Airs de cour

Release Date: 22nd Jan 2016
Catalogue No: BKD089
Label: Linn
Series: ECHO
Length: 77 minutes

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Moulinié: Airs de cour, Book 3

Work length5:47

Catherine King (mezzo-soprano), Charles Daniels (tenor), Jacob Heringman (lute)
Recorded: 15-17 October 1997
Recording Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England, United Kingdom

Objet le plus beau

Track length3:23

Je suis ravi

Track length2:24

Moulinié: Enfin La Beaute

Work length8:00

Charles Daniels (tenor), Jacob Heringman (lute)
Recorded: 15-17 October 1997
Recording Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England, United Kingdom

Moulinié: Si L'Amour Comme On Dit

Work length3:06

Catherine King (mezzo-soprano), Charles Daniels (tenor), Jacob Heringman (lute)
Recorded: 15-17 October 1997
Recording Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England, United Kingdom

Ballard, R: Branles De Village

Work length2:44

Jacob Heringman (lute)
Recorded: 15-17 October 1997
Recording Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England, United Kingdom

Boesset, A: Un Jour Amarille

Work length5:32

Catherine King (mezzo-soprano), Jacob Heringman (lute)
Recorded: 15-17 October 1997
Recording Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England, United Kingdom

Boesset, A: N'Esperez Plus, Mes Yeux

Work length4:51

Catherine King (mezzo-soprano), Jacob Heringman (lute)
Recorded: 15-17 October 1997
Recording Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England, United Kingdom

Boesset, A: Objet dont les charmes si doux

Work length3:50

Charles Daniels (tenor), Jacob Heringman (lute)
Recorded: 15-17 October 1997
Recording Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England, United Kingdom

Boesset, A: Mourons Tirsis, Vivons Silvie

Work length2:56

Catherine King (mezzo-soprano), Jacob Heringman (lute)
Recorded: 15-17 October 1997
Recording Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England, United Kingdom

Gilles Durant de la Bergerie: Ma belle si ton âme

Work length4:50

Catherine King (mezzo-soprano), Jacob Heringman (lute)
Recorded: 15-17 October 1997
Recording Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England, United Kingdom

anon.: Vous me juries

Work length0:49

Jacob Heringman (lute)
Recorded: 15-17 October 1997
Recording Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England, United Kingdom

Besard: Bergamasco

Work length2:17

Jacob Heringman (lute)
Recorded: 15-17 October 1997
Recording Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England, United Kingdom

Guédron: Adieu Bergere Pour Jamais

Work length2:04

Charles Daniels (tenor), Jacob Heringman (lute)
Recorded: 15-17 October 1997
Recording Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England, United Kingdom

Guédron: Si jamais mon ame blessée

Work length2:37

Charles Daniels (tenor), Jacob Heringman (lute)
Recorded: 15-17 October 1997
Recording Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England, United Kingdom

Guédron: Heureux Qui Nuit Et Jour

Work length2:07

Catherine King (mezzo-soprano), Charles Daniels (tenor), Jacob Heringman (lute)
Recorded: 15-17 October 1997
Recording Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England, United Kingdom

Guédron: Si le parler et le silence

Work length3:53

Catherine King (mezzo-soprano), Jacob Heringman (lute)
Recorded: 15-17 October 1997
Recording Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England, United Kingdom

Guédron: Soupirs mêlés d'amour

Work length5:24

Charles Daniels (tenor), Jacob Heringman (lute)
Recorded: 15-17 October 1997
Recording Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England, United Kingdom

Ballard, R: Première entrée de luth

Work length1:38

Jacob Heringman (lute)
Recorded: 15-17 October 1997
Recording Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England, United Kingdom

Ballard, R: Courante

Work length2:41

Jacob Heringman (lute)
Recorded: 15-17 October 1997
Recording Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England, United Kingdom

Boesset, J B: O dieux je ne scais pas

Work length5:06

Catherine King (mezzo-soprano), Jacob Heringman (lute)
Recorded: 15-17 October 1997
Recording Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England, United Kingdom

Moulinié: Que Philis A De Perfections

Work length4:36

Charles Daniels (tenor), Jacob Heringman (lute)
Recorded: 15-17 October 1997
Recording Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England, United Kingdom

Moulinié: Jeune Merveille

Work length2:32

Catherine King (mezzo-soprano), Charles Daniels (tenor), Jacob Heringman (lute)
Recorded: 15-17 October 1997
Recording Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England, United Kingdom

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Named a ‘Choice’ recording by BBC Music Magazine upon release, this popular recording of seventeenth century vocal music features mezzo-soprano Catherine King and lutenist Jacob Heringman with tenor Charles Daniels.

Originally released in 1999, Airs de cour has been re-issued as part of Linn’s ECHO series which offers a second chance to enjoy the best of the label’s award-winning catalogue.

The listener is transported to the French court in a programme of courtly airs and solo lute pieces, the latter a suitable complement to the airs and the lost ideals of the courtly society they reflect.

Both the self-indulgent texts of these songs and their suave and rhythmically evasive melodies, reflect a society rich in excess, intrigue and dissembling, all the more fascinating for being so distant, no less impressive for being so introverted.

Well schooled in period performance, all the performers pay due attention to the authenticity of pronunciation and ornamentation for which scant records remain.

O dieux je ne sçais pas is a rare example where an ornamented variant of the melody is included in the manuscript revealing a further level of riches in these songs.

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