Conversations: Quentin & Guillemain
Nevermind
Why have we not heard this music before? Well you may ask. Both Quentin and Guillemain were highly regarded in their day, and perhaps now their moment has finally come…the playing throughout...
Conversations: Quentin & Guillemain
Nevermind
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Why have we not heard this music before? Well you may ask. Both Quentin and Guillemain were highly regarded in their day, and perhaps now their moment has finally come…the playing throughout...
About
NEVERMIND is made up of four young musicians and friends whose passion for early music and for the influence of jazz and traditional music stimulated them to form an ensemble whose virtuosity is equalled only by their youthful impetuosity and their love of fine music . . . For its first disc, Nevermind tackles the treasures of the Baroque in the shape of two totally neglected French composers.
The first one, Jean-Baptiste Quentin, a dessus de violon at the Académie Royale de Musique (forerunner of the Paris Opéra), was a habitué of the Parisian salons, where he frequented Rameau among others. The second, Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, studied in Italy before joining the court musicians at Versailles. Sometimes whimsical and often very complex in Guillemain, invariably lucid and classical in Quentin, their style nonetheless presents a common feature: the dominance of the Italian idiom.
Alpha Classics continues its discovery of young talents with this project conceived by the inspired musicians of Nevermind. Their credo is to introduce the widest possible audience to the riches of music that has been too long ignored.
Contents and tracklist
- Nevermind
- Recorded: 3-6 September 2015
- Recording Venue: Notre Dame de Bon Secours, Paris, France
- Nevermind
- Recorded: 3-6 September 2015
- Recording Venue: Notre Dame de Bon Secours, Paris, France
- Nevermind
- Recorded: 3-6 September 2015
- Recording Venue: Notre Dame de Bon Secours, Paris, France
- Nevermind
- Recorded: 3-6 September 2015
- Recording Venue: Notre Dame de Bon Secours, Paris, France
- Nevermind
- Recorded: 3-6 September 2015
- Recording Venue: Notre Dame de Bon Secours, Paris, France
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Awards and reviews
June 2016
Why have we not heard this music before? Well you may ask. Both Quentin and Guillemain were highly regarded in their day, and perhaps now their moment has finally come…the playing throughout the disc is first rate, and in Guillemain Nevermind pip [their rivals] Ensemble Barockin’ at the post.