum Aoniarum: Bransle double de Poictou 1 & 2 (1:08)
5. Terpsichore, Musarum Aoniarum: Bransle de Montirande 1 & 2 (1:21)
6. Terpsichore, Musarum Aoniarum: Gavotte (1:07)
7. Chansons spirituelles: Susanne un jour (2:04)
8. Meslanges, Livre I: Susanne un jour (3:48)
9. Cinquième Livre d’airs de cour à quatre & cinq parties: Troisième Fantaisie à 4 pour les violes (3:09)
10. Une jeune fillette (Arranged by Tamsin Lewis & Ibrahim Aziz) (1:21)
11. Fantaisies sur "Une jeune fillette" à III. IV. V. et VI. Parties: No. 29 (à 3) (1:27)
12. Fantaisies sur "Une jeune fillette" à III. IV. V. et VI. Parties: No. 30 (à 3) (1:31)
13. Fantaisies sur "Une jeune fillette" à III. IV. V. et VI. Parties: No. 31 (à 4) (1:28)
14. Fantaisies sur "Une jeune fillette" à III. IV. V. et VI. Parties: No. 32 (à 4) (1:19)
15. Fantaisies sur "Une jeune fillette" à III. IV. V. et VI. Parties: No. 33 (à 5) (1:25)
16. Fantaisie à 5 parties (From the "Oldham Manuscript") [1] (1:47)
17. Fantaisie à 5 parties (From the ‘"Oldham Manuscript") [2] (1:38)
18. Meslanges à 2, 3, 4 et 5 parties: Allemande grave (5:18)
19. Cantica Sacra: No. 37, Symphonia (3:23)
20. Meslanges à 2, 3, 4 et 5 parties: Allemande fugue (2:18)
21. Nouvelles découvertes sur la guitare: Prélude (1:30)
22. Nouvelles découvertes sur la guitare: Pièces en D mineur, Op. 1: Allemande - Tombeau (2:29)
23. Nouvelles découvertes sur la guitare: Pièce en C mineur, Op. 1, Gigue (0:44)
24. Concert pour 4 parties de violes, H. 545: I. Prélude (1:39)
25. Concert pour 4 parties de violes, H. 545: II. [Sans titre] (1:54)
26. Concert pour 4 parties de violes, H. 545: III. Sarabande. Rondeau (2:01)
27. Concert pour 4 parties de violes, H. 545: IV. Gigue angloise (1:16)
28. Concert pour 4 parties de violes, H. 545: V. Gigue françoise (1:18)
29. Concert pour 4 parties de violes, H. 545: VI. Passecaille (2:16)
30. Fantaisies à 2 parties pour les violes: No. 11 (1:51)
31. Fantaisies à 2 parties pour les violes: No. 10 (1:59)
32. Fantaisies à 2 parties pour les violes: No. 9 (2:22)
33. Le bourgeois gentilhomme, LWV 43: Chaconne des Scaramouches (3:04)
Following acclaimed recordings devoted to English music for viol consort, notably that of Christopher Simpson (BIS2153), Henry Purcell (BIS2583) and William Byrd (BIS2663), the Chelys Consort now presents a programme that explores the kind of music that might have been played in France in the 16th and 17th centuries. The works presented here include arrangements and fantasies on popular songs, dances and a suite, demonstrating the extreme versatility of the viola da gamba, which, alone or in a group, could adapt to all musical genres. Although the French golden age of said instrument was between the mid-17th and mid-18th centuries – represented here with works by Charpentier, Métru and Lully – the programme also gives prominence to earlier compositions, with dances and fantasies by Caroubel, Le Jeune, Moulinié, Du Caurroy, Louis Couperin and Du Mont. Finally, the programme also includes three pieces for solo guitar by François Campion, performed by guest musician James Akers.
These pieces remind us that the baroque guitar, depicted foreshadowingly in paintings by Vermeer and Watteau, was to replace the lute as the most widespread domestic musical instrument. A programme that emphasises elegance, refined melancholy, beautiful sound and a subtle dialogue between the different instruments.
These pieces remind us that the baroque guitar, depicted foreshadowingly in paintings by Vermeer and Watteau, was to replace the lute as the most widespread domestic musical instrument. A programme that emphasises elegance, refined melancholy, beautiful sound and a subtle dialogue between the different instruments.
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