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Marie-Céline Labbé, Marion Treupel-Franck - Philidor, Montéclair: Fil d'argent, fil d'or (2015)

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Marie-Céline Labbé, Marion Treupel-Franck - Philidor, Montéclair: Fil d'argent, fil d'or (2015)

Marie-Céline Labbé, Marion Treupel-Franck - Pierre Danican Philidor, Michel Pignolet de Montéclair: Fil d'argent, fil d'or (2015)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 358 Mb | Total time: 78:23 | Scans included
Classical | Label: RAMÉE | # RAM1405 | Recorded: 2013

For this second recording devoted to French Baroque music for two solo transverse flutes, Marie-Céline Labbé and Marion Treupel-Franck perform the six suites by Pierre Danican Philidor (1681 1731), pieces taken from the three collections published by the composer in Paris in 1717 and 1718. Written in a highly original style in which one senses the spirit of freedom blowing over Versailles and France during the regency of the Duke d’Orléans, these short suites, in addition to the principal dances in vogue at the court of Versailles in the early 18th century, each comprise a fugue.

Eva Zaïcik, Justin Taylor, Le Consort - Venez chère ombre (2018)

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Eva Zaïcik, Justin Taylor, Le Consort - Venez chère ombre (2018)

Eva Zaïcik, Justin Taylor, Le Consort - Venez chère ombre (2018)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 341 Mb | Total time: 66:22 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Alpha Classics | # ALPHA439 | Recorded: 2018

Mezzo-soprano Eva Zaïcik, who has signed up with Alpha for several recordings, is one of the most prominent vocal artists of her generation. She was chosen as ‘Révélation lyrique’ at the Victoires de la Musique Classique 2018, and elected the same year a Laureate of the prestigious Queen Elizabeth of Belgium Competition. She has participated in the “Jardin des Voix” of les Arts Florissants under William Christie, also regularly collaborates with Le Poème Harmonique and Vincent Dumestre – but her constant accompanist is the harpsichordist Justin Taylor.

Gabriele Cassone, Antonio Frige, Ensemble 'Pian & Forte' - Michel Pignolet de Monteclair: A la guerre! (1999)

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Gabriele Cassone, Antonio Frige, Ensemble 'Pian & Forte' - Michel Pignolet de Monteclair: A la guerre! (1999)

Gabriele Cassone, Antonio Frigé, Ensemble 'Pian & Forte' - Michel Pignolet de Montéclair: A la guerre! (1999)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 406 Mb | Total time: 79:04 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Dynamic | # CDS-229 | Recorded: 1998

Outstanding trumpet player Gabriele Cassone and harpsichordist Antonio Frigé are the fine interpreters of these works, full of brio and of savoury descriptive writing à la français. The use of the trumpet reveals itself very suitable for some pieces, particularly those of the Cinquième Concert, entitled La Guerre (hence the CD title), whose martial features indeed seem to call for such an instrument. The interpretation of the "Pian & Forte" ensemble, with its full and brilliant sound produced by six Baroque trumpets, strings and timpani, contributes to attain the martial spirit of these late 17th-century compositions.

Hedos-Ensemble - Michel Pignolet de Montéclair: Concerts pour la flute traversière 1-4 (1993)

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Hedos-Ensemble - Michel Pignolet de Montéclair: Concerts pour la flute traversière 1-4 (1993)

Hedos-Ensemble - Michel Pignolet de Montéclair: Concerts pour la flûte traversière 1-4 (1993)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 350 Mb | Total time: 76:33 | Scans included
Classical | Label: CPO | # 999 213-2 | Recorded: 1993

From what we know about the life of Michel Pignolet de Montéclair, he (like most professional musicians past and present) kept busy by playing, creating, teaching and running a music shop—in other words, living a life that looks either desperately chaotic or organically multi-faceted, depending on your point of view. Born in Andelot in 1667, a river town in northeast France, he joined the choir school of Langres Cathedral, about 30 miles away, at the age of nine. By the time Montéclair arrived in Paris in 1687 (the year of Jean-Baptiste Lully’s death), French culture had undergone a radical transformation by way of the visionary patronage of Louis XIV.

Reinoud Van Mechelen, A Nocte Temporis - Oh ma belle Brunette (2022)

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Reinoud Van Mechelen, A Nocte Temporis - Oh ma belle Brunette (2022)

Reinoud Van Mechelen, A Nocte Temporis - Oh ma belle Brunette (2022)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 339 Mb | Total time: 71:09 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Alpha Classics | # ALPHA833 | Recorded: 2021

The term ‘brunette’ refers not only to a young woman with brown hair, but also to a musical form that was highly fashionable from the late seventeenth century to the early eighteenth. The genre evolved from the air de cour, extremely popular in France since the beginning of the seventeenth century. The compositional process, however, remained very similar: to write a short, tender song, dealing with themes of love or nature, which could be sung alone or accompanied by a harmonic instrument. The late seventeenth century also saw the appearance of an instrument that soon became a favourite of composers and amateur musicians: the German flute, now called the traverso or Baroque flute.

