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Forqueray: Pieces de viole

Atsushi Sakai (bass viol after Nicolas Bertrand Paris 1705 – François Bodart à Chastre 1988), Marion Martineau (bass viole after Michel Collichon Paris 1693, Judith Kraft à Paris 2008) & Christophe Rousset (harpsichord after Ioannes Ruckers Anvers 1624, Marc Ducornet & Emmanuel Danset à Paris...

Forqueray: Pieces de viole
Sakai’s performances are distinguished by the freshness and sincerity of his interpretations. He is an eloquent exponent, never pretentious or superficial, never afraid to play slowly. He produces...

Gramophone Magazine, May 2016

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Forqueray: Pieces de viole

Atsushi Sakai (bass viol after Nicolas Bertrand Paris 1705 – François Bodart à Chastre 1988), Marion Martineau (bass viole after Michel Collichon Paris 1693, Judith Kraft à Paris 2008) & Christophe Rousset (harpsichord after Ioannes Ruckers Anvers 1624, Marc Ducornet & Emmanuel Danset à Paris...

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Sakai’s performances are distinguished by the freshness and sincerity of his interpretations. He is an eloquent exponent, never pretentious or superficial, never afraid to play slowly. He produces...

Gramophone Magazine, May 2016

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Each appearance of Atsushi Sakai and Christophe Rousset leaves an unforgettable memory with those who have had the good fortune to hear them commune on stage. Long-standing partners, they now join together for the first time on disc for a composer they worship: the mysterious Antoine Forqueray. Born in 1672 in Paris, he was, with Marin Marais, one of the greatest gambists of all time. Famed for his virtuosic improvisations, he published none of his 300-odd pieces and died in 1745 in Mantes where he had moved in 1731, after having suffered serious financial setbacks, especially in the course of Law’s bankruptcy. Aside from a few handwritten pieces copied in the collections of other composers, Forqueray’s pieces have been lost.

The release of the 'Pièces de viole', to which the present recording is devoted, is thus the sole important testimony to his oeuvre.

Atsushi Sakai studied cello with Christophe Coin and is often to be found as a continuo player in ensembles such as Les Talens Lyriques and Le Concert d'Astrée, with which he has performed in a large number of concerts and recordings. He is co-founder of Sit Fast (consort of viols) and the Quatuor Cambini-Paris.

  • Release date: 12th Feb 2016
  • Label: Aparté
  • Catalogue number: AP122
  • Length: 3 hours 19 minutes
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Contents and tracklist

Forqueray, A: Suite No. 4 in G minor
Work length48:52
I. La Marella
Track length4:21
II. La Clément
Track length9:26
III. Sarabande. La D'Aubonne
Track length7:22
IV. La Bournonville
Track length3:28
V. La Sainscy
Track length11:35
VI. Le Carillon de Passy - La Latour
Track length12:40
Forqueray, A: Suite No. 2 in G major
Work length30:02
I. La Bouron
Track length5:14
II. La Mandoline
Track length8:07
III. La Dubreuil
Track length6:02
IV. La Leclair
Track length3:49
V. Chaconne. La Buisson
Track length6:50
Forqueray, A: Suite No. 3 in D major
Work length39:51
I. La Ferrand
Track length4:23
II. La Régente
Track length7:16
III. La Tronchin
Track length4:27
IV. La Angrave
Track length4:18
V. La Du Vaucel
Track length7:14
VI. La Eynaud
Track length3:48
VII. Chaconne. La Morangis ou La Plissay
Track length8:25
Forqueray, A: Suite No. 1 in D minor
Work length33:31
I. Allemande. La La Borde
Track length7:31
II. La Forqueray
Track length5:32
III. La Cottin
Track length4:25
IV. La Bellemont
Track length5:59
V. La Portugaise
Track length4:33
VI. La Couperin
Track length5:31
Forqueray, A: Cinquième suite
Work length46:56
I. La Rameau
Track length5:24
II. La Guignon
Track length5:21
III. Sarabande. La Léon
Track length6:05
IV. La Boisson
Track length5:48
V. La Montigni
Track length7:03
VI. La Silva
Track length8:30
VII. Jupiter
Track length8:45

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May 2016

Sakai’s performances are distinguished by the freshness and sincerity of his interpretations. He is an eloquent exponent, never pretentious or superficial, never afraid to play slowly. He produces a consistently lovely tone, and his sense of Forqueraian phrasing and attention to detail are impressive. He is…partnered by Christophe Rousset, whose stylish yet transparent and evocative realisations are peerless, and Marion Martineau, who perfectly blends her instrument’s tone-colour to Sakai’s
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