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Artists : Anne Marie Dragosits, harpsichord
Program : J.-H. d’Anglebert : Les Songes Agréables d’Atys, Passacaille d’Armide, Les Sourdines d’Armide - F. Couperin : Les Satires, Ls Sylvains, Les Ombres Errantes - J.-P. Rameau : L’Entretien des Muses, Les Cyclopes - J.-B. Forqueray : Jupiter - P. Royer : L’Imagination, Allemande, la Sensible, La Marche des Scythes - J. Duphly : Médée, Les Grâces
| P. Royer L'Imagination | ||
| J.-B. Forqueray Jupiter |
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"Dank des Könnens von Anne Marie Dragosits, dank ihrer Imaginationskraft und Kreativität wird vor dem Ohr des begeisterten Hörers eine Klangwelt lebendig, von der man zwar theoretisch wissen konnte, die man aber so einnehmend und in den Bann ziehend vermutlich bisher noch nicht erleben konnte. Dragosits hat sich durch das wundervolle, sorgsam restaurierte Taskin-Instrument zu einer interpretatorischen Meisterleistung inspirieren lassen. Eine Ausnahme-Produktion." Michael Wersin - Rondo
"Dragosits exhibe una sensibilidad extraordinaria, con unas lecturas soberbias de piezas tales como L’Entretien des muses (Rameau), Les Grâces (Duphly), La Sensible (Royer, íntegramente ejecutada con el registro de arpa) o Les Silvains y Les Ombres Errantes (Couperin), donde combina de manera ideal la necesaria flexibilidad rítmica con la fluidez discursiva, sin amaneramiento alguno." Javier Sarría Pueyo - Scherzo
"The playing throughout is musically satisfying, historically stylish, and technically agile. The instrument delights in each selection, and be sure to take the time to enjoy the seemingly endless reverberation as the musical bombast of Jupiter slowly dies away at the disc’s conclusion." Larry Palmer - The Diapason
Overview :
The mythological world of antiquity has fascinated us for millennia without pause, and its densely woven tales of gods, goddesses, legendary creatures and mortals continues to entreat us to this day. It is ultimately for the reader to decide whether these myths provide explanations for the incomprehensible, offer allegories of our human experience, or are simply just fascinating tales. This recording gathers baroque program music together in which each work recounts a tale from the world of mythology.
The broad sonic spectrum able to be elicited from the marvelous harpsichord made by Pascal Taskin is commen-surate with the varied abundance of mythological creations depicted in this program’s collection. Form, musical structure and narrative style are also multifaceted herein, from works that best seem to resemble landscape portraits to dramatic opera scenes in miniature.
The range of composers included begins nearly at the inception of French harpsichord artistry and ends near its swansong: from d’Anglebert’s arrangements of Jean-Baptiste Lully’s compositions (the latter is credited with having “discovered” French baroque music), to towering harpsichord greats such as François Couperin and Jean-Philippe Rameau, further still with the singer, opera composer and keyboard virtuoso Pancrace Royer, and ending with Jacques Duphly. The latter’s music represents a final culmination before the abrupt break made by the French Revolution; indeed, Duphly’s death on the day after the storming of the Bastille tragically emblem-izes the loss of significance of the harpsichord, which would become recognized as a symbol of the Ancien Regime
[…] With their special sound characteristics, historical instruments can approach an almost mystical, even mythical aura. The Taskin harpsichord in Hamburg is an unbelievably colorful and beautifully sounding example; it is in every regard a unique instrument that I found richly rewarding as a player. When deciding to record upon such an instrument, one accepts small technical or mechanical imperfections as a precondition.
Anne Marie Dragosits
