Composer: Monsieur de Sainte Colombe le Fils
Performer: François Joubert-Caillet, L’Achéron
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Ricercar
Catalogue: RIC466
Release: 2024
Size: 1.49 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Suite in G Minor
01. I. Allemande
02. II. Courante
03. III. Sarabande
04. IV. Gigue
05. V. Fantaisie en rondeau
06. VI. Gavotte
Suite in F Major
07. I. Prélude
08. II. Allemande
09. III. Courante
10. IV. Sarabande
11. V. Gigue
12. VI. Gavotte
13. VII. Bourrée
14. VIII. Minuet
15. IX. Tombeau pour Sainte-Colombe le père
16. X. Sarabande
17. XI. Gavotte
Suite in A Minor
18. I. Prélude
19. II. Courante
20. III. Sarabande
21. IV. Gigue
Suite In E Minor
22. I. Prélude
23. II. Courante
24. III. Allemande
25. IV. Courante
26. V. Sarabande grave
27. VI. Gigue
28. VII. Gavotte
29. VIII. Minuet
30. IX. Bourrée
Suite in B Minor
31. I. Prélude
32. II. Allemande
33. III. Courante
34. IV. Sarabande
35. V. Gigue
36. VI. Gavotte
The Sainte-Colombe family remains a source of mystery to this day: the first name and the origins of the father, who taught Marin Marais and composed numerous pieces for one or two viols, remains hidden in the mists of time. The same obscurity surrounds his son or sons: records show a few traces of him in London and Edinburgh around 1700, although all that is really known of him comes from the Pieces de viole recorded here; these five suites of dances in the French style, including a Tombeau pour Mr de Sainte-Colombe le pere, have survived in a non-autograph manuscript. The version presented here breaks with the usual interpretations of these Pieces de Viole, as it includes a reconstruction of a basso continuo part as was common in works by composers of the son’s generation. The non-autograph source that has survived gives a general feeling that something is missing in the harmonic structure, a lack that is here filled by this new basso continuo part. Reconstructed in the musical language and style of the time, the music of Sainte-Colombe’s son here seems to come back to life; these pieces have not only recovered their full meaning but also reveal a sublime music.