Martin Gester, Le Parlement de Musique - Montéclair, Hotteterre, Couperin, Marais (1991)

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Martin Gester, Le Parlement de Musique - Montéclair, Hotteterre, Couperin, Marais (1991)

Martin Gester, Le Parlement de Musique - Montéclair, Hotteterre, Couperin, Marais (1991)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 317 Mb | Total time: 59:19 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Opus 111 | # OPS 47-9111 | Recorded: 1991

This recording includes works for the oboe by four French Baroque composers, Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, Michel Pignolet de Montéclair, Francois Courpin, and Marin Marais. Among them Montéclair is a cantata "Pan et Syrinx" (Pan et Syrinx). The story of the faun Pan chasing the nymph Silinks is popular with composers. On the one hand, this is a sad story about love that can never be obtained, and the drama and imagination in it are quite suitable for composers to play; A flute, this "pan flute" can be played with a modern flute (as in Debussy's Syrinx), or with an oboe like Montéclair. The tone of the oboe is not as cold as the flute, but rather warm, elegant and fresh. On the one hand, it is very suitable for depicting the quiet life of nature or the countryside. The sweet memories of a lost love couldn't be more fitting.

William Christie, Les Arts Florissants - Le Jardin de Monsieur Rameau (2014)

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William Christie, Les Arts Florissants - Le Jardin de Monsieur Rameau (2014)

William Christie, Les Arts Florissants - Le Jardin de Monsieur Rameau (2014)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 417 Mb | Total time: 81:03 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Éditions Arts Florissants | # AF002 | Recorded: 2013

With Le Jardin de Monsieur Rameau, William Christie invites us to take a pleasant walk in the beautiful garden of French vocal music from the XVIIIth Century. Featured composers include Rameau and his contemporaries, and the repertoire ranges from opera highlights and profane cantatas to instrumental interludes. Christie's program presents a vivid overview of the music that was played in Versailles at the peak of its splendor. The album's vocal soloists are young singers who took part in Le Jardin des Voix (The Garden of Voices) - a biannual musical academy led by William Christie and Paul Agnew that is designed to unveil the most promising talents of the coming generation.

Anne-Catherine Bucher, Le Concert Lorrain - Henry Desmarest: Manuscrit des Ursulines de la Nouvelle-Orléans (2002)

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Anne-Catherine Bucher, Le Concert Lorrain - Henry Desmarest: Manuscrit des Ursulines de la Nouvelle-Orléans (2002)

Anne-Catherine Bucher, Le Concert Lorrain - Henry Desmarest: Manuscrit des Ursulines de la Nouvelle-Orléans (2002)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 302 Mb | Total time: 57:05 | Scans included
Classical | Label: K617 | # K617134 | Recorded: 2001

Gloire au Centre de musique baroque de Versailles qui nous a fait redécouvrir Henry Desmarest, l'un des plus étonnants compositeurs du règne de Louis XIV. À vingt ans à peine, il osa braver Lully sur son propre terrain, en montant un opéra et un divertissement à la cour du Roi-Soleil. Plus tard, avec son aîné Marc-Antoine Charpentier, il fut l'un des principaux acteurs du renouveau d'un opéra français en manque de vrais succès depuis la mort de Quinault et Lully. On croyait indûment tout savoir de ce maître de musique. C'était compter sans le talent de défricheur du label français K.617, qui a trouvé en Nouvelle-Orléans les traces d'un baroque français "exporté", estampillé du nom de Desmarest, entre autres.

Barthold Kuijken, Wieland Kuijken, Robert Kohnen - French and Italian Flute Music of the 18th Century (2007)

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Barthold Kuijken, Wieland Kuijken, Robert Kohnen - French and Italian Flute Music of the 18th Century (2007)

Barthold Kuijken, Wieland Kuijken, Robert Kohnen - French and Italian Flute Music of the 18th Century (2007)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 579 Mb | Total time: 128:24 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Accent | # ACC 30009 | Recorded: 1979, 1991

Germany's Accent label has released a series of twin-CD sets featuring the Baroque flute recordings made by Barthold Kuijken, sometimes (as here) accompanied by his cello-playing brother Wieland. The originals date back to the late '70s, when Kuijken was one of the Dutch specialists who brought historical performance out of the too-precious phase, and they still sound good. This release pairs a 1979 set of French flute sonatas from the middle eighteenth century with a 1991 group of Italian works of the same period. The two discs, both recorded in Belgian churches, don't have exactly the same ambiance, but the pairing is an intelligent one, making this a good pick from among the various discs available.

