Eduardo Egüez - Cabinet des délices: French Lute Music of the 17th Century (2026)

Tracklist

01. Pieces in A Major: No. 1, Prélude. Le resveur
02. Pieces in A Major: No. 2, Pavane. Les amans broüillez
03. Pieces in A Major: No. 3, Sarabande en Rondeau
04. Pieces in A Major: No. 4, Courante. La constante - Double
05. Pieces in A Major: No. 5, Sarabande. La doucereuse
06. Pieces in A Major: No. 6, Gavotte. La fidelle
07. Pieces in A Major: No. 7, Menuet. Le beau danceur
08. Pieces in A Major: No. 8, Canarie. L'amant contant
09. Pieces in D Minor: No. 1, Prélude
10. Pieces in D Minor: No. 2, Allemande
11. Pieces in D Minor: No. 3, La superbe courante
12. Pieces in D Minor: No. 4, Sarabande
13. Pieces in D Minor: No. 5, Guig‘s
14. Pieces in D Minor: No. 6, La mignone
15. Pieces in A Minor: No. 1, Prélude
16. Pieces in A Minor: No. 2, Pavane
17. Pieces in A Minor: No. 3, Allemande
18. Pieces in A Minor: No. 4, Courante - Double
19. Pieces in A Minor: No. 5, Sarabande
20. Pieces in G Minor: No. 1, Prélude
21. Pieces in G Minor: No. 2, Courante extraordinaire
22. Pieces in G Minor: No. 3, Sarabande
23. Pieces in G Minor: No. 4, Menuet
24. Pieces in G Minor: No. 5, Rondeau
25. Pieces in B Minor: No. 1, Prélude
26. Pieces in B Minor: No. 2, Allemande
27. Pieces in B Minor: No. 3, Courante
28. Pieces in B Minor: No. 4, Sarabande
29. Pieces in B Minor: No. 5, Gigue
30. Pieces in B Minor: No. 6, Gavotte
31. Pieces in B Minor: No. 7, Menuett
32. Pieces in B Minor: No. 8, Bouree

For his cabinet of delicacies, lutenist Eduardo Egüez has put together French lute music: the composer Franz Philipp Le Sage de Richée takes center stage. Little is known about his life, except that he probably had to flee France and then found employment in Breslau. He occupies a central position in lute music because he brings together various styles and trends in French lute music and already hints at the later international style of composers such as Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Corelli and Handel. His music is only preserved in his collection Cabinet der Lauten from 1695, from which Egüez plays a suite in B minor. In his preface to this collection, Le Sage de Richée states that he was a pupil of Charles Mouton and acknowledges the influence that the famous masters François Dufaut, Denis Gaultier and Jan Antonín Losy von Losinthal had on his work. Egüez has also compiled a suite from each of these four French lute masters, offering the listener a wonderful panorama of French lute music in the 17th century.