Special offer. Concert chez la Reine
Les Ombres: Margaux Blanchard (viola da gamba, direction) & Sylvain Sartre (flute, direction), Mélodie Ruvio (mezzo)
The performances match the charm and vigour of the music, Les Ombres playing with a refined intensity made all the more delicious by a melancholy burr; moreover, there's a real sense of theatre...
Special offer. Concert chez la Reine
Les Ombres: Margaux Blanchard (viola da gamba, direction) & Sylvain Sartre (flute, direction), Mélodie Ruvio (mezzo)
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The performances match the charm and vigour of the music, Les Ombres playing with a refined intensity made all the more delicious by a melancholy burr; moreover, there's a real sense of theatre...
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Launching Ambronay Editions' 'Jeunes Ensembles' collection, Concert chez la Reine opens a window on the French Enlightenment. Les Ombres, directed by Margaux Blanchard and Sylvain Sartre, contrast masterworks by Couperin le Grand with music from Colin de Blamont, master of the Kings chamber music to Louis XV, realised from manuscripts in the Bibliothèque nationale.
Contents and tracklist
- Sylvain Sartre, Margaux Blanchard, Manuel Weber, Les Ombres
Apollon persuade Lully et Corelli que la réunion des Goûts Français et Italien doit faire la perfection de la Musique. Essai en forme d'ouverture. Lully et les muses françaises, Corelli et les muses italiennes
Track length3:11
La Paix du Parnasse, faite aux conditions, sur la remontrance des Muses françaises, que, lorsqu'on y parlerait leur langue, on dirait dorénavant Sonade, Cantade, ainsi qu'on prononce Ballade, Sérénade, etc. Sonade en trio
Track length2:31
- Sylvain Sartre, Margaux Blanchard, Mélodie Ruvio, Les Ombres
- Sylvain Sartre, Margaux Blanchard, Les Ombres
Awards and reviews
May 2011
The performances match the charm and vigour of the music, Les Ombres playing with a refined intensity made all the more delicious by a melancholy burr; moreover, there's a real sense of theatre here, perhaps inspired by Weber's colourfully dramatic recitations which in the Rousseau are further amplified by Mélodie Ruvio's equally dramatic singing
