Dieupart & Bach – A Suite Connection Marsyas Baroque

• Charles François Dieupart (1667 - 1740): Suite No. 3 in B minor:
• 1 Dieupart: Suite No. 3 in B minor: Ouverture 04:11
• 2 Dieupart: Suite No. 3 in B minor: Allemande 02:36
• 3 Dieupart: Suite No. 3 in B minor: Courante 01:19
• 4 Dieupart: Suite No. 3 in B minor: Sarabande 02:33
• 5 Dieupart: Suite No. 3 in B minor: Gavotte 00:41
• 6 Dieupart: Suite No. 3 in B minor: Menuet serieux 01:13
• 7 Dieupart: Suite No. 3 in B minor: Gigue 01:54
• Suite No. 5 in F major:
• 8 Dieupart: Suite No. 5 in F major: Ouverture 03:16
• 9 Dieupart: Suite No. 5 in F major: Allemande 02:25
• 10 Dieupart: Suite No. 5 in F major: Courante 01:17
• 11 Dieupart: Suite No. 5 in F major: Sarabande 02:23
• 12 Dieupart: Suite No. 5 in F major: Gavotte 00:50
• 13 Dieupart: Suite No. 5 in F major: Menuet en rondeau 01:19
• 14 Dieupart: Suite No. 5 in F major: Gigue 01:04
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Ouverture after BWV 831 (arr. by Marsyas Baroque and Leonard Schick):
• 15 Bach: Ouverture after BWV 831 (arr. by Marsyas Baroque and Leonard Schick) 06:13
• English Suite No. 2 in C minor after BWV 807:
• 16 Bach: English Suite No. 2 in C minor after BWV 807: Allemande (arr. by Marsyas Baroque and Leonard Schick) 03:40
• 17 Bach: English Suite No. 2 in C minor after BWV 807: Courante (arr. by Marsyas Baroque and Leonard Schick) 01:57
• 18 Bach: English Suite No. 2 in C minor after BWV 807: Sarabande (arr. by Marsyas Baroque and Leonard Schick) 02:56
• 19 Bach: English Suite No. 2 in C minor after BWV 807 & 831: Bourree I & II (arr. by Marsyas Baroque and Leonard Schick) 04:16
• 20 Bach: English Suite No. 2 in C minor after BWV 807: Gigue (arr. by Marsyas Baroque and Leonard Schick) 03:36
• English Suite No. 4 in G major after BWV 809:
• 21 Bach: English Suite No. 4 in G major after BWV 809: Prelude (arr. by Marsyas Baroque and Leonard Schick) 04:28
• 22 Bach: English Suite No. 4 in G major after BWV 809: Allemande (arr. by Marsyas Baroque and Leonard Schick) 03:41
• 23 Bach: English Suite No. 4 in G major after BWV 809: Courante (arr. by Marsyas Baroque and Leonard Schick) 01:34
• 24 Bach: English Suite No. 4 in G major after BWV 809: Sarabande (arr. by Marsyas Baroque and Leonard Schick) 02:33
• 25 Bach: English Suite No. 4 in G major after BWV 809: Menuet I & II (arr. by Marsyas Baroque and Leonard Schick) 03:12
• 26 Bach: English Suite No. 4 in G major after BWV 809: Gigue (arr. by Marsyas Baroque and Leonard Schick) 02:54
• Total Runtime 01:08:01

Info for Dieupart & Bach – A Suite Connection

A suite connection between J. S. Bach (1685-1750) and Charles François Dieupart (1667-1740) is claimed by the young, award-winning baroque ensemble Marsyas Baroque with their debut album. The juxtaposition of two English Suites by Bach and two Suittes de Clavessin by Dieupart, who is virtually unknown today, shows not only that the French composer is still underestimated, but also that Bach was inspired by the work of his colleague.

He further developed his own musical ideas by analysing Dieupart's collection of suites and probably even wrote his English Suites for him. The album reveals the stylistic similarities between the two works by presenting Dieupart's suites not as pure harpsichord pieces, but - as the first edition of 1701 suggests as an alternative to solo performance on the harpsichord and as was fashionable in the Baroque period, but is extremely rarely practised today - mises en concert. The other instruments accompany the outer voices of the harpsichord, which does not function as a continuo instrument but plays quasi-soloistically. This makes the sound palette of the suites broader and their dynamics richer than on the harpsichord alone.

In return, Bach's suites are performed anew in an arrangement inspired by Dieupart's mises en concert version - an "experiment-with-advantage", as Marsyas Baroque and baroque expert Leonard Schick comment on their work, as the form of the suites sometimes emerges more clearly than in the original and the performance becomes more varied and colourful.

Marsyas Baroque:
Paula Pinn, recorders
María Carrasco Gil, baroque violin
Konstanze Waidosch, baroque cello, viola da gamba
Sara Johnson Huidobro, harpsichord

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