Emma Kirkby, London Baroque - Michel Pignolet de Montéclair: Cantatas à Voix Seule (2011)

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Emma Kirkby, London Baroque - Michel Pignolet de Montéclair: Cantatas à Voix Seule (2011)

Emma Kirkby, London Baroque - Michel Pignolet de Montéclair: Cantatas à Voix Seule (2011)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 346 Mb | Total time: 70:11 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BIS | # BIS-CD-1865 | Recorded: 2010

Emma Kirkby and London Baroque here return to BIS with a disc of music from the French composer Michel Pignolet de Montéclair. An almost exact contemporary of François Couperin and only some 15 years older than Rameau, Montéclair was also a composer working in all the genres current at the time, including that of the chamber cantata for one or two voices and strings, dealing mainly with subjects from classical history or mythology. The large majority used French texts with four Italian ones, including La Morte di Lucretia, recorded here.

György Vashegyi, Orfeo Orchestra, Purcell Choir - Michel Pignolet de Montéclair: Jephté (2020)

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György Vashegyi, Orfeo Orchestra, Purcell Choir - Michel Pignolet de Montéclair: Jephté (2020)

György Vashegyi, Orfeo Orchestra, Purcell Choir - Michel Pignolet de Montéclair: Jephté (2020)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 767 Mb | Total time: 66:10+76:28 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Glossa | # GCD 924008 | Recorded: 2019

In Jepht by Michel Pignolet de Montclair, Gyrgy Vashegyi directs with style and energy another riveting account of a neglected French Baroque opera. The work, based on the Biblical tale of a conquering general obliged, by a sacred vow, to sacrifice his own kin, became an immediate success in 1732, indeed a fixture in opera life in France, receiving over a hundred performances at the Opra alone in the three decades following its premire. Montclair and his librettist Pellegrin were open to preparing revised versions of the opera and it is the third and conclusive edition which has been worked on by the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles and recorded by Vashegyi and his musicians.

William Christie, Les Arts Florissants - Michel Pignolet de Montéclair: La Mort de Didon (2016)

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William Christie, Les Arts Florissants - Michel Pignolet de Montéclair: La Mort de Didon (2016)

William Christie, Les Arts Florissants - Michel Pignolet de Montéclair: La Mort de Didon (2016)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 310 Mb | Total time: 75:36 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | HMF 8901280 | Recorded: 1988

The French cantata had a brief, but vibrant life during the first three decades of the 18th century. Beginning with Morin's first book in 1706, there followed dozens of books of cantatas by a number of French composers. Clerambault, Boismortier, Rameau and Monteclair all published cantatas during this period. Monteclair may by relatively unknown, but he was a composer of undoubted talent if judged by the works on this recording…If you like the French baroque, do yourself a favor and try to buy this recording. It is a high point in the art of the cantata, and in the musicianship of William Christie and his colleagues.

Florilegium - Fatale Flame: Music from 18th Century France: Montéclair, Morel, Naudot, Leclair, Rameau (2000)

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Florilegium - Fatale Flame: Music from 18th Century France: Montéclair, Morel, Naudot, Leclair, Rameau (2000)

Florilegium - Fatale Flame: Music from 18th Century France: Montéclair, Morel, Naudot, Leclair, Rameau (2000)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 346 Mb | Total time: 63:48 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Channel Classics | # CCS 16898 | Recorded: 2000

While the music offered in this recording spans only thirty-two years, it best exemplifies the development of French musical style and taste in the eighteenth century. By the middle of the century the unification of both the Italian and French styles of music composition termed by Franois Couperin as les gots-runis had been realised. This disc of chamber music modestly charts the journey through this change from Montclair and Morel through Leclair and Naudot to Rameau.

William Christie, Les Arts Florissants - Michel Pignolet de Montéclair: Jephté (2002)

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William Christie, Les Arts Florissants  - Michel Pignolet de Montéclair: Jephté (2002)

William Christie, Les Arts Florissants - Michel Pignolet de Montéclair: Jephté (2002)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 629 Mb | Total time: 70:09+79:21 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | HMX 2901424.25 | Recorded: 1992

"Jephte" was Monteclair's second and final stage work, a lyric tragedy written when he was 65 and apparently the first Biblical opera produced in France since the mystery plays. The influences on Rameau's stage works music are readily apparent: the canny use of orchestral color for dramatic purposes, vivid musical characterization, infectiously lively dance music, and, above all, inspired and stirring choral writing.