Composer: Jean Philippe Rameau
Performer: Thibault Noally, Les Accents
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Aparté
Catalogue: AP254
Release: 2022
Size: 1.22 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Concerts en sextuor, Premier Concert
01. I. La Coulicam (Allegro moderato)
02. II. La Livri (Rondeau gracieux)
03. III. Le Vézinet (Gayement sans vitesse)
Concerts en sextuor, Deuxième Concert
04. I. La Laborde (Rondement)
05. II. La Boucon (Air gracieux)
06. III. L’Agaçante (Rondement)
07. IV. Premier et Deuxième Menuet en rondeau
Concerts en sextuor, Troisième Concert
08. I. La Lapoplinière (Rondement)
09. II. La Timide (Premier Rondeau). Deuxième Rondeau
10. III. Premier Tambourin, deuxième Tambourin en rondeau
Concerts en sextuor, Quatrième Concert
11. I. La Pantomime (Loure vivement)
12. II. L’Indiscrète (Allegro vivace rondeau)
13. III. La Rameau (Rondement)
Concerts en sextuor, Cinquième Concert
14. I. La Forqueray (Fugue)
15. II. La Cupis (Modérément)
16. III. La Marais (Rondement)
Transcriptions for string sextet of Rameau’s Pièces de clavecin en concerts of 1741, the Concerts en sextuor were published by Saint-Saëns in the monumental edition of Rameau’s works that he undertook in the nineteenth century for Durand. Hitherto they had existed only in a manuscript bearing the name Decroix and dated 1768 (four years after the composer’s death).
These concerts, consisting of typical French character pieces, evoking a place (Le Vézinet), a temperament (La Timide) or a person (La Marais), show the composer’s skills at capturing character, mood and colour.
This performance on period instruments by Thibault Noally and Les Accents brings out all the warmth of this version of Rameau’s compositions.