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Composer : Jean-François Dandrieu
Artists :Marouan Mankar-Bennis, harpsichord
Program : Excerpts from Dandrieu's Trois « Grands » Livres de Clavecin La Plaintive, La Musette, Les Caractères de la Guerre, Le Concert des Oiseaux, Le Tympanon - 1er Livre (1724) La Lully, La Corelli, La Lyre d’Orphée, La Figurée, La Magicienne, La Pastorale, Les Tendres Reproches, Le Concert des Muses - 2ème Livre (1728) La Précieuse, La Constante, La Gracieuse, Le Badin, La Naturèle - 3ème Livre (1734)
| La Gracieuse, chaconne | 3ème Livre (1734) | |
| La Figurée, chaconne | 2ème Livre (1728) |
Press round up :
"I am delighted to report that Marouan Mankar-Bennis plays superbly in his first solo harpsichord recording, (...). Indeed, I could go so far as to suggest that this Encelade disc might well turn out to be my favorite harpsichord recording of 2018!" Larry Palmer - The Diapason
"Marouan Mankar-Bennis bringt Dandrieus Notenköpfe mit seinen Verzierungen zum Sprechen, verbindet sie phrasierend zu Sätzen, verleiht ihnen durch kontrastierende Tempi Lebendigkeit. Das Ergebnis ist eine poetische, stellenweise sogar anrührende Cembalo-CD - viel zu kostbar, um sie im Regal zwischen den marktschreierischen Tenören und den glamourös glitzernden Pianistinnen verstauben zu lassen." von Thorsten Preuß - BR Klassik
Overview :
It took no more than a short step from parade to parody to amuse the young Louis XV, even when it involved a subject as solemn and sophisticated as military art:
"On the 26th of last month, twenty members of the Swiss Guards Regiment engaged in a dance exercise, holding their drawn swords in their hands, beneath the windows of the King’s apartment in Marly, to the sound of a drum, a fife and a violin, with a Harlequin and a Scaramouche in attendance. A corporal commanded this comic military ballet which gave a great deal of pleasure". Mercure de France, March 1726
The idea of an opera for the harpsichord gradually came to me as I was thinking about this amazing anecdote, guiding me in the choice and arrangement of the pieces on this recording. The shade of “the incomparable” Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687), the great tragédie lyrique craftsman, seems to float over many of the pieces that Jean-François Dandrieu (1682-1738) wrote for the instrument. The emphasis he places on major dance movements such as La Naturèle and La Figurée, his inclination towards descriptive and programmatic pieces and, of course, the frequent evocation of mythological figures, all confirm this allusion to the drama that he so admired.
Marouan Mankar–Bennis
