François Couperin: Apothéoses
Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2012, Chamber Choice
The consort's performance is superbly stylised, from the disarming simplicity of Corelli's 'sleep' to the delicate cross-rhythms of a gentle Lullian 'air'. Jean-Fery Rebel's Tombeau de Monsieur...
François Couperin: Apothéoses
Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot
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Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2012, Chamber Choice
The consort's performance is superbly stylised, from the disarming simplicity of Corelli's 'sleep' to the delicate cross-rhythms of a gentle Lullian 'air'. Jean-Fery Rebel's Tombeau de Monsieur...
About
Philippe Pierlot and his superb Ricercar Consort present tributes to both Corelli and Lully with the two Apothéoses by François Couperin, written in the memory of Arcangelo Corelli and Jean-Baptiste Lully respectively. Behind them is an aesthetic programme: they are a plea for the mixture of the Italian and the French style, the so-called goûts réunis. The ensemble consists of Marc Hantaï and Georges Barthel (transverse flutes), François Fernandez and Sophie Gent (violins), Philippe Pierlot (viola da gamba), Eduardo Egüez (theorbo and guitar) and François Guerrier (harpsichord). Both pieces are given lively and expressive interpretations: Couperin's Apothéoses are in the tradition of the tombeau, and therefore the Tombeau de Monsieur de Lully by Jean-Féry Rebel fits well into the programme and is performed in between the two pieces by Couperin.
Contents and tracklist
Couperin, F:
L´Apothéose de Corelli
Work length15:35
- Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot, François Morel, Sophie Gent, François Fernandes
I. Corelli au piéd du Parnasse prie les Muses de le Recevoir parmi elles
Track length2:36
II. Corelli charmé de la bonne réception qu´on lui fait au Parnasse, en marque Sa joye. Il continuë avec ceux qui L´accompagnent
Track length2:24
III. Corelli buvant à la Source D´hypocrêne. Sa Troupe Continuë
Track length2:28
IV. Enthouziasme de Corelli Causé par les eaux D´hypocrêne
Track length1:17
V. Corelli aprés son enthouziasme S´endort; et sa Troupe jouê le Sommeil suivant
Track length3:19
VI. Les Muses reveillent Corelli, et le placent auprês d´Apollon
Track length0:53
VII. Remerciment de Corelli
Track length2:38
Rebel, J-F:
Tombeau de Monsieur de Lully
Work length15:19
- Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot, François Morel, Sophie Gent, François Fernandes
I. Gravement
Track length2:59
II. Gay
Track length2:14
III. Recit
Track length2:53
IV. Recit
Track length3:39
V. Les Regrets (Grave)
Track length3:34
Work length28:21
- Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot, François Morel, Sophie Gent, François Fernandes
I. Lulli aux Champs Elisés (Concertant avec les Ombres liriques)
Track length2:19
II. Air pour les mêmes (Gracieusement)
Track length2:36
III. Vol de Mercure aux Champs Elisés, pour avertir qu´Apollon y va descendre
Track length0:36
IV. Descente d´Apollon, qui vient offrir son violon à Lulli, et sa place au Parnasse
Track length3:05
V. Rumeur souteraine causée par les auteurs contemporains de Lulli: Viste
Track length0:37
VI. Plaintes des Mêmes pour des Flûtes ou pour des Violons tres adoucis
Track length3:32
VII. Enlévement de Lulli au Parnasse
Track length1:06
VIII. Accüeil entre-Doux, et Agard, fait à Lulli par Corelli et par les Muses italiénes
Track length2:58
IX. Remerciment de Lulli, á Apollon
Track length3:05
X. Apollon, persuade Lulli, et Corelli Que la réünion des Goûts François et Italien doit faire la perfection de la Musique. Essai en forme d´Ouverture.
Track length2:51
XI. Lulli, joüant le sujet, et Corelli l´acompagnant.
Track length0:51
XII. Corelli, joüant le sujet à son tour, que Lulli acompagne
Track length1:49
XIII. Corelli, joüant le sujet, et Lulli l´acompagnant.
Track length0:52
XIV. Lulli, joüant le sujet à son tour, que Corelli acompagne
Track length2:04
Work length7:19
- Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot, Sophie Gent, François Fernandes
I. Gravement
Track length2:17
II. Saillie Vivement
Track length1:37
III. Rondement
Track length1:37
IV. Vivement
Track length1:48
Awards and reviews
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BBC Music MagazineApril 2012Chamber Choice
April 2012
The consort's performance is superbly stylised, from the disarming simplicity of Corelli's 'sleep' to the delicate cross-rhythms of a gentle Lullian 'air'. Jean-Fery Rebel's Tombeau de Monsieur de Lully, which divides the Couperin pieces, spectacularly contrasts Italian fire with French lyricism. The programme is excellently recorded in a glorious acoustic.
June 2012
It is a neat idea to bring together Couperin's complementary celebrations of the competing national styles of the mid-Baroque...Couperin is seeking essentially musical means to achieve his programmatic purpose, ingeniously and fascinatingly throwing extra emphasis on the very subject at hand.
June 2012
The first thing to say about this disc is that it has a truly gorgeous sound. Th Ricercar Consort has taken a minimalist approach to instrumentation...The Consort plays these serious but entertaining works with considerable charm and superlative technique, sounding at once magisterial and superlative.
