Ensemble Théodora - Tranquilles Cœurs (2026) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend: Variation I
02. Livre d'orgue II, Suite dans le premier ton: No. 5, Récit tendre
03. Ecce quam bonum, Motet à voix seule et deux dessus de violons: I. Ecce quam bonum
04. Ecce quam bonum, Motet à voix seule et deux dessus de violons: II. Quoniam illic mandavit Dominum
05. Entrée de la Gloire et de la Sagesse d'Armide (From Armide, LWV 71) [Transcr. for Harpsichord by Anonymous]
06. Sonata a 2: I. —
07. Sonata a 2: II. —
08. Sonata a 2: III. —
09. Sonata a 2: IV. Allemanda
10. Sonata a 2: V. Courant
11. Sonata a 2: VI. Ballet
12. Sonata a 2: VII. Sarabanda
13. Sonata a 2: VIII. Gigue
14. Surgite cum gaudio a 3: I. Sonate, Surgite Cherubim
15. Surgite cum gaudio a 3: II. Jesus Christus Rex triumphat
16. Surgite cum gaudio a 3: III. Hunc Dei filium
17. Surgite cum gaudio a 3: IV. Quia de morte di Satana, Alleluja
18. Entrée d'Apollon (From Lully's Le triomphe de l'amour, LWV 59) [Transcr. for Viola da Gamba by Anonymous]
19. Ballet des Arts, LWV 18: Duo de la Paix et de la Félicité
20. Suite en trio: I. Allemande
21. Suite en trio: II. Angloisse
22. Suite en trio: III. Gique
23. Suite en trio: IV. Menuets
24. Suite en trio: V. Ballets
25. Sourdine d'Armide (From Armide, LWV 71) [Transcr. for Harpsichord by Anonymous]
26. Plainte de Cloris (From Le Grand Divertissement royal de Versailles)
27. Tranquilles Cœurs. Ritornelle (From Le triomphe de l'amour, LWV 59) [Transcr. for Viola da Gamba by Anonymous]
28. Tranquilles Cœurs (From Le triomphe de l'amour, LWV 59)
29. Aria in F Major, BWV 587



In 2018, four friends studying at the Royal Academy of Music in London decided to form an ensemble they called Théodora. Mariamielle Lamagat (soprano), Louise Ayrton (baroque violin), Lucie Chabard (harpsichord) and Alice Trocellier (viola da gamba) explore French baroque music and its ramifications. For their first recording, part of Alpha Classics' Baroque Stories series, they decided to trace the French style in Germanic lands in the 18th century, where the dance forms, dotted rhythms, modulations and harmonies in vogue at the court of Louis XIV inspired composers to create numerous transcriptions, works and new instrumental practices... Johann Fischer and Johann Philipp Krieger make no secret of their admiration for Campra and Lully, whose music enjoyed considerable success across the Rhine.

This programme features their magnificent ‘Duo de la paix et de la félicité’ (Duet of Peace and Happiness), in a version preserved in Berlin, performed here with mezzo-soprano Adèle Charvet... Bach is, of course, included: he admired the French organ school, particularly Jacques Boyvin, whose superb Récit tendre, from the Second Livre d'Orgue (1700), Théodora has transcribed for violin, viola and basso continuo.

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