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Release Date: 1st Sep 2017
Catalogue No: NI6347
Label: Nimbus
Length: 64 minutes

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Philidor, F-A: Sinfonia No.1 in G Minor

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Elizabeth Wallfisch
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I. Con Spirito L'Arte della Fugua Moderato

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II. Pastorella Gratioso

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III. Gavotta

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Philidor, F-A: Sinfonia No.2 in F Major

Work length14:09

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Elizabeth Wallfisch
Ars Antiqua

I. Moderato

Track length7:31

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II. Andante

Track length2:06

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III. Aria Tempo di Minetto

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Philidor, F-A: Sinfonia No.3 in G Major

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Elizabeth Wallfisch
Ars Antiqua

I. Moderato

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II. Aria I & II Gratioso

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III. Giga Allegro

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Philidor, F-A: Sinfonia No.4 in B-Flat Major

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Elizabeth Wallfisch
Ars Antiqua

I. Adagio

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II. Allegro ma non troppo

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III. Aria Gratioso

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Philidor, F-A: Sinfonia No.5 in C Major

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Elizabeth Wallfisch
Ars Antiqua

I. Adagio, Fuga Moderato

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II. Andante

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III. Aria con variatione

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Philidor, F-A: Sinfonia No.6 in D Major

Work length12:47

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Elizabeth Wallfisch
Ars Antiqua

I. Adagio

Track length1:53

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II. Allegro ma non troppo

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III. Aria Tempo di Minetto

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Philidor’s name for his collection of quartets, L’art de la modulation, might cause one to expect a thorough exploration of all the major and minor keys as in Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier. Philidor’s approach is very different. His use of the term ’modulation’ has less to do with musical theory and more with the exploration of colour in the way an artist might modulate from one tone to another in a painted canvas. Each of the six quartets takes us on a quirky journey filled with unexpected harmonic twists and turns. It can be eloquent and charming, but can also surprise the ear and nudge the very edge of sensibility. With so much playful chromaticism, the quartets must have seemed wildly progressive for adherents of the old régime. Although he remains faithful to the standard Italian sonata movements and French dance forms of the time,there is always a twist. Whether it is a dramatic gesture borrowed from opera, a lilting aria or a complex fugue, he manages to capture the glitter of Rococo stylishness in entirely new ways.

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