The Paris Album Ensemble Diderot & Johannes Pramsohler

• Élisabeth-Claude Jacquet de La Guerre (1665 - 1729): Trio Sonata in G Minor:
• 1 Trio Sonata in G Minor: I. Grave 01:21
• 2 Trio Sonata in G Minor: II. Presto - Presto - Adagio 03:15
• 3 Trio Sonata in G Minor: III. Presto. Récit de basse 01:00
• 4 Trio Sonata in G Minor: IV. Aria affettuoso. Adagio - Becarre allegro - Bemol 01:52
• Sébastien De Brossard (1655 - 1730): Sonata in A Minor "Detta la Primogenita":
• 5 Sonata in A Minor "Detta la Primogenita" 05:49
• André Campra (1660 - 1744): Sonata No. 1 in B-Flat Major:
• 6 Sonata No. 1 in B-Flat Major 05:35
• Sébastien De Brossard: Sonata in C Major "Detta la Seconda":
• 7 Sonata in C Major "Detta la Seconda" 04:17
• François Couperin (1668 - 1733): La Convalescente:
• 8 La Convalescente: I. Gravement. Vivement et ferme 03:36
• 9 La Convalescente: II. Lentement 01:02
• 10 La Convalescente: III. Air gracieusement. Lentement 03:23
• 11 La Convalescente: IV. Vivement 02:01
• Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676 - 1749): Trio Sonata in G Major "La Félicité":
• 12 Trio Sonata in G Major "La Félicité": I. Lentement - Allegro - Lent 03:41
• 13 Trio Sonata in G Major "La Félicité": II. Allegro 01:16
• 14 Trio Sonata in G Major "La Félicité": III. [Gavotte] - [Gigue] - Lent 01:42
• André Campra: Sonata No. 2 in A Major:
• 15 Sonata No. 2 in A Major 03:18
• Sébastien De Brossard: Sonata in D Major:
• 16 Sonata in D Major: I. Allegro 01:33
• 17 Sonata in D Major: II. Rondeau 01:17
• 18 Sonata in D Major: III. Rigaudon 01:46
• 19 Sonata in D Major: IV. [Sarabande] 00:53
• 20 Sonata in D Major: V. [Gigue] 01:18
• Jean-Féry Rebel (1666 - 1747): Tombeau de Monsieur de Lully:
• 21 Tombeau de Monsieur de Lully: I. Lentement - Gravement 03:23
• 22 Tombeau de Monsieur de Lully: II. Vif - Marqué - Gai 01:48
• 23 Tombeau de Monsieur de Lully: III. Lentement - Doux - Récit - Grave 02:45
• 24 Tombeau de Monsieur de Lully: IV. Doux - Récit - Vivement 03:35
• 25 Tombeau de Monsieur de Lully: V. Lentement - Gravement 03:33
• Total Runtime 01:04:59

Info for The Paris Album

Ensemble Diderot continues to explore the development and dissemination of the trio sonata in baroque Europe with this exciting new release.

This new release from the talented and critically acclaimed Ensemble Diderot and Johannes Pramsohler contains many premiere recordings. Entirely dedicated to works from the era after Lully’s death, this album celebrates the newly found freedom at the time when composers started to combine French style with transalpine ardour. Johannes Pramsohler and his musicians bring their usual precision, passion and energy to this programme packed with new discoveries.

"Pramsohler, violinist and founder of Ensemble Diderot, has given careful thought to the construction and originality of his programmes…In The Paris Album, François Couperin and Jean-Féry Rebel share pride of place…The players follow a manuscript copy by the Dresden violin virtuoso Pisendel and give a supple and authoritative account of its exhilarating concluding fugal Vivement." (BBC Music Magazine)

"One sense a love for the theatrical over the pretty in these musicians, a suspicion confirmed by ‘The Paris Album’, where the composers all seem to be responding as much to French musical drama as to Italian instrumental brio. Ensemble Diderot respond with infectious aplomb…No affected gestures and frilly cuffs here, only the dramatic moment grabbed with both hands." (Gramophone Magazine)

"Clearly a great deal of research and planning has gone into the compilation of both these albums, but Ensemble Diderot’s ebullient approach wears that learning very lightly. Even music that is distinctly subfusc...receives performances that squeeze every last morsel of rhythmic or melodic variety out of their formulaic phrases." (The Guardian)

Ensemble Diderot
Johannes Pramsohler, violin
Roldán Bernabé, violin
Eric Tinkerhess, viola da gamba
Philippe Grisvard, harpsichord

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Booklet for The Paris Album