Composer: Jean-Baptiste Barrière
Performer: Simone Eckert, Hamburger Ratsmusik, Anke Dennert
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Christophorus
Release: 2021
Size: 370 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Sonata No. 5 in B flat major for Pardessus de viole & Basso continuo
01. I. Grave
02. II. Allegro
03. III. Largo
04. IV. Allegro
Sonata No. 4 in G major for Pardessus de viole & Basso continuo
05. I. Adagio
06. II. Allegro
07. III. Adagio
08. IV. Aria
Sonates et pieces pour le clavecin (Excerpts)
09. La duchesne
Sonata No. 2 in D major for Pardessus de viole & Basso continuo
10. I. Andante
11. II. Allegro
12. III. Sarabande
13. IV. Aria
Sonata No. 3 in E minor for Pardessus de viole & Basso continuo
14. I. Largo
15. II. Allegro
16. III. Adagio
17. IV. Aria
Sonates et pieces pour le clavecin (Excerpts)
18. La tribolet
Sonata No. 6 in F minor for Pardessus de viole & Basso continuo
19. I. Largo
20. II. Allegro
21. III. Grave
22. IV. Aria. Allegro
Sonata No. 1 in B minor for Pardessus de viole & Basso continuo
23. I. Andante
24. II. Allegro
25. III. Largo
26. IV. Allegro
In cellist circles, the name Jean-Baptiste Barrière /1707-1747) is well known: as a cello virtuoso, he made his instrument famous in France and published three books of sonatas. But in France in the 18th century, the viola da gamba still dominated, and among aristocratic ladies at this time, the smallest of the viola da gamba family came into fashion: the “pardessus de viole”. It is as large as the violin and can be played held on the lap without having to open the legs unseemly. It is a purely solo instrument and enchants with its fine sound up to the highest registers. Jean-Baptiste Barrière has also dedicated a volume of sonatas to the “pardessus de viole”, which explores all the technical possibilities of the instrument.
Simone Eckert presents Barrière’s six Sonates pour le pardessus de viole (Paris, 1740) in their entirety for the first